Sentences with phrase «of racial disparities»

It addresses the issue of racial disparities in expectant mothers.

Because of racial disparities in K - 12 education, many fields with barriers to entry that include testing and certification also face these challenges.

The reality of racial disparities in academic capabilities and outcomes within and across schools is a stubborn fact.

And 2017 continued this trend of racial disparities, according to the lawsuit.

The scope and depth of racial disparities across various health indicators and in breastfeeding — life's earliest health intervention — can not be ignored.

In adjusted analyses, none of the health plan characteristics we examined were consistently associated with the magnitude of racial disparity.

Some districts, when notified of racial disparities in math placement, have or will change their practices.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund poll found «an overwhelming sense of racial inequity in school funding,» with lack of funding for students of color seen as the biggest cause of racial disparities in education by both African American and Latino parents and families.

Faced with fresh evidence of the racial disparity in marijuana enforcement across New York City, Manhattan's district attorney said he will largely stop prosecuting people for possessing or smoking marijuana.

Using Catholicism as a framework, this article addresses, among other things, capital punishment and denying the opportunity for redemption; the problem of racial disparities in the criminal justice system; the problem of over-incarceration of poor defendants through the use of money bail; the problem of ever increasing mandatory minimums and a sprawling criminal code; and the need to improve the relationship between and the effectiveness of police in protecting communities of color.

De Blasio seemed to signal a shift in his position on the issue of racial disparities in marijuana enforcement.

The observed narrowing of racial disparities in prostate cancer outcome since the advent of PSA screening is not as large as previously believed.

According to the DCL, «The Departments also may initiate investigations based on public reports of racial disparities in student discipline combined with other information.»

What amount of racial disparity in the schools compared to district - wide population ratios could pass muster?

His research interests include examination of racial disparities in birth outcomes and child health; the adequacy and content of pre-conception, prenatal and inter-conception care; child health services; home visiting, child nutrition; fatherhood; and health data policy.

But perhaps the most sobering detail in the CDC release is the continuation of the racial disparities in breastfeeding rates.

At an appearance in Brooklyn this weekend, Sanders said: «We owe a debt of gratitude to the Black Lives Matter movement,» which he said had «raised the consciousness» of the racial disparity within in the criminal justice system.

«This fact alone accounted for about 20 percent of the racial disparity in breastfeeding duration between black and white mothers.

One of the questions that's dogged the study of racial disparities in cancer has been how much is due to access to care, notes Timothy Rebbeck, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Pennsylvania.

To estimate the proportion of each racial disparity attributable to within - plan differences and to determine the correlation between the outcome measure results and racial disparities in the results, we fitted multilevel linear regression models predicting the result of each HEDIS indicator.

Stratified reports could also raise awareness of racial disparities in care, provide a framework for feedback and accountability of health plans and clinicians, and ideally promote effective efforts to improve care for patients who experience worse outcomes, particularly black Americans with diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease.

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In their August letter to Secretary King on behalf of 40 public interest groups, the NCLC highlights some of the troubling causes and consequences of racial disparities in student debt, including racial targeting by for - profit institutions and abusive debt collection practices.

Ignoring the harsh realities of racial disparities outside of school is likely to hurt those very children advocates seek to protect.

He maintained that «plaintiffs alleging equal protection violations must prove intent and causation and not merely the existence of racial disparity,» and that «public schooling, even in the South, should be controlled by locally elected authorities acting in conjunction with parents, and that it is desirable to permit pupils to attend schools nearest their homes.»

Among the overlooked is a randomized controlled study of a teacher - training program found that a yearlong training designed to improve student achievement through greater teacher engagement of students caused a reduction in exclusionary discipline and near - elimination of racial disparities in disciplinary office referrals.

A wealth of research demonstrates that in most high - suspending schools and districts, the majority of the offenses and largest share of racial disparities are punishments for minor nonviolent violations of school codes of conduct, not unlawful or dangerous behavior.

Even the City had a history of racial disparity amongst the French Trappers and the indigenous Ojibway, Saginaw and Chippewa tribes.

California officials have been pushing schools to reduce out - of - school suspensions, especially because of the racial disparities associated with that form of discipline.

Here, a great deal of the racial disparities actually stem from differences in actual student behavior, which in turn is related to differences in socioeconomic circumstances.

The vastly different rates of arrest are the latest statistical measure of racial disparities in Wisconsin's capital city.

Making adjustments to state teacher licensure requirements to allow teaching candidates to demonstrate their competency through rigorous but more authentic performance assessments, such as the edTPA, that do not have the degree of racial disparity in pass rates that traditional exams have had.

While some themes in the Atlanta Biennial are obvious, like the prevalence of racial disparities in the region, the curators seem less focused on selecting artists for their investigations of these specific issues.

«A doctor with high racial bias may understand the pain of other - race patients in a more detached or disembodied manner and, in principle, this may contribute to the causes of racial disparities in healthcare,» Avenanti says.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Faced with fresh evidence of the racial disparity in marijuana enforcement across New York City, Manhattan's district attorney said Tuesday he will largely stop prosecuting people for possessing or smoking marijuana.

«My ideological critique is that some of these proposals fail to resolve the underlying problem of racial disparity and unlawful searches,» said Bronx City Councilman Ritchie Torres one of the sponsors of the recently introduced «Right to Know Act.»

The Columbus, Ohio - based group recently offered a daylong training session to 12 parents from around the country at an event designed to draw attention to the issue of racial disparities in special education.

The Departments initiate investigations of student discipline policies and practices at particular schools based on complaints the Departments receive from students, parents, community members, and others about possible racial discrimination in student discipline.3 The Departments also may initiate investigations based on public reports of racial disparities in student discipline combined with other information, or as part of their regular compliance monitoring activities.

These policies have sparked controversy because of racial disparities in suspension and expulsion rates as well as incidents in which students have been suspended or expelled for seemingly trivial infractions, such as making a paper gun (American Psychological Association, 2006).

VOYCE is convening 400 students and parents on Monday, May 7, from 6 - 8 pm at the IBEW Union Hall (600 W Washington) on the issue of racial disparities in the administration of extreme school disciplinary practices.

Not only were whites immune to persuasion on the death penalty, but when researchers told them of the racial disparity — that blacks faced unfair treatment — many increased their support.

Lima cautions, however, that much remains to be understood about the root causes of racial disparities and how to fix them.

Schools that have used it have lowered suspensions rates by 15 to 25 percent and closed or narrowed some of the racial disparities in long - term suspension rates.