Sentences with phrase «of stark disparity»

It's this sort of stark disparity that has propelled the UFT to fight for charter equity legislation in Albany that requires taxpayer - funded charters to accept and keep numbers of high - needs students comparable to those in district public schools.

Not exact matches

When it comes to gender equality, the data remains stark, according to the World Economic Forum's 2017 Gender Gap Report, which captures the the magnitude of gender - based disparities across economies, education, health and political engagements.

China has a dynamic economy that has lifted many people out of poverty, but stark disparities remain and inequality rates are at levels comparable to those of Russia and the Philippines.

With the political season gearing up, the disparity between the high - profile gubernatorial contest, which features more than a dozen Republican candidates, and the lonely slog of the congressional aspirants couldn't be starker.

Representation disparities within Congress are even more stark, women account for 21 percent of Senators and 19.4 percent of Representatives.

A group advocating decriminalization of pot in New York supports Nixon's contention that there's a stark disparity in the number of whites busted for marijuana crimes, compared to minorities.

Nonetheless, considerable challenges remain, with gender disparities widening at each cycle of the education system and the poorest girls remaining at stark disadvantage.

Cook said: «Nowhere in the East of England is this disparity more stark than in Central Bedfordshire.

«Nowhere in the East of England is this disparity more stark than in Central Bedfordshire.

Nowhere are these disparities more stark — or hold more grave consequences — than in the administration of school discipline.

It's a very stark contrast that illustrates the need for a reliable, inviolate source of state education funding that doesn't create economic disparity between school districts.

These stark educational disparities both reflect and perpetuate the broad trend of rising income inequality in the U.S.

Despite Bersin's efforts, and those of superintendents who followed, stark disparities in test scores, school discipline and graduation rates still exist between white, Latino and black students.

Differences on teacher roles and teacher pay pale beside some stark disparities coming forward on the status of unions and labor relations themselves.

Once she reached high school, the chaos and disparities became more stark, particularly in terms of the quality of her education.

Generous excerpts from letters, diaries, memoirs, and more are seamlessly interspersed throughout the narrative and underscore the stark disparity between the glittering lives of the Romanovs and the desperately impoverished ones of the peasant population.

You allege that «the disparity between the claims of climate science and the claims of environmentalism are stark».

Once you're on the ground, inside the clutch of our gritty atmosphere, the peaks and valleys of human privilege and disparity stand in stark contrast.

The disparity is stark: Despite now making up 39 per cent of the profession in Ontario, and 31 per cent of lawyers in private practice, women account for only 21 per cent of law firm partners.

Most firms have some form of performance management in place but the disparity between formal performance evaluation procedures in the corporate governance world and that in traditional partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) is often stark.

But when it comes to HIV, the disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in Canada are stark and way ahead of those in the other two countries.

In addition, stark racial and gender disparities exist in these practices, with young boys of color being suspended and expelled much more frequently than other children.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children shows that while Connecticut's children of color surpass national averages in most measurements of health, economic well - being, education, and family and community, stark disparities remain between Hispanic and African - American children, and their non-Hispanic...

The Fed noted this income disparity and said that the decline in average income of the richest 10 percent between 2007 and 2010 «stands in stark contrast to the generally steady pattern of rising mean incomes at the top of the income distribution over the past two decades.»