Sentences with phrase «numbers of black leaders»

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Some strong black leaders joined, and a number of suburban liberals, happy to find a church that really acted on the denomination's social principles, drove into town to work in Trinity's new ministries.

When black and Hispanic leaders bemoaned the lack of a promised «urban agenda,» Cuomo appointed a number of minorities to administrative posts and created a jobs fund for inner - city youth.

Stewart Cousins is the only African - American legislative leader, and the Senate Democrats have the largest number of blacks and Latinos in the Senate.

Meanwhile, there are larger issues for him to untangle, involving the university's housing policy and the conflicts between the residence containing the largest number of white assholes (one of whom is the president's bratty son, played by Kyle Gallner) and the house where most of the black students land (and where the dean's upstanding, tweed - and - pocket - square - wearing son, played by Brandon P. Bell, strives to be a leader).

Ms. Williams, a black Democrat, believes the leaders of both parties are trying to use redistricting to undermine her re-election chances and reduce the number of outspoken blacks in the legislature.

For instance, schools participating in the Carnegie Foundation's Student Agency Improvement Community, a network of researchers and practitioners applying the science of learning mindsets to daily classroom practice, have seen stronger outcomes among low - income black and Latino students since implementing interventions focused on learning mindsets.34 Equal Opportunity Schools, a national nonprofit organization, has also partnered with school, county, and district leaders to increase the number of black and Latino students enrolled in advanced placement courses and has seen gains in both participation and passage rates as a result.35 In addition, several studies show that learning mindsets interventions can reduce the effects of stereotype threat among female, black, and Latino students in math and science classes.36

Charter school leaders, however, say they are aggressively recruiting students with the lowest skill sets and note they have had success in other areas, such as enrolling high numbers of black and Latino students.

The limited number of black colleagues becomes particularly glaring when they consider their district and state education leaders, they told us, and also when they attend professional development meetings, which rarely address the kinds of issues they face.

It is a reality that district leaders here have been grappling with for years: The Minneapolis school district suspends an inordinate number of black students compared with white ones, and it is struggling to figure out why.

In addition, a number of major new acquisitions will be exhibited at the Whitney for the first time, including Barkley L. Hendricks's full - length 1976 portrait, Steve; Urs Fischer's 2015 towering candle sculpture of Julian Schnabel (making its debut); Joan Semmel's painting of two nude lovers, Touch (1977); Henry Taylor's depiction of Black Panther leader Huey Newton (2007); Deana Lawson's striking color photograph The Garden (2015); and Rosalyn Drexler's Pop masterwork Marilyn Pursued by Death (1963).