Sentences with phrase «for school diversity»

Trump's Education Department nixes Obama - era grant program for school diversity washingtonpost.com/news/education...

The charter sector has expanded greatly with little consideration for school diversity and integration.

Removing the funding from MSAP would significantly limit federal support for school diversity.

Could this sentiment provide an important spark for school diversity initiatives?

The day - long meeting, sponsored by Harvard's Reimagining Integration program, the National Coalition on School Diversity, and The Century Foundation (where I work), brought together 50 scholars, civil - rights activists, and educators to plot out new strategies for school diversity in the age of Trump.

Not exact matches

The company sells software subscriptions to schools and businesses that help teach financial literacy (understanding mortgages and credit, for example), responsible college behavior (involving hazing and alcohol consumption), corporate compliance (like sexual harassment and diversity training), and other programs.

For starters, he's keen on boosting the school's diversity — a topic he's written about extensively.

The Clinton platform also focuses heavily on education, including a call to broaden computer science education in public schools, revamp job training programs, and provide more funds for minority colleges to help tackle tech's diversity problem.

The Conference Board and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, in partnership with The SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University, developed a scenario model that companies can use to enhance the gender diversity of their boards.

For example, the newspaper measures such things as the diversity of the faculty, staff, board members, and students at each school, «languages,» the «international reach of the EMBA,» as well as the amount of research published by professors from each school.

Rena Pacheco - Theard is CEO and co-founder of Prepify (www.prepify.me), a startup offering free, online college guidance and SAT / ACT prep for high school students to increase economic diversity.

High school teachers and professors too often avoid such questions, maybe for the sake of respecting diversity and avoiding conflict, or perhaps out of the kind of sad postmodernism professionalism that echoes Pontius Pilate: «What is truth?

We have come to believe that a system allowing parents a choice among schools, if properly organized by an aggressive central administration, can release energies that only diversity makes available, without sacrificing accountability for the effective education of every child.

Although there has been some push back on the new sex ed curriculum for public schools, which would see teaching about family diversity that includes LBGT families, anti-homophobia instruction including that being gay is normal, and — at long last!

Trying to argue for intellectual diversity and good faith by sticking up for kink is like trying to get high - school students excited about reading Romeo and Juliet by comparing it to Fifty Shades of Grey — it's not just ridiculous, but dishonest.

I student taught in a rural area of central Illinois - a school with two people who were black (and that was it for the racial diversity) so they created their own minorities thorugh religion.

Using high school level science, explain to us how 4 breeding pair of humans, with 5 members sharing much of the same genetic material, can provide enough genetic diversity for the population to continue.

The diversity of ways in which the Christian thing is construed makes the world of theological schools irreducibly pluralistic for a second reason.

We can talk about the wide diversity of schools and that there are good «fits» for different kids in terms of campus size, academic structure and content, geography, and experiences offered.

As a side note, I was also fortunate enough to be exposed to a fair amount of diversity as a child (international background, family outside of the U.S., urban schooling for some time), and I've lived abroad for the past 5 years.

Through a collaborative process between the Family Association, Faculty Conference, Board of Trustees, staff, alumni, and other community members, the school formed a one - year Ad - Hoc Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Committee to conduct a rigorous analysis over the course of the 2017 - 2018 academic year and draft a plan for future work.

The NYU School of Law will host U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging speaker series, cosponsored by the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network, Law Women and the Women of Color Collective.

Having partnered with Brian for years when he served in the State Assembly, I know he will a powerful advocate for our community by funding and promoting equity and diversity in our public schools, preserving and expanding affordable housing, and promoting services for seniors and New Yorkers of all ages.»

BHA Faith Schools Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «We will continue to campaign for this information to be published, as while we are not opposed to Free Schools, we do have concerns around the diversity of religious and pseudoscientific Free Schools which are being backed to open by the Government, and believe there therefore needs to be more transparency in the approval process.»

«I applaud Senator Klein for taking these steps to increase diversity in our specialized high schools.

«I applaud Speaker Heastie and the Senate Democratic Conference for implementing the Diversity Initiative for New York City Specialized High Schools in this year's state budget.

