Sentences with phrase «kids of color»

If you have deluded yourself into believing that things in traditional district schools are fine for kids of color, then of course there isn't any need for charter schools.
Not every college is prepared, interested, or has the resources to go the extra mile for low - income kids of color.
And lastly, this is a topic that a lot of people are scared to talk about, what happens to first - generation kids of color who go to college.
We have a lot of kids, far too many kids of color, who go to college but don't persist in college.
Maybe some people don't want their kids going to school with poor kids of color.
But I was the only kid of color in that class, and the only kid from a poor background.
«Very few people are using the data to ensure that kids of color get a fair share of whatever «good» is determined to be,» she says.
There are plenty of schools serving kids of color and poor kids that don't suspend kids at high rates.
People may think having dolls or toys representing kids of color are beneficial for minority children, but the positive effects are much more far - reaching than one racial group.
It's an urban school, mostly kids of color, mostly kids on free and reduced lunch.
Second, the gains were larger for kids of color than for white students, suggesting that this could make a slight dent in longstanding test - score gaps.
Not every college is prepared, interested, or has the resources to go the extra mile to smooth the college transition for low - income kids of color.
Some say the schools give poor children and kids of color who would otherwise be trapped in a failing school a better option.
There are lots of takeaways from the tool, including the likelihood of kids of color growing up in poverty and the wide variation in achievement among districts with similar income levels.
Charter schools were established to offer a new opportunity to children, especially kids of color and kids from low - income families, who didn't have access to a schools that fit their educational needs.
«Often kids of color don't have access or the capital to afford the classes, [or] the sewing machine, tools, fabrics, necessary to attend the classes,» she says.
My bone to pick is with the status quo, the one that has been perpetuating discrimination against kids of color and, thus, has led to inequitable outcomes.
We still are talking about the majority, when the president of Harvard spoke on my campus last week, she was saying, there's still a big gap between kids of color and upper middle class white kids, that the majority of upper middle class kids, the top quarter, the majority get a college degree.
Or think of the visual impact, on the Sunday when the story of adolescent Jesus in the temple is read, of projecting slides of the great masters» paintings of young Jesus alongside contemporary photos of city and suburban kids of every color.
Jefferson says that kids of color really like getting an opportunity to see a Santa that looks like them, or even just a non-white Santa, because that is evidence that Santa doesn't always have to be white.
«The students in our charter schools are overwhelmingly kids of color, and I think they deserve to have teachers and administrators and boards that inspire them,» Joseph Belluck, the chairman of the Charter Schools Committee, said in an interview, calling Mr. Loeb's remark «reprehensible.»
I close my eyes, and I can see a vast backyard, where kids of all colors, backgrounds, and creeds play together, cheering their heroes and telling their own stories.
But if there's one clear, unambiguous victory that reformers can rightly claim, it's urban charter schools, which have generally served low - income kids of color very well.
We're looking to get 25 pilots set up in the next 13 or 14 months with colleges to make sure that when first generation kids of color get on campus, the set - up is conducive to them not just starting, but finishing, college.
At present, the odds are still against most low - income kids of color reappearing at another graduation ceremony four years hence.
We have young kids of color as captive audiences for an incredible amount of time in schools, she says, how can we not leverage this setting to help them make sense of and react against one of the most clear threats in their lives?»
That is, chartering is a movement that began with the aspiration of starting many kinds of schools, but it may have morphed into one that is only adept at starting one type of school: a highly structured school that is run by a CMO or an EMO and whose goal is to close achievement gaps for low - income kids of color while producing exceptional test scores.
«All the data around kids of color shows we have not gotten it right.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz says the lack of representation many kids of color experience can incite intense self - loathing and despair.
Meanwhile, a recent report by UCLA's Civil Rights Project shows that charter schools are more likely to suspend kids of color but at similar rates to traditional public schools.
Philly - based iPraxis is working to introduce local kids of color to science.
There is a tinge of racism in the discussions when white educators want less choice for kids of color in big urban systems than they have for their own children.
We have to do better for kids of color in this country, and it's humbling that my peers believe our work is making a difference.»
«Many kids of color who when they were playing superheroes with their friends, their friends wouldn't let them be Batman or Superman because they don't look like those heroes but they could be Spider - Man because anyone could be under that mask,» Bendis said of the appeal of Miles Morales, who is of African - American and Puerto Rican descent.
He and Byrne emphasize the additional challenges faced by LGBT students of color who often deal with issues of racism and who may not feel safe enough or ready to come out until there is a «critical mass of kids of color» in their schools.
While the classes at Dunn Elementary have kids of all skill levels mixed together, there is, on average, a persistent gap between many kids of color and the rest of the students.
As news of the NAACP's shifting stance on public charter schools circulated on progressive blogs, Twitter and other outlets, the disparate reactions revealed deep divisions among civil rights groups and education leaders over the role charter schools should play in serving kids of color.
She said No Child Left Behind teacher performance data is seldom used «to ensure that kids of color get a fair share of whatever «good» is determined to be.»
The second guiding belief is that there is something fundamental in the right to choose and in the ability of the right school to actualize human potential, in particular for low - income kids of color who grow up in places like Sandtown - Winchester.
Why should kids of color be scared EVERY TIME they interact with a cop in an urban area... not knowing if THIS cop may be one of the ABSOLUTELY small minority of bad cops that might dust them if they move their hands the wrong way?
Sixteen years or so ago, you started a school that mostly tends to kids of color and low - income kids in Texas, the Carver School.
Y4HS: Through research, personal experiences, and surveys, we have learned that kids of color and low - income kids are uniquely underserved when it comes to school food.
«In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes,» said Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy.
«Congressman Ellison recognizes that progressive politics matter at the most local of levels: to families seeking a job that pays the bills, to kids from low - income families hoping to go to college, and to parents worried about whether their kids of color will be treated fairly by the criminal justice system.
«In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage,» Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz said in a statement,» [the vote for the rules] ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.»
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