Sentences with phrase «made by minority students»

The report, released by the American Council on Education last week, expresses optimism about the progress made by minority students, but argues that challenges to affirmative action and public skepticism about such policies «make it imperative» that colleges articulate the importance of racial and ethnic diversity...

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Backed up by polling showing Labour streaking ahead in London, it's easy to see the basis of this trend, even if certain seat - specific results look odd - lots of ethnic minority voters, lots of young voters and students, lots of young professionals, and lots of angry Remainers make for lots of Labour votes.

Colleges make the claim — clearly refuted by the book's ample evidence — that giving racial admissions preferences enhances minority students» opportunities for academic and career success.

His thesis is that school reform by itself can hardly make a dent in the achievement of low - income and minority students.

If schools are forced by an OCR investigation to expand access to AP classes for poor and minority kids, what are the chances that they will also do all the complex work it takes (from kindergarten through 11th grade) to make sure those students are ready?

She notes that by keeping students» personal lives out of the curriculum and classroom discussions, this «silencing» process makes «irrelevant the lived experiences, passions, concerns, communities, and biographies of low - income, minority students.»

Alonso said the improvement among white students somewhat masks the great gains made by minorities.

The three - year Concurrent Courses initiative, launched in 2008 and funded by the James Irvine Foundation, partnered high schools with colleges to create dual enrollment programs - high school students take college courses and earn college credit - and make them available to low - income youth who struggle academically or who are from minority college populations.

Both white and minority children in Connecticut's magnet schools showed stronger connections to their peers of other races than students in their home districts, and city students made greater academic gains than students in non-magnet city schools, Casey Cobb and a team of colleagues found in this research commissioned by the state of Connecticut.

A report released by the Center for American Progress (2011) indicated minority students made up more than 40 percent of the national public school population, while only 17 percent of the nation's teachers are teachers of color.

Among its promises are that Democrats will support free community college for all, make it easier to repay student loans, allow borrowers with student loans to discharge their debts in bankruptcy if necessary, strengthen higher education schools that serve minorities, crack down on «for - profit schools that take millions in federal financial aid,» and continue to work to improve public schools by holding teachers and schools «accountable.»

«NCLB must be overhauled if the federal government is to make a useful contribution to enhancing the quality of education received by low - income and minority group students.»

These results have been achieved by disadvantaged students from poor minority communities, traditionally the lowest performing students, which makes the KIPP results even more stunning.

This makes the new goal set by the major charter school networks, to grade themselves on the percentage of their students who go on to earn four - year college degrees in six years, all the more radical — especially given the fact that these networks educate low - income, minority students, whose college graduation rates pale in comparison to their more affluent white peers — a mere 9 percent earning degrees within six years, compared with 77 percent of students from high - income families as of 2015.

«As demonstrated by the record high school graduation rate and record college enrollment rates for minority students, states, districts, educators, and students across the country are making real progress.

By 2025, experts predict, minority students will make up a majority of U.S. high school graduates.

By deciding to roll back the college - preparatory standards, politicians in the Show - Me State have shown in deed that they have no concern for the futures of children, especially those from poor and minority backgrounds who will soon make up a majority of students in traditional public schools.

In 2010, nearly three out of four black students and four out of five Latino students in the United States attended schools made up mostly of minority students, according to a report published last year by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles.

According to the ruling, tenure affects minority students adversely and unequally by making it difficult to fire ineffective teachers, who predominantly teach low - income, minority students.

School leaders hope to add an eighth - grade class in the coming years, with enrollment of more minority students likely made easier by the school's new location.

By allowing states to ditch racial, ethnic, and economic subgroup categories and replace them with a super-subgroup subterfuge that commingles poor and minority students into one, the administration is making it difficult for families, especially black, Latino, and Asian families who are joining the middle class for the first time and moving into suburbia — to get the information they need to make smart decisions for their kids, and impede them from helping to advance systemic reform.

Independent charter schools, while funded by state taxpayers, operate outside most traditional public school rules in a way that supporters say make them more effective and perhaps better able to address long - standing challenges, such as raising test scores for low - income and minority students.

However, motivated by the principles that fueled both Massachusetts» cap and this paper — making tangible progress in public education, particularly for lower - income and minority American students — a renewed national focus on education policy should be a priority of the country.