Sentences with phrase «on racial equity»

In particular, my work tends to focus on racial equity and racial justice, but we certainly also address gender and class quite a bit and any other equity or social justice issues that organizations has some questions about.

The Forum's list also takes up numerous hot - button topics for the state's public schools, demanding «transparency and accountability» from North Carolina's growing school choice sector, better recruitment of top teachers and principals, an overhaul of the state's oft - maligned «A-F» school grading system and a renewed emphasis on racial equity, as well as others.

Throughout the study group, the committee employed rigorous analysis of research and data on racial equity, using the best available evidence to guide its observations and recommendations.

Public School Forum 16th Study Group on Expanding Educational Opportunity Committee on Racial Equity https://www.ncforum.org/committee-on-racial-equity/

As discussed in the recommendations of the Committee on Racial Equity, the «community schools» model and other school - community and public - private partnerships hold immense promise to meet critical needs of students and their families.

Public School Forum Study Group XVI: Committee on Racial Equity https://www.ncforum.org/committee-on-racial-equity/

The school is the creation of Chicago native Tim King, who is the featured speaker at the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership's 2010 conference on racial equity.

The sims are designed to ignite a conversation on racial equity among participants who can then apply what they have learned to their leadership.

A number of schools started the work of going deep on the racial equity journey, self - reflecting and changing their practices with their teams.

The second issue is that a narrow focus on racial equity inside schools and districts generates very little enthusiasm from families on the topside of the gap.

And while it's true that the sharper focus on racial equity among many reformers has highlighted this condition, it didn't cause it.

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Her backstory of growing up in an African - American family of 10 children in inner - city Detroit is remarkably aligned with the foundation's mission of helping kids and families succeed in some of the poorest corners of the U.S. Among other things, under Tabron's leadership at Kellogg, the foundation has doubled down on its prescient — and bold — racial equity work.

Specifically, with respect to racial equity — which is what Encompass focuses on — it's important for organizations to recognize that advocates of color face unique pressures in our movement in part because there are so few of us and because the people we work with often don't understand the nuances of the challenges we face.

In September 2016, the NCAA asked its members to sign a non-binding pledge «to specifically commit to establishing initiatives for achieving ethnic and racial diversity, gender equity and inclusion with a focus and emphasis on hiring practices in intercollegiate athletics to reflect the diversity of our membership and our nation.»

As apart of this rich annual event, BMBFA is excited to partner with Henry Ford Health System to launch Mommy - Friendly Detroit ™ — a celebration of black motherhood that helps Detroit to become a place where systems, policies and practices align to achieve racial and health equity on behalf of all women, with an emphasis on Detroit's most vulnerable women, their babies, families and communities.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley had a chance to meet with long - time Civil Rights leader Andrew Young to discuss his views on racism, racial equity and poverty.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley had a chance to meet with Young at The Mansion on Delaware in Buffalo to discuss his views on racism, racial equity and poverty.

«We will not stop working until the bright light of opportunity shines on all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said, emphasizing also the need for economic equity in the educational system, racial and economic justice in the judicial system and voter empowerment in the electoral system.

A growing number of districts looking to right racial imbalances by dedicating staff members to work on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Throughout the day, sessions proposed by cohort members focused on skill - building, racial equity, leveraging networks, and self - growth, and built on the idea that they are all working together.

This year, we decided to focus the conversation on two issues that are especially important to education: racial equity and viewpoint diversity.

Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives on eliminating racial disparities in school discipline; the allocation of school resources among racial groups; schools» responsibility for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support for pregnant and parenting students.

On Tuesday, March 21, the Askwith Forums will host Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, the oldest historically black women's college in America, for a conversation about leading for racial equity in schools.

She currently serves as a teacher on special assignment with the St. Louis Park School District as a Racial Equity and Instructional Coach.

Childhood trauma and its impact on learning, along with racial equity and chronically low - performing schools, were three key areas identified as barriers to providing every child in North Carolina the opportunity to reach their full potential through equal and meaningful public education.

