Sentences with phrase «of urban youth»

He is interested in finding effective approaches to meeting the complex needs of urban youth through schools.

The student population at the heart of this book is composed of urban youth from impoverished neighborhoods, many of whom are African American or Latino.

There are very few studies of urban youth in poor metabolic control, a group at higher risk for T1DM complications compared to suburban youth with lower HbA1c (Delamater et al., 1999).

Through the Financial Empowerment of Urban Youth study, a partnership with the Charter School Development Corporation and Building Hope, it was shown that after WealthyLife's implementation students were 85 percent more likely to graduate high school and 76 percent more likely to own a home.

This title points to a paradigm in the artist's work where he both challenges and complies with different aspects of urban youth culture.

The President's stated commitment to the future of urban youth, especially young men of color in the United States, through the launch of his «My Brother's Keeper Alliance,» is worthy of considerable praise.

As much as 14 percent of urban youth there — some 24 million kids — fit the bill as Internet addicts, according to the China Youth Internet Association.

Juice holds up as something of a star - making performance for Tupac Shakur, a compelling portrait of urban youth, and an appealing showcase of»90s hip hop.

Likewise, Dee Rees's 2011 drama Pariah introduced an incisive and compelling new filmmaker with the story of an urban youth just trying to find a way to thrive.

She was also an adjunct assistant professor of Urban Youth Policy at the CCNY Rangel Center for Public Policy.

They contain long digressions about his compassionate understanding of the plight of urban youth.

NEW YORK CITY Kesi Foster of the Urban Youth Collaborative wrote a great op - ed for City Limits last week criticizing the city's recent decision to provide up to $ 20 million in funding to private and religious schools to hire security guards.

The Kansas City Teacher Residency is a one - year program for college graduates and professionals who want to become exceptional teachers and transform the minds of our urban youth.

By Jacque Hayden, M.Ed., English Teacher at Hospitality High Public Charter School in Washington DC As a teacher of urban youth I have often been challenged with getting my students to read literature that they may not have been exposed to or may initially feel intimidated by.

IMPACT: A multidisciplinary journal addressing the issues of urban youth, 2 (1).

But it wasn't until his mid-20s that he found his fortune when he and a group of neighborhood friends decided to create a clothing line that captured the true spirit and fashion tastes of urban youth.

The proposed expansion of the Crissy Field Youth Campus will provide larger and improved facilities for programs, add capacity for educator trainings, and create a dynamic hub for community partners to take advantage of expanded collaboration — while inviting a greater number of urban youth into their local national park.

A viral flourishing sub culture form of art originally a tool to mark territorial boundaries of urban youth.

VISUALIZING MEMORY By Susan Snodgrass > click here to download PDF Throughout a career that has spanned over forty years, Dawoud Bey has continuously redefined the photographic portrait — from his early black - and white images of the faces of Harlem, to large - scale color Polaroids of urban youth, to symbolic portraits commemorating the young lives lost in the 1963 -LSB-...]

As a young teenager he joined the seminal group K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), working with artist Tim Rollins on collaborative artworks involving groups of urban youth.

California Song spans the photographer's «California period» and traces his explorations of cycles of urban youth culture and artistic communities, through installations of photographic essays,

Her first video work, Buzzclub, Liverpool (1996), features teenagers dancing to a soundtrack of 90's acid house and rave in a studio erected in a Liverpool nightclub, in an intimate and revealing snapshot of urban youth identity.

As an example, it is estimated that 50 % to 96 % of urban youth directly witness violence within their community.1 The significant, recurrent, and chronic nature of these stressors may overwhelm the capacity to cope acutely and chronically, 2 which is required for healthy development and positive trajectories.

«What we are identifying are evidence - based interventions that have been proven to work for other schools, but we've not found anything that specifically meets the needs of urban youth in an all - male school,» adds Moore.

The program's primary objective is to increase access for urban youth to school - based, culturally - sensitive, and trauma - informed mental health services that are aimed at raising students» awareness of the impact of trauma on well - being, enhancing students» positive coping skills, promoting students» attitudes toward school engagement, increasing graduation rates, and improving the overall psychosocial well - being of urban youth.

Develop new initiatives that can meet the diverse needs of urban youth and families enrolled in the PATHWAYS Program;

Meeting the Complex Needs of Urban Youth and Their Families Through the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program.