Sentences with phrase «inequities within»

Respondents commented that the distinction between traditional owners and other community members may lead to inequities within Indigenous communities.

ACLA seeks to improve the lot of all Arab lawyers by participating on EAG and the Diversity Committee of the Toronto Lawyers Association and presenting Arab lawyers» perspective on reports and policies affecting equity - seeking legal professionals, in order to address discrimination and inequities within the profession.

October 12 - November 18, 2016: At its core, Raising a Riot is an exercise in institutional criticism; it is an active attempt at disrupting and reforming systemic inequities within pedagogical and educational structures.

We demonstrate that much of the inequity in teacher value added in Washington state is due to differences across different districts, so studies that only investigate inequities within districts likely understate the overall inequity in the distribution of teacher effectiveness because they miss one of the primary sources of this inequity.

Whereas, The Board is mindful of and concerned with inequities within and across classrooms throughout the State of Connecticut that unfairly impact students» chances for success in Grades K - 12 and in their future; and

And we can not do it and remain true to the values of equality and justice that have marked our path since Brown v. Board of Education set out to eliminate the deep inequities within our education system.

Raymond argued that in order to bridge the gaps with higher achieving countries and overcome inequities within the American education system, adults must explicitly model and teach children the social and emotional skills — such as perseverance, goal - setting, and relationship - building — that will give them the motivation, confidence, and ability to succeed in school and the workplace.

Most of my work in school finance is actually not about issues of measuring funding inequities within districts or across districts or states.

As a teacher who teaches in East Oakland, California, I have concluded that learning how to teach reading effectively, is critical to addressing systemic inequities within our society.

We also believe we must address inequities within our education system.

To that end, the overarching objective of a teacher - support program should be to enable teachers to use their energy and skills to interrupt educational inequities within their own classrooms and schools.

Our goal is not to merely produce structural change in the leaders» work, but rather to transform the culture of the entire organization to eliminate inequities within the education system and to get the best results for all students.

Taken together, Weingarten is arguing we should hold schools accountable for resource equity, but not actually take any steps to alleviate funding inequities within a district.

The proposal may also create uncomfortable salary inequities within departments.

Vast inequities within and between countries mean that the poorest, most disadvantaged women, children, and adolescents often miss out on life - saving health services and experience serious violations of their human rights.

It generally masks class differences and inequities within the African diaspora, but regularly challenges gender roles and representations.

Employees say: «I admire the fact that we are dedicated to corporate responsibility initiatives that are not heavily branded, that target people of color and women, and that address issues of inequity within tech and our larger communities.

White Privilege can be interpreted as a derivation of Max Weber's sociological concept of «social stratification» - describing how inequity within society forms and is perpetuated.

For Scanlan, the attention garnered by this project — and granted only because of the basic conditions of inequity within the exhibition and the art world — situates him to accrue benefits to his profile and market value commensurate with his position of privilege.

More quality education could help us solve the human predicament — the combined crises of overpopulation, wasteful consumption, deteriorating life - support systems, declining resources, multiplying weapons of mass destruction, and widening inequity within and between nations.

Driver licensing sanctions and fines enforcement can be particularly detrimental for people living in regional and remote communities that have limited access to public transport, people on a low income and people who face barriers to driver licensing, all of which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented — this points to inherent inequity within the licensing and justice system.

Not exact matches

Of course great inequities and injustices will persist, but they are a lesser evil than «Global Governance and Democracy within the Global State,» which is a formula for the despotism of a self - appointed elite.

But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

For instance, poverty is addressed through dissolving the blocks to prosperity within the consciousness of each individual, without analysis of the social structures that perpetuate economic inequity.

The inequities and oppression constituting the reality within which blacks, Chicanos and native Americans live have begun to press in on our consciousness.

«The governor believes that his reform package is a balanced approach that would correct real and perceived inequities that exist within the system and he is intent on passing them in the remaining weeks of the legislative session,» Cuomo counsel Alphonso David said, following the governor's meeting with the families in his second floor office in the Capitol.

«Together, we will help right past inequities and continue Governor Cuomo's efforts to reform state government operations through promoting equality within our procurement processes.»

FASEB is concerned about inequities in postdoc benefits within and among institutions.

They also should consider designing inter-district choice plans and strengthening current plans within districts to address inequities.

«In contrast to some of the other challenges that women in academia face, service is an area of inequity that can be addressed relatively easily within institutions hoping to improve gender balance.,» Guarino said.

Studying Texas districts and schools allows us to assess whether and how policies designed to reduce inequities between districts affected inequalities between schools within districts.

It could put pressure on policy makers to address the vast inequities that exist within and across districts and schools of choice.

Districts could address within - district inequities in lots of ways — they could offer higher salaries to teachers in poorer schools, they could have lower class sizes in poorer schools, or they could expand other services within poorer schools — but local teachers» union contracts often prohibit all of these policy options.

However, he noted that even within academia there exists a broad range of inequities and academic partnerships are not always created even.

The research pointed at Australia's decentralised education system and said increasing the clarity of policies and finding within it needs attention, and added that the country's high education performance can be complemented with further focus on reducing inequities by tackling system - level policies hindering equity in education.

Each faculty member admitted to taking away something different from the documentary — for instance Mapp was pleased to see a mostly positive portrayal of parents and their concern for their children's education; however, they all agreed with Mehta that the film missed the opportunity to more fully explore issues of inequity and poverty, as well as some long - standing problems within the teaching profession.

Now more than ever, conversations about race, privilege, and inequity are happening on a national stage and within education reform organizations.

For all the policy chatter and debate out there about funding inequities (between charters and neighborhood schools is one favorite), you don't hear much talk about just how inequitable the funding gaps can be among the 15,000 or so school districts (or among schools within the same district — don't even get me started).

As part of ESEA reauthorization, Congress should consider new ideas to address inequities in education funding across and within districts, as well as other measures to improve school financing.

That's why we have made it our mission to inspire and support Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) members — who are Teach For America corps members and alumni — to engage civically within their communities to end the injustice of educational inequity.

The worst inequities were between schools within a district or between districts within the state.

Due to historic inequities and differing theories of action, many leaders of color are innovating from within existing systems, or are leading earlier stage organizations.

Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) aims to inspire a diverse, enduring movement of leaders to engage civically within their communities to end the injustice of educational inequity.

Mark enjoyed the diversity of backgrounds and experiences from other fellows within Education Pioneers who provided him with critical insight about how different stakeholders view both the challenges and solutions to educational inequity and access.

The team sought to share and understand their own experiences with racial inequity in education, reflect on the perspectives of students of color who experience a lack of diversity within their teacher community, and research a range of factors that contribute to the gap, from teacher recruitment through school climate.

Schools are tackling the problem of inequity and unconscious bias with a multi-tiered strategy that includes shifting disciplinary practices within a Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS) framework and building social and emotional competence for students and staff.

Inequities are wide between states, within states, and even within school districts.

It seems that policies to promote computer access in school have succeeded in diminishing access inequities; yet inequities in teacher preparation, including how to integrate technology within instruction, remain.

To address these inequities, the LEAD Commission and the Alliance have called upon the Federal Communications Commission to take further action in modernizing and expanding the E-rate program to ensure that at least 99 percent of the nation's students have access to high - speed internet in their schools and libraries within the next five years.

To address this inequity and level the playing field, Families Empowered acted as consensus builder, fundraiser, and project manager for ApplyHouston, a citywide application that allows families to apply simultaneously to more than 50 campuses within 5 public charter school networks.