Sentences with phrase «opportunity gaps faced»

Other community school initiatives also have taken up the call of My Brother's Keeper — to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color so all young people can reach their full potential.

Perhaps one of the few things most educators can agree on as a clear benefit of NCLB was the extent to which associated standardized assessment requirements highlighted massive opportunity gaps faced by students of color and students living in poverty.

My Brother's Keeper is a national initiative that addresses persistent opportunity gaps faced by young men of color.

My Brother's Keeper refers to President Obama's initiative, launched in 2014, to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color.

The first of these stores is set to open in early 2017 in Baltimore, MD, where Starbucks has been working with local community, civic and business leaders with the collective goal of addressing the opportunity gap facing the city's young men and women.

This means we all share responsibility to educate the 59 million children who today are not in school, to close the educational opportunity gaps facing girls, poor children, and children of marginalized groups around the world, including refugees, and we must take responsibility to ensure that all children who do attend school indeed learn what is necessary to be empowered global citizens.

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Far too many young Americans face persistent opportunity gaps that keep them from reaching their potential.

In 2014, Shelton was tasked with setting up My Brother's Keeper, a corporate - and foundation - backed initiative launched by President Obama to address the «opportunity gaps» and «achievement gaps» faced in particular by boys and young men of color.

Arsene Wenger's men sat seven points off fourth - placed Manchester City heading into tonight's contest, and with City facing arch-rivals Manchester United at the weekend, this provided an excellent opportunity to close the gap.

Roma take on Sassuolo at the Stadio Olimpico this evening, Rudi Garcia's side have the opportunity to close the gap on League leaders Juventus to a point with victory, but face a Sassuolo side who are high on confidence and are unbeaten in their last seven games.

Match.com's new Stir events are the perfect opportunity to find singles living in your area, bridging the gap between online dating and a more organic, face - to - face approach to finding love.

Fifty education analysts had a unique opportunity recently to bridge the gap between rigorous data analysis and key policy challenges faced by education agencies.

One of the most serious problems facing America today, says Harvard Kennedy School Professor Robert Putnam, is the opportunity gap.

Fifty education analysts had a unique opportunity recently to bridge the gap between rigorous data analysis and key policy challenges faced by education agencies.As part of the Strategic Data Project's (SDP) first Institute for Leadership Analytics, participants spent four days examining student...

For example, before they even enter our classrooms, black and Latino students from low - income communities face an opportunity gap that affords them unequal access to schools, curricula, and teachers that promote «deeper learning» experiences and STEM dispositions.

«Though I am pleased with the gains, the numbers show that several of our most vulnerable populations continue to face opportunity and achievement gaps, particularly our Latino and African - American students, economically - disadvantaged students, English language learners, and students with disabilities.

The opportunity gap is one of the most bedeviling problems facing education today.

By providing content and pedagogy that increases teacher effectiveness and stimulates students to learn at the highest level, Facing History works to bridge the opportunity gap that impedes success for young people in under - resourced communities.

First, we should more clearly communicate goals and define performance levels on the dashboard, especially for historically underserved student groups facing opportunity and achievement gaps.

«Though I am pleased with the gains (overall), the numbers show that several of our most vulnerable populations continue to face opportunity and achievement gaps, particularly our Latino and African - American students, economically disadvantaged students, English language learners, and students with disabilities.

Perhaps more importantly, if the market reversed back higher, a trader did not lose the opportunity to profit on the initial long position (see «Facing the gap,» above).

Founded in 1995 by Joseph «Rev. Run» Simons of the legendary hip - hop group Run - DMC, along with media mogul Russel Simmons and visual artist / community builder Danny Simmons, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation began with the goal of filling the gap that «disenfranchised and people of color face in both accessing the arts and exhibition opportunities.»

Discussions included the current state of U.S. government investment in Arctic research; plans for future investments; and research gaps, the U.S. government's role in research, and opportunities for interagency collaborations to address challenges facing the Arctic.

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