Sentences with phrase «of education inequity»

«With or without the existence of Vergara, our office is planning on moving forward to address the problem of education inequity and overall improving student outcomes,» Weber spokesman Joe Kocurek said.

So today I'm thrilled to share a conversation with Nicole Baker Fulgham about Christians and the important issue of education inequity.

Not exact matches

I am quite willing to grant that the inequities in education in this country are not only or primarily a matter of funding.

As many have noted, this happened just before the first annual International Day of the Girl, meant to highlight gender inequity around the world — particularly as it concerns lack of education, child brides, and slavery.

The consequences of mass incarceration are enormous, as are the ongoing realities of neighborhood and school segregation, education inequity, and employment and health care disparities.

The fact of the matter is that the Church should spend more time protesting the higher costs of insurance, the higher costs of higher education, the inequities in K - 12 education, demand that physical and mental abuses stop, and let GOD be the judge of a woman's right to care for her own body... On a theological note... where in the Apostle's Creed (summary of catholic doctrine) does it mention anything about contraception anyway?

Victims of large sets of sociological inequities - different opportunities in terms of education, employment and property among other things - women globally have lower perspectives than men.

Victims of large sets of sociological inequities - different opportunities in terms of education, employment and property among other things

We've been told again and again that the answer to racial conflict and gender inequity is more education; more celebration of different cultures, races, and lifestyles; and more sensitivity.

There is racial inequity: less of the overall resources are ending up in predominantly black neighborhoods, which leads to compounding issues in many areas, be it health, law, education... you get the idea.

The goal with this universal distribution approach, and scope of education that Babies Need Boxes provides, will not only help families better access a safe sleep space and essential items, but will ultimately engage the greater Cleveland community in conversations regarding racial inequity in childbirth, and help build the commitment needed to lower our infant mortality rates.

You recognize there is inequity in how women are treated during pregnancy because of race, ethnicity, religion, income and education levels.

Iannuzzi was on CapTon earlier this week to discuss the possibility of a new legal challenge of what education advocates say is a long - standing inequity in the state's foundation aid formula that disproportionately hurts low - income districts.

During a very public disgreement between the two men last year over funding for de Blasio's signature campaign initiative of pre-kindergarten education expansion, Cuomo said, pointedly, that de Blasio risked creating «more inequity and inequality.»

That report, which is entitled Taking New York Backwards: Pataki Commission's Tax Cuts Exacerbate Inequality and Favor the Wealthy, details the flawed budgeting and severe inequity of the recommendations, which fail to adequately address urgent needs in education funding, health care, infrastructure investments, and progressive tax relief for lower and middle - income families.

Though many subsequent reports may have failed to mention AQE by name, and the headlines focused heavily on Nixon's choice words for the governor, the message of education funding inequity was at part of the conversation and is a pillar of Nixon's campaign.

«Outstanding issues include under - investment in school technology infrastructure, significant inequities in allocation of Fair Student Funding dollars, disparities in gifted and talented education, resistance to training and support for new learning devices like tablets, inaction on liberalizing school space usage policy for community - based organizations, and poor community notification on significant changes to school utilization,» Adams said.

The data underscore the piercing inequities that exist across New York's education system - inequities that are particularly pronounced in Erie County, which one study found has some of the most segregated schools in the country.

Its mission is to fight inequities in public education by introducing a diverse group of high achievers into districts with severe teacher shortages.

These were the Social and Institutional Gender Index or SIGI (which measures discrimination against women), the Gender Inequality Index or GII (which measures health economic and power inequities), and the Gender Gap Index or GGI (a measure of economic, education, health and political power).

Now, Students Helping Students is a growing movement that encourages students around the world to take action in their communities, organize fundraisers at their schools, and learn about the inequities of a world where access to education — or even to something as fundamental as books — is not a given.

Moreover, the inequity teased out by the subgroup rule is the core difference between NCLB and the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

We also call on all governments to put in place stronger regulation of private provision of education to prevent abuse, fragmentation and increasing inequity.

In the words of Dwight Schrute [from TV's The Office], I can change one thing about education today, and I will work to change the historical inequities that are played out in our educational system.