Her toughest competitor in the March 6 primary is former federal prosecutor Jay Hulings, who's close to Rep. Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroBlack, Hispanic lawmakers hammer Amazon directors» opposition to diversity rule Texas charter school reinstates teacher who asked students to list positive aspects of slavery NRA criticized for hosting event where guns are banned due to Pence appearance MORE (D - Texas) and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro.

The Workforce Diversity Taskforce will be tasked with evaluating the notification and posting procedures for exams and hiring to ensure they are clear to all audiences, suggesting locations for posting announcements that would encourage broader participation, and helping to more broadly promote awareness for the wide variety of employment opportunities in county and local government as well as other civil divisions such as local school, fire, and library districts.

demonstrating that the proposal to remove the 50 % cap on religious selection at religious free schools would be disastrous for diversity within schools in England, encouraging the

Amid calls for more integration in New York City's public schools, 19 schools will give priority in admissions for next fall to low - income students or English language learners, joining seven already in a «diversity in admissions» pilot project.

So while we are opening up diversity of provision there will be no for - profit providers in our publicly funded schools system.

As Buffalo Public Schools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the sSchools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the schoolsschools.

Very pleased for the sake of diversity that a parent who sends her children to private schools is in the race.

Speaking with reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting for Manhattan's Public School 191 campus, Fariña said she would promote classroom diversity by rezoning schools, as she did in Manhattan District 3, in other neighborhoods.

The public advocate also said she would hire a chief diversity officer for the Department of Education in order to address segregation in city public schools, which she said is more rampant now than it was in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Her State of the City will also call for free birth control for all women in the five boroughs, universal free school lunch, $ 22 million for the Emergency Food Assistance program and new diversity and sex education programs in public schools.

At least three Republican senators are demanding big 11th - hour changes to the plan, including prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System from spending on diversity training, greatly raising the income eligibility limit for the statewide school - voucher program and repealing the state's remaining prevailing - wage laws within months.

Former U.S. attorney general and Queens native Eric Holder sat down with Errol Louis for a wide - ranging interview that touched on race relations, his political ambitions, diversity concerns at his alma mater Stuyvesant High School and much more.

When teaching candidates are equally matched in terms of qualifications, diversity is one factor that can lead to the hiring decision, said Persampieri, the director of recruitment and selection for Syracuse City School District.

Public Advocate Letitia James expressed disappointment in the lack of ambition from the Department of Education's plans for improving school diversity.

«The union's rejection of this resolution - which called for more black teachers in schools, an end to discriminatory discipline policies and more diversity in the curriculum — only impedes the school system's progress towards racial justice,» they wrote.

He also hopes to foster trust in East Ramapo by pushing for more diversity and transparency on the school board and the town overall.

Twenty - five city schools are being honored — eight for the second time — for their work creating programs that teach the importance of respecting others, celebrating diversity and creating a school culture that is free from bullying and harassment.

With nearly 11,000 students in 10 schools, the City School District of New Rochelle, through an active partnership amongst community, parents, staff and students, provides a high - quality and challenging education for every child, in a safe, nurturing environment that embraces rich diversity and drives success.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan for increasing school diversity, released on June 6, is a much - needed response to segregation in New York City public schools.

Besides spending time with bivalves, I lead materials science experiments at local elementary schools with UCSB's Family Ultimate Science Experience, and help run a student group, Graduate Students for Diversity in Science, to promote inclusion within STEM fields.

The community college system represents a potential source of student diversity for medical schools and physicians who will serve poor communities; however, there are significant challenges to enhancing the pipeline from community colleges to four - year universities to medical schools.

These corporations and other diversity - leading companies often use mentoring programs, caucus groups for underrepresented races, workshops, and school outreach programs.

Ben Latigo, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC)-- the public university for D.C. residents, with a predominantly African - American enrollment — believes the new GI Bill will broaden the ethnic diversity of the sciences and engineering professions and bring more women into these fields.

«Even though there have been gains in the number of minorities getting PhDs, the diversity of the faculty at medical schools is not responding in the same way,» said Roger Chalkley, DPhil, senior associate dean for Biomedical Research, Education and Training (BRET).