Sentences with phrase «on racial inequities»

Ironically, the broad diversity argument in higher education — that it benefits everyone, including white students — has perhaps led to a decline in a focus on racial inequities, says Harvard education professor Natasha Warikoo, and «maybe it's time to rethink this very shallow way we talk about affirmative action.»

These conclusions — that families were most important in student achievement and that school resources did not matter — overshadowed the findings on racial inequity in achievement.

That open access is a deliberate and effective assault on racial inequity associated with the segregation era is an irony not lost on reform advocates.

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On one side of that debate: educators and parents who argue that the no - excuses approach is not only defensible, but the only way to solve racial and class inequities in schools and beyond.

Our ultimate aim is to catalyze substantially greater impacts on the lives of young children whose needs are not addressed adequately by existing programs, with a strong emphasis on those who face the cumulative burdens of economic hardship, limited parent education, racial or ethnic discrimination, and other sources of structural inequity.

His published work includes key studies on the effectiveness of charter schools, the origins and inequities of the racial achievement gap, and the impact of historically black colleges and universities.

As far as how to work on the problems of social inequities and racial injustices, Collins believes in the power of interventions and education that re-examine the relationships and concepts of color, and redefine community.

The team sought to share and understand their own experiences with racial inequity in education, reflect on the perspectives of students of color who experience a lack of diversity within their teacher community, and research a range of factors that contribute to the gap, from teacher recruitment through school climate.

The rule is meant to keep administrators from quietly discouraging low performers to stay home on exam day, something that could skew performance upward and hide racial or socio - economic inequities.

A just - released Center of American Progress report sheds new light on the lingering vestiges of racial inequality in our schools, specifically on inequity in spending on students of color.

Nearly 60 years after the 1954 landmark ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared public education is «a right which must be made available on equal terms,» racial inequities in school spending persist.

The CCRR's special projects, on the School - to - Prison Pipeline and Racial Inequity in Special Eduction, are supported with funding from Atlantic Philanthropies and carried out under the auspices of the Civil Rights Project and in collaboration with several partner organizations.

Special projects on the School - to - Prison Pipeline and Racial Inequity in Special Education are supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies and The California Endowment and carried out in collaboration with several partner organizations.

Losen has done pioneering work on issues of unequal treatment within schools, including the widely cited book, Racial Inequity in Special Education (Losen & Orfield, 2002), and on dropouts.

Our current programs focus on parks as a tool for preventive healthcare, a classroom for climate education, and a resource for critical urban issues like homelessness, income and racial inequity, and rapid development.

On Monday, October 24, CALL artist Henrietta Mantooth sat down with VoCA Program Committee Member Jennifer Hickey to discuss her life, legacy, and recent installations around the themes racial inequity and mass incarceration.

Sculpture and video works by Abigail DeVille and Andrea Bowers highlight inequities based on racial, economic, gender, and immigrant identities that pervade society.

Michelle is also on the faculty of BUILD's Equity Leader's Action Network working with leaders from across the country acting on specific racial inequities in state early childhood systems — in early learning, health, mental health, nutrition, and family support — and especially at the intersection of these systems.

Key New Jersey trends include gains in health insurance but worsened poverty and racial inequity The 2016 Data Book, which focuses on key trends in child well - being in the post-recession years, measures child well - being in four domains: economic well - being, education, health, and family and community.