Sentences with phrase «race and income inequality»

Ms. Ravitch has a new book coming out, called «Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools,» in which she criticizes what she sees as a useless distraction from the problems of race and income inequality.

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The problem, he says, is that Trump has turned the race into «more of a celebrity sweepstakes» that focuses on one candidate's personality while ignoring a host of important policy issues, from income inequality and health care to job creation.

«These corporately backed trade agreements have significantly contributed to the race to the bottom, the collapse of the American middle class and increased wealth and income inequality.»

The achievement gap between low - income and wealthy students has grown significantly, exacerbating socioeconomic and racial tensions and heightening the sense of inequality among various underserved communities, as large achievement gaps in educational outcomes based on race and ethnicity remain, or by some accounts, even worsen.

He specifically identified race relations, income inequality, and the state of political discourse as threats to the fabric of the republic.

In recent months, as he's traveled to the midwest and now Washington in an effort to urge a focus on income inequality in the 2016 presidential race, Mr. de Blasio too has expressed the idea that even some within his party have not given the issue the attention it deserves.

Next Tuesday, the mayor heads to Washington to roll out his «Progessive Agenda,» a 13 - point plan designed to tackle income inequality — and to further inject de Blasio into the 2016 presidential race.

«Governor Cuomo's school cuts significantly increase educational inequity based on race and poverty, just like his tax cuts for the rich will increase income inequality,» said AQE Executive Director Billy Easton.

Elizabeth Warren and Eric Schneiderman, who called for stricter regulation and prosecution of of executives involved in the housing bubble; Bill de Blasio, who won a mayor's race by attacking income inequality and promising to raise taxes on the wealthy to fund social programs.

«A more nuanced interpretation includes the proposition that access to top - level income is influenced by