Sentences with phrase «on academic disparities»

He praised the Bush - era law for shining a light on academic disparities but said it should be revised to promote a well - rounded curriculum, equal opportunity for disadvantaged students and academic growth toward high standards.

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Ford, an associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and an investigator at the Neuroscience Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, says that when he came to the historically black MSM four years ago he chose stroke research as the area he wanted to concentrate on for two reasons: The medical school recognized the racial and regional disparities of the disease and placed stroke high on its list of illnesses to study, and the field combines the several prongs of his varied academic training and interests.

The judge's finding that the district has not fully desegregated was based not on the racial composition of classrooms, but on such factors as racial disparities in academic achievement.

The training helps educators reflect on the causes of disparity in student achievement and explore ways to improve academic success by using innovative, research - based instructional strategies.

There is research on teacher training program, sustained, rigorous training program, that focused on improving student teacher engagement that again showed not only that there were great academic gains, but the racial disparities were eliminated, as suspension rates came down.

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

One way to address the effects of historical trauma on Pacific Islander communities» perceptions of research is through CBPR.70 71 CBPR shares power and builds trust between academic researchers and the community.72 73 There is evidence for the effectiveness of using CBPR to engage minority, immigrant and migrant populations in research to reduce health disparities.74 — 79 In addition, there is evidence for the effectiveness of using CBPR to reduce health disparities in populations that have experienced historical trauma.80 To date, no published article has synthesised the best practices for CBPR practices with Pacific Islanders.

Continued health disparities bring urgency to integration of these services.4 — 6 Recent Affordable Care Act investment in home visitation (HV) programs and emphasis on the FCMH combined with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Academic Pediatric Association (APA) endorsement of collaboration between home visitors and primary care providers (PCPs) offer a unique opportunity to integrate and improve services provided to children and families.6 — 8

The program focuses on decreasing dropout rates of immigrant Latino youth, which result in academic performance gaps that perpetuate poverty and create significant health disparities and costly social and economic impacts to the state as well as important concerns about the preparation of the future workforce.