Sentences with phrase «higher expectations for black»

There is also evidence that African - American teachers have higher expectations for black students, particularly boys.

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That could end up hurting the movie more than it helps it if expectations are set too high, but the script didn't earn a place on the Black List for nothing, and if it's anything like Kim's oddball Western «The Good, the Bad, the Weird,» then U.S. audiences could be in for a fun treat.

Further rounding up highlights (and lowlights) of the Venice competition lineup: Expectations were appreciably high, and the press screening queue consequently doubled back on itself, for Abdellatif Kechiche's historical drama «Black Venus» (** 1/2)-- after all, Kechiche had a hit on the -LSB-...]

Washington, DC's new chancellor stresses the importance of high expectations and wraparound support for black students.

Expectations and achievement for white and Asian students was high; for black, Hispanic, and poor students, both were low.

Research shows that black teachers connect more deeply, hold higher expectations, and provide stronger role models for black children, who make up nearly 90 percent of the city's public school students.

White teachers have lower expectations for students of color, and are significantly less likely to expect Black students to finish high school and college» School staff frequently perceive Black boys as threatening and dangerous for the same behaviors that are seen as innocent for White students.»

In the focus groups across the country, we heard over and over again from black teachers about their high expectations for students, their passion for teaching, and their drive to empower young people with knowledge.

Participants told us that their distinct understanding of hardship, in particular, allows many black teachers to have compassion for students while also holding them to high expectations.

Her findings reveal that low SES Black families held high expectations, aspirations, and standards for their children, as well as positive achievement orientations.

I thought my message of reverence and thanks to my high school teachers — who were, with the exception of one, all white — for holding me to the same high... Continue reading White Teachers Tend To Have Consistently Lower Expectations of Their Black and Brown Students

Expectations are bound to be high for this powerhouse duo's first cowritten effort, and although it doesn't quite live up to the authors» respective works (Black's Doll Bones was a 2014 Newbery Honor Book), and there are several missed opportunities, the end offers a few intriguing twists and perspectives that hint at what's to come in the next installments.

Expectations were high for the Assassin's Creed series after its immense, swashbuckling success with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

And a Vik Muniz print based on an Edward Hopper painting doubled its high estimate to sell for $ 60,000, while the artist's other totals surpassed expectations across the board: an older black - and - white photo of a hobo on the side of the road soared past its modest $ 3,000 - $ 4,000 estimate to sell for $ 35,000, and two works from his «Pictures of Junk» series based on Old Master paintings also outdid their estimates to sell in the mid-five-figures.