Knowing Who You Are: Video Casey Family Programs Presents the perspectives of youth in care, child welfare professionals, and foster parents about why
race and ethnicity matter and the importance of integrating racial and ethnic identity into child welfare practice.
We need, however, to recognize an inconvenient truth — that when it comes to maximizing learning opportunities and outcomes for students from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds,
race and ethnicity matter.
Not exact matches
They wrote: «We don't blame him for despising his very existence, since he is DIRECTLY
and PERSONALLY responsible for thrusting terrible violence upon every other gender (all of them),
race, sexual orientation,
ethnicity,
and religion... even though by all accounts he's a good guy who works hard, takes care of his family, tries his best to love his neighbor as himself,
and all that other stuff that doesn't
matter because we only regard him as part of a collective group to which we assign blame.»
«Sport
and sports is so... amazing — what sports can do for everyone, no
matter the shape, or size, or
race, or
ethnicity, or religion or whatever,» he said.
After adjusting their findings to account for differences in
race and ethnicity, sex, age, poverty level, education
and urban density of the children's neighborhoods, Keet
and her team found that for each microgram / cubic meter increase in coarse particulate
matter, asthma diagnosis increased by 0.6 percent, emergency room visits for asthma by 1.7 percent
and hospitalizations for asthma by 2.3 percent.
Age,
race,
ethnicity, cultural background
and financial status do not really
matter when as long there is understanding
and willingness to make compromises.
No
matter if you are a White single, a Black single, a Caucasian single, a Latino or Hispanic single, an Asian single, or a Mixed
Race single, at mixedconnect.com you can search for different people belonging to different
races and ethnicities.
We believe that accountability
matters because it supports the belief that all kids — regardless of
race,
ethnicity, or socioeconomic status — can learn
and succeed.
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation
and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school
and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school
and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology
and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment
and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English
and learn content
matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance
and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities
and pupil transportation; (xii) the number
and qualifications of teachers
and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation
and professional development for teachers
and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis,
and shall not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment
and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv)
and to attract, enroll
and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic
and demographic profile;
and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes
and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.
When states reduce funding for institutions with lower outcomes, such as graduation rates, without taking student
race /
ethnicity or income into account, this often means they are defunding institutions with more low - income students
and students of color, making
matters worse.
A case can be made that loan inquiries should be added to the list of borrower characteristics, such as sex,
race and ethnicity that, as a
matter of public policy, can't be used in developing credit scores.
Lawyer
and blogger Elie Mystal questions whether a nominee's
race or
ethnicity really
matter.
Diversity reflects a culture of inclusion that welcomes people of all types, no
matter their
ethnicity, culture,
race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, marital status,
and veteran status, as well as people of diverse opinions, perspectives, lifestyles, ideas,
and thinking.