Sentences with phrase «of racial segregation»

To put those numbers in perspective, the authors note that this level of segregation is roughly equal to and sometimes exceeds the level of racial segregation in many cities.
Our analysis presents a more accurate, but still imperfect, picture of the levels of racial segregation in the charter sector relative to the traditional public - school sector.
The harmful effects of racial segregation in public schools are well documented.
The figure below provides an illustration of the degree of racial segregation even among households with the same incomes.
The best answer, in my view, is that the consequences of racial segregation for student learning are probably adverse but not severely so.
This does not mean, however, that family decisions, court policies, and school board responses are irrelevant to the patterns of racial segregation that continue to persist.
This report provides a new, exhaustive analysis of racial segregation across the country.
The sociology of racial segregation in religion is an expression and manifestation of theology of separation (sin) of the church.
After this descriptive overview, the authors address the question of racial segregation in a more appropriate way.
Even within many of the central cities in the metropolitan areas listed above, there is a great deal of racial segregation.
My second task is to inquire into the consequences for achievement of the racial segregation that still persists.
Too often, gifted and talented programs are at risk of becoming a new site of racial segregation in schools.
Since then, some districts have made an effort to diversify classrooms, though often without overt reference to the return of racial segregation to schools.
Religious schools have been accused of racial segregation — but is the picture accurate?
According to the brief, which was published last month, the level of racial segregation for black students in charter schools is higher than it is in public schools.
The program reduced the level of racial segregation in the state.
Your first visit is to the Apartheid Museum, an insightful and at times sombre museum that illustrates the history of racial segregation in South Africa.
Apartheid («separateness», pronounced «apar - tate» in Afrikaans, although many English speakers say «apar - tide») was a government - enforced system of racial segregation instituted in South Africa (map) in 1948.
Has anyone cosidered how doctrine changes from culture to culture which may cause the appearance of racial segregation?
Had his seminal work focused on both the administrative problems and the social systems of school, Coleman later wrote, «our knowledge of how to overcome problems of racial segregation would be far more advanced than it is.»
People are saying Israel is literally Apartheid (which needn't refer to the South African system specifically but can refer more generally to policies of racial segregation).
The historical legacy of racial segregation also explains why students of color disproportionately attend economically segregated schools.
Scholars now describe HOLC's property evaluations and risk management procedures, along with the practices of the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and U.S. Housing Authority, as significant contributions to the continuation of racial segregation, intergenerational poverty, and enduring wealth gap between white Americans and minorities in the U.S.
CNBC Meets» Tania Bryer speaks to celebrated soprano opera singer Jessye Norman, who speaks about her childhood growing up in Augusta, Georgia and her first experience of racial segregation.
It is a horible policy - but it simply isn't the equivalent of racial segregation by law in the US South pre-1964, or apartheid South Africa, or ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
Yet the Internet's impact on hate crime was not uniform and was predominantly present in areas with higher levels of racism, identified by the amount of racial segregation present and the proportion of racially charged search terms used.
Owens said she is working on a similar study of racial segregation trends among households with and without children.
The data suggests that online dating has almost as much a pattern of same - race preference as offline dating, which is a little surprising because the offline world has constraints of racial segregation that the online world was supposed to not have.
The courage and professionalism of the first African - American armoured unit to enter combat paved the way for the ending of racial segregation in the US military.
The rigor and relevance of his work — on subjects ranging from the long - term benefits of the Head Start program, the value of degrees from for - profit colleges, and the effects of racial segregation on academic achievement and life outcomes — make his findings absolutely essential reading for academics and policymakers alike,» said Dean James Ryan.
Again, comparing the segregation in charter schools in a state, which are concentrated in heavily minority central cities, to that in traditional public schools throughout the state, reveals nothing about the reality of racial segregation in charter schools.
Based on these comparisons, the authors conclude, incorrectly in our view, that charter schools experience severe levels of racial segregation compared to traditional public schools (TPS).
Within education, he has conducted studies on teacher evaluation; on the value of school infrastructure spending; on affirmative action in college and graduate school admissions; and on the causes and consequences of racial segregation.
To capture the shifts that took place during four distinctly different time periods, I identify the state of racial segregation in schools for the years 1968, 1980, 1988, 2000, and 2012.
A half - century of court orders has dismantled the legal regimes of racial segregation without achieving much integration in the schools.
The risk of racial segregation is especially potent where privatization laws do not have adequate protections built into the law (Mickelson & Southworth, 2008).
After a sobering presentation (the Architecture of Segregation) about the shameful continued existence and dramatic growth of racial segregation in American and the tragic consequences of concentrated poverty by Paul Jargowsky of the Center for Urban Research and Urban Education at Rutgers University, a panel of local leaders provided meaningful context.
Gifted programs should not become the new centers of racial segregation in America.
If anything, they should realize that laws that limit school choice by residence have exactly the same results in terms of racial segregation and inferior education as the laws limiting school choice by race that the NAACP is so rightfully famous for doing away with.
Given the budget crises at the national and state levels, and the strong political power of conservative groups, a significant effort to reduce poverty or deal with the closely related issue of racial segregation is not in the political cards, at least for now.
While the end of court - ordered desegregation measures has caused a modest increase in segregation within public school districts, a large majority of racial segregation occurs across district lines.
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