Not all universities make the leap from classroom behavior to ideology: The «Teacher Education Professional Dispositions and Skills Criteria» at Winthrop University in South Carolina are only basic indicators of professional commitment, communication skills, interpersonal skills (among them, «Shows sensitivity to all students and is committed to teaching all students»), emotional maturity, and academic integrity; acknowledging social inequities is not mentioned.

The education system still struggles to cope with inequity, inefficiency and low levels of learning.

It is vital in sustainability education to give space for learners to develop their own visions for a sustainable future whilst reminding participants about the issues underpinning the need for change — climate change, peak oil, global inequity and the financial cost of fossil fuels.

Recently, several prominent national education organizations (including the NEA, AERA, AFT, and NCTE) have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that we need to highlight the «systemic patterns of inequity — racism and educational injustice — that impacts our students,» and that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

There is also a strong social - justice component to teacher education, with teachers cast as «activists committed to diminishing the inequities of American society.»

When tackling entrenched legacies of oppression and inequity in our education system, it can often feel especially hard to get started.

High stakes testing policies requiring students to pass standardized tests for promotion and graduation deepen educational inequity between whites and minorities and widen the educational gap between affluent and impoverished students, according to two studies of education reform in Texas.

When low scores on the 2000 PISA exams revealed the inequities in their education system, many German states began to make comprehensive efforts to improve the quality of their schools.

Since its founding in 1990, TFA — a nonprofit organization aimed at reducing education inequity by placing young graduates into low - income communities in the U.S. to teach for at least two years — has had its fair share of criticism in the media and education field, mostly for not providing proper training and turning people off from education careers.

Sometimes that future entails going back to the organization that initially engaged them, and other times it is discovering positions in education tied to TFA's mission of addressing educational inequities.

Second, I want to raise awareness about the inequities in our public education system, and the unconscionable achievement gap between children from low - income and high - income communities that has developed as a result of these inequities.

I would refer to these children as the forerunner to — «global citizens / global humane beings» as it is they through the new approach of education will be able to address the global problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy, inequity, violence and ecological crisis.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

She sees teaching the class as a chance to provide additional opportunities for HGSE students to focus on the significance of race and inequities in education and to consider the practice - based approaches that might work towards more just outcomes

Titled Racial Inequity in Special Education, and edited by Gary Orfield and Daniel Losen of Harvard's...

Extensive inequities in education funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States; for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful educational opportunities for all children.

The fact is that reforming urban schools is an issue of social justice: there are too many children in cities across the U.S. who are denied the opportunity to have a high - quality education, and these inequities run strongly along lines of race and class.

Since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court held that education was not a «fundamental interest» under the federal constitution, education advocates, frustrated by continuing inequities in the funding of public education, have turned to the state courts.

Our ultimate aim is to catalyze substantially greater impacts on the lives of young children whose needs are not addressed adequately by existing programs, with a strong emphasis on those who face the cumulative burdens of economic hardship, limited parent education, racial or ethnic discrimination, and other sources of structural inequity.

To be truly effective, efforts to ensure equity in IDEA by Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, and education scholars require a correct empirical understanding of the types of inequities currently being experienced by minority schoolEducation, and education scholars require a correct empirical understanding of the types of inequities currently being experienced by minority schooleducation scholars require a correct empirical understanding of the types of inequities currently being experienced by minority schoolchildren.

This, she hopes, will help her community of Hartford, Connecticut — as well as other urban districts — move toward her long - held goal of ending the inequity and structural racism that often stands in the way of providing all students with a great education.

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.

The state ranks 45th out of the 50 states on the wealth - neutrality score, which indicates that inequities in state and local revenue for education are tied substantially to local property wealth.

Charles Willie: A Life's Work Tearing Apart Educational Inequity, Starting in Boston Spare Change News, 3/6/16» [Professor Charles] Willie says he still cries knowing desegregation, an important component of education, was unsuccessful in Boston.

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.

«If we are to truly eradicate the inequity of outcomes in our education system, we need our best middle leaders firing on all cylinders.