Sentences with phrase «on school diversity»

In coordination with the National Coalition on School Diversity, Magnet Schools of America has promoted this action and also recommends that states include racial and socioeconomic integration goals in their accountability systems.

A Struggle We Must Win: Advancing School Integration Through Activism, Youth Voice, & Policy Reform (National Coalition on School Diversity 4th Annual Conference) October 19th to October 20th in New York, New York The Coalition has two registrations available.

Several members of the National Coalition on School Diversity's Steering Committee and Research Advisory Panel traveled to Minneapolis for an important hearing on the future of state school diversity rules in Minnesota.

A Struggle We Must Win: Advancing School Integration through Activism, Youth Voice, and Policy Reform Dates: Oct 19 & 20 Host: National Coalition on School Diversity Location: New York City, NY Main contact: Gina Chirichigno, [email protected] Description: National conference on school diversity Website: http://school-diversity.org/2017-conference Type: Open to general public (fee required)

Upcoming 2017 Integration Convenings held by the National Coalition on School Diversity or a partner organization More information here

Concerned educators can begin by contributing their insights and public support to the National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD), a network of national civil rights organizations and others (my own organization is a member) advocating a greater commitment to racial and economic diversity in federal policy and funding.

Carole has recently published two pieces for the Century Foundation as well as this research brief for the National Coalition on School Diversity.

This conference, sponsored by the National Coalition on School Diversity, brings together a wide range of government officials to converse with educators, civil rights advocates, and scholars who support racially and economically integrated K - 12 public schools.

MSA would like to thank the following conference supporters: American Education Solutions, Cambridge International Examinations, DKH Consulting, Dr. Judith Stein, Sanford Harmony, Creative Learning Systems, INCubatoredu, Living Rhythms, Lego, Subway, Altamira Consulting, United States Marine Corps, Pearson, PCS Edventures, PowerSchool, Positive Promotions, SmartChoice Technologies, SchoolMint, Mackin, ProSource Specialties, Yoobi, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Rubicon, and the National Coalition on School Diversity.

In the final day of the conference, Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation, discussed why he thinks magnet schools are a crucial part of the future of education in the U.S. «There is a felt need in our society for institutions that will strengthen our democracy, and magnets with their focus on school diversity are a perfect vehicle for that,» he said.

She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and of the journal Social Problems, and also currently serves on the Social Science Advisory Board of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, as well as the National Coalition on School Diversity.

Dr. Cobb is a National Education Policy Center Fellow and member of the Research Advisory Panel for the National Coalition on School Diversity.

Washington, DC — The National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD) and our partners are disappointed by Secretary of the Department of Education (DOE) Betsy DeVos» decision to eliminate funding for the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities (ODEO) grant program — denying parents and students an opportunity to reach a community consensus on the best methods of socioeconomic integration in isolated, struggling schools.

CONTACT Kimberly Hall, Communications & Partnerships Manager National Coalition on School Diversity 813-802-8206 [email protected]

However, as The National Coalition on School Diversity has noted, funding for magnet schools might be in trouble.

In another legislative victory for magnet schools, MSA worked with the National Coalition on School Diversity to also ensure that an outdated anti-busing provision from the 1970s did not prevent current MSAP grantees from using their funding for school transportation as authorized under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The New Champions of School Integration (The Atlantic) Mention of HGSE's Reimagining Integration program and a recent day - long meeting for strategic planning on school diversity efforts with former Education Secretary John King.

The conference, cosponsored by HGSE's Reimagining Integration Diverse and Equitable Schools (RIDES), the National Coalition on School Diversity, and The Century Foundation, continued an ongoing conversation about the best ways to work collaboratively on school diversity issues.

The day - long meeting, sponsored by Harvard's Reimagining Integration program, the National Coalition on School Diversity, and The Century Foundation (where I work), brought together 50 scholars, civil - rights activists, and educators to plot out new strategies for school diversity in the age of Trump.

He retweeted a news story referencing «wealthy white parents» in regards to an Upper West Side school meeting which featured a heated discussion on school diversity.

Not exact matches

Telfer is also a big presence on the Canadian case competition circuit, playing host to the first annual Diversity and Inclusion MBA contest in 2016 and sending teams to the John Molson School of Business tournament every year.

