Sentences with phrase «focused on segregation»

Our findings are similar to those in a 2009 report by RAND, in which researchers focused on segregation in five large metropolitan areas (Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and San Diego)-- areas that were also included in the CRP report.

Depending on how emphatic you are about that, you may even side with some of the more extremist parties that tend to focus on segregation.

Not exact matches

«The Complacent Class» focuses on trends like rising segregation, disappointing economic growth and technological progress, and a recent uptick in civil unrest and crime, not to mention the populist backlash that carried Donald Trump to power.

He is a planner, geographer and urbanist, and his research focuses on the contemporary restructuring and retrofitting of urban regions, with a particular emphasis on the changing dynamics of race, class and segregation across space and place.

Prior studies of atomic - level grain boundary and segregation structures have been mostly focused on small - angle or special symmetrical tilt and twist boundaries with high symmetries and well - defined periodicities in artificial bicrystals.

«A number of theories have been proposed to explain sex segregation, most of which focus on socialization,» McHale said.

Using student application data from 2014, Frankenberg also compared the segregation of students under the existing policy, along with several other common methods of assigning students that are not necessarily focused on diversity.

Sometimes called the cocktail party effect, the ability to tune out a noisy room to focus on one conversation, or auditory stream segregation, part of the larger field of auditory scene analysis, is apparently universal to all animals and serves as a critical survival mechanism.

The Kops group studies the processes involved in chromosome segregation during cell division, with a focus on molecular mechanisms, evolution and chromosomal instability.

The Ellenberg group studies cell division and nuclear organisation, focusing on chromosome organisation, the formation and segregation of mitotic chromosomes, as well as nuclear pore complex structure and assembly.

In particular, I focus on chromosome segregation and cell division, using the nematode C. elegans as a model system.

To address key questions of meiotic ploidy reduction, we screen for and characterise novel meiotic proteins, focusing on proteins that are specifically involved in meiotic chromosome segregation and chromosome dynamics in mice.

Cheeseman and his laboratory have focused on three key groups or complexes of proteins that play essential roles in chromosome segregation in human cells.

I had a chance to see work from one of my favorite artist, Jean - Michel Basquiat, he was an American artist who became known for his graffiti work in the Lower East Side of NYC, a high school drop out; he gained fame and Basquiat's art focused on «suggestive dichotomies», such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience.

On - going trends involving public school segregation have been a primary focus of the CRP's research, and the expanding policy emphasis on school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sectoOn - going trends involving public school segregation have been a primary focus of the CRP's research, and the expanding policy emphasis on school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sectoon school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sector.

Had his seminal work focused on both the administrative problems and the social systems of school, Coleman later wrote, «our knowledge of how to overcome problems of racial segregation would be far more advanced than it is.»

Her research focuses on anti-terror law, the criminalization of and marginalization of working class youth, processes of depoliticization, sites of urban segregation and violence, and legal and extra-legal policing / security practices.

The scant magnet school literature is largely focused on two issues: a) their achievement effects [2] and b) their effects on socioeconomic or racial segregation [3](by far the largest focus of the extant research).

The Coleman Report focused on differences in schooling resources available to white and minority students and on the degree of racial segregation in America's public schools.

Instead of focusing on remedying the harm done to those black schoolchildren injured by segregation, the District Court here sought to convert the Kansas City, Mo., School District into a «magnet district» that would reverse the «white flight» caused by desegregation.

On the positive side, he says, were «some political figures» who began to realize that we «need to stop demonizing teachers and their democratically elected representatives, and focus instead on what really matters: reducing poverty and school segregation.&raquOn the positive side, he says, were «some political figures» who began to realize that we «need to stop demonizing teachers and their democratically elected representatives, and focus instead on what really matters: reducing poverty and school segregation.&raquon what really matters: reducing poverty and school segregation.»

Those genuinely concerned with the racial segregation in schools should focus their attention on traditional public schools, where the vast majority (97 %) of U.S. students are enrolled.

Based on our research and our own understanding as New York City public school parents, we encourage the DOE to shift its focus away from highly competitive, market - based school choice policies, such as charter schools, which consistently lead to greater racial segregation and a winner - take - all mentality.

Her research interests focus on racial desegregation and inequality in K - 12 schools, and the connections between school segregation and other metropolitan policies.

Dr. Genevieve Siegel - Hawley's research focuses on race, education and inequality, with a particular emphasis on examining segregation and resegregation in U.S. metropolitan areas.

A new UCLA Civil Rights Project report focuses on «triple segregation,» or the experience of students who are in schools that are overwhelmingly poor, African American or Latino, and have large numbers of English Learner students.

Until we focus on diminishing and then eliminating poverty and segregation, those who are caught in its tentacles — including students, school systems, and cities — face barriers that simplistic «solutions» can not easily overcome.»

In a letter to Cameron she said the plans could destabilise the admissions process and jeopardise the «increasingly important focus on tackling both segregation and extremism», according to the BBC.

Like all the other governors listed here, Cuomo has chosen to ignore the real reasons for educational problems: poverty, segregation and inequitable distribution of resources and has focused his sights on those miscreant teachers, who have only dedicated their lives to working with children.

His research focuses on the extent that school climate, organization, school choice and segregation influence student learning and attainment.

In this sense, one could argue that the key to ensuring the success of pregnant teens isn't so much dependent on their segregation from a regular student body as it is the school's ability to provide them with a network of support that is sufficient enough to allow them to focus on school, rather than having to navigate the difficulties of pregnancy alone.

The first of three volumes about Lewis» journey from sharecropper's son to U.S. senator, this exceptionally illustrated graphic novel focuses on his boyhood through his college years, when he met nonviolent activists who showed him a means of undermining segregation.

This powerful examination of a crucial dichotomy in the civil rights movement focuses on two polar opposites — one man committed to ending segregation, and one just as determined to see it maintained.

Throughout his career, Basquiat chose to focus on the concept of suggestive dichotomies such as wealth versus poverty, and integration versus segregation.

The David M. Rubenstein History Galleries will feature three exhibitions focused on slavery, segregation and the Civil Rights era.

A humanizing sentiment, by contrast, would focus more on the disorientation and fear experienced by any individual indefinitely placed in segregation, as well as the declining health associated with removing a prisoner from meaningful social interaction.