Sentences with phrase «particularly youth of color»

Ken Taylor, Executive Director of Kids Forward, believes the actions promoted by this bill would do little to protect teachers, and would instead make it harder for students to achieve their full academic potential, particularly youth of color.

««By teaching to the test, we are depriving a generation of youth, particularly youth of color growing up in low - income communities, from developing the critical thinking skills they need, and our country needs, to be competitive in this global economy,» added Matt Cregor, Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

LGBTQ young people, particularly youth of color, deserve safe and supportive spaces in which they can find community.

Not exact matches

Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Project director for the LGBT - rights group Lambda Legal, said postelection worries were particularly intense among transgender youths and immigrants, and transgender people of color.

The fanatical homophobia behind the Councilmember's comments is particularly damaging to LGBT youth of color, who face the highest rates of depression and suicide among any LGBT demographic.

These youth are disproportionately students of color (particularly African American males), students from low - income backgrounds, and students with disabilities.

The SIG will foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and youth development, particularly in low - income communities and communities of color.

The impact is greater in schools that serve low - income youth, particularly students of color, whose education these laws and policies were supposedly designed to improve.