In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the next dean of Emory's Goizueta Business School Erika Hayes James shares her thoughts on «having it all,» her new gig, and the diversity imbalance plaguing American business schools.

For starters, he's keen on boosting the school's diversity — a topic he's written about extensively.

The Clinton platform also focuses heavily on education, including a call to broaden computer science education in public schools, revamp job training programs, and provide more funds for minority colleges to help tackle tech's diversity problem.

Schools receive points based on the following weighted ranking: 33.5 % reputation (higher is better), 20.5 % classroom experience (student - teacher ratio and cohort diversity), 13 % average GMAT scores (higher is better), 13 % tuition (lower is better), 13 % required work experience (more is better) and 7 % program length (shorter is better).

In an interview on stage talking to the McCombs School of Business, he was opinionated on everything from diversity to executive compensation.

«Like many other Canadian cities, Calgary is embracing diversity and expanding into new sectors with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship,» says Jim Dewald, dean of the Haskayne School of Business.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma González and civil - rights activist and organized - labor icon Dolores Huerta are among those being celebrated at the annual Diversity Honors on Friday, April 27, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in...

To the contrary, the proposal urges that the best way to affirm any school's theological identity is through study focused on as a wide theological and social - cultural diversity of Christian congregations as possible.

I will suggest some ways in which to describe very concretely both congregations and schools, what pluralizes them, what goes on in them, and how that is somehow «unified» without denial of their deep diversity.

Although there has been some push back on the new sex ed curriculum for public schools, which would see teaching about family diversity that includes LBGT families, anti-homophobia instruction including that being gay is normal, and — at long last!

Inspectors failed schools on «diversity» criteria based on young children declining to talk about their «attitudes to homosexuality».

Without God, we are torn in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but all our news programs are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations of everything, and equally obsessed with sentimental love in every pop song; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonize over our local sports team; we own many things, and still feel like we don't have enough; we believe in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» on the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.

Perhaps on all of those back - to - school nights that we spend looking at their macaroni collages, we could take ten minutes to have a conversation about diversity.

With its strong commitment to cultural and economic diversity, the Cincinnati Waldorf School relies heavily on the success of its annual fundraising to achieve a balanced budget each year.

The Hartsbrook School has embarked on an exciting new inclusion, equity, and diversity initiative.

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The Independent Democratic Conference on Wednesday released a platform designed to increase student diversity at specialized high schools in New York City.

Or to be more specific: when Balls takes the need to respect diversity away from the curriculum of faith schools, he takes away the freedom of vulnerable, young children to explore their desires without being crippled by the stigma and idiocy which faith will impose on them.

Two days after releasing his plan on how to promote diversity in the public school system, Mayor Bill de Blasio faced some tough questions Thursday on his approach to addressing racial segregation in the classroom.

Mr Willetts» admirers should also take comfort from the fact that much of Michael Gove's agenda on supply - side diversity in education is drawn from Willetts» analysis when he was the Tories» schools guru.

demonstrating that the proposal to remove the 50 % cap on religious selection at religious free schools would be disastrous for diversity within schools in England, encouraging the

Dromm, a former city school teacher, not only does he represents Jackson Heights and its robust diversity, but he also sits on the City Council's education committee.

At least three Republican senators are demanding big 11th - hour changes to the plan, including prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System from spending on diversity training, greatly raising the income eligibility limit for the statewide school - voucher program and repealing the state's remaining prevailing - wage laws within months.

Former U.S. attorney general and Queens native Eric Holder sat down with Errol Louis for a wide - ranging interview that touched on race relations, his political ambitions, diversity concerns at his alma mater Stuyvesant High School and much more.

Last night, though, we debated what kind of divided society we might become if this choice is exercised to create a diversity of schools centred on different faiths and ethnicities.

He also hopes to foster trust in East Ramapo by pushing for more diversity and transparency on the school board and the town overall.

The group will use the money to fund outreach workers at each of the city's eight elite specialized high schools — including Brooklyn Technical High School and Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School — to help improve their dismal stats on diversity.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan for increasing school diversity, released on June 6, is a much - needed response to segregation in New York City public schools.

America's apparently mediocre national averages on international tests reflect not uniformly poor performance, Eye argues, but rather the enormous diversity of our school population, which exceeds that of nearly every other competing country.