The Racial Equity Report Cards use public data on academic achievement, school discipline and juvenile court involvement to provide a picture of all 115 North Carolina school districts and the state.

[provided as PDF and linked here] We invite you to join us on this journey to Build a Community of Trust through Racial Awareness with the hopes that this experience will lead you and your participants to a greater understanding of race, a deeper need for advocacy, and eventually to a passionate drive to take action to improve school experiences to provide equity and excellence for each and every student.

Ms. Acevedo - Garcia is also Project Director for diversitydata.org, an indicator project on racial / ethnic equity in U.S. metropolitan areas, as well as for diversitydatakids.org, which strives to be a comprehensive database of indicators on child wellbeing and opportunity by race / ethnicity across multiple sectors (e.g., education, health, neighborhoods) and geographies.

She has taught elementary school, worked on Capitol Hill, and been a leader in protest and activism for racial and social equity.

No matter a teaching staff's racial, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic status, culturally responsive teacher training is crucial for schools addressing disproportionality, says David Kirkland, executive director of the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools.

The multicolored chart also includes an «equity report» showing which student subgroups, based on racial and ethnic background, income levels, and so on, are lagging behind.

The publications of the Initiative on Diversity, Equity, and Learning (IDEAL) provide policy makers, educators, the media, and the public with research and analysis related to equity and racial diversity with the goal of advancing opportunities and school success for all stuEquity, and Learning (IDEAL) provide policy makers, educators, the media, and the public with research and analysis related to equity and racial diversity with the goal of advancing opportunities and school success for all stuequity and racial diversity with the goal of advancing opportunities and school success for all students.

Based on Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity - Building Framework for Family — School Partnerships, a publication of the American Institutes for Research's Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, this session will help you to build and enhance the capacity of school staff and teachers use equity to engage all families, regardless of their racial or ethnic identity, educational background, gender, disability, or socioeconomic status.

Dr. Shaun R. Harper, whose groundbreaking research on campus climate and racial equity has made him a leader in the field of education, is leaving the University of Pennsylvania and will join the Rossier School of Education at the University of South...

This change comes as Joyce refocuses its 2018 - 2020 strategic priorities across programs on preparing the next generation in the region to thrive in education, career, and community, and on advancing racial equity and economic mobility.

In 2013 she was elected Chair of the Council of the Great City Schools where she led the charge on the Council's commitment to address racial equity issues.

The yearlong process involved more than 175 education, government and business leaders from across the state focused on three key topics related to expanding educational opportunity in North Carolina: addressing the impact of childhood trauma on learning; increasing racial equity; and supporting low - performing schools.

She also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California where she concentrated on a range of social and racial justice issues including advancing education equity, LGBTQ issues, immigrant rights, and advocacy for the homeless.

Additional steps will include grounding the city's teacher leadership and new principal mentoring programs in a racial equity lens, developing a new Social Studies Scope and Sequence and Passport to Social Studies curriculum, and using the keynote address at the citywide principal's conference this spring to focus on the subject of culturally responsive teaching.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Committees within the study group focused on three issues: trauma & learning; racial equity; and low - performing schools.

School and system leaders must develop the capacity to name, reflect on and act to pursue racial equity.

Mary E. Dilworth «s career is centered on teacher quality and preparation, with a keen focus on racial / ethnic and linguistic diversity and equity issues.

The impact of accountability on racial and socioeconomic equity: Considering both school resources and achievement outcomes

For most educators, summer is filled with reflecting on the previous year, engaging in professional development opportunities, and preparing for the next school year; and this year in particular has thrown into relief the importance of teachers doing this work through the lens of racial equity.

When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.

In his philanthropy and as an art collector, Les has focused on supporting artists of color and improving racial equity and inclusion in the Chicago art community.

The week includes workshops by writers and artists whose work focuses on social and political issues, including the environment, climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence against women, racial equity, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens of creative action.

Also an active member of the Society's Racial Equity Committee since 2008, she is from the Listuguj Mi» gmaq First Nations community, located on the Gaspé Coast of Québec.

It is also part of national networks on media and racial / ethnocultural diversity, hate crimes and employment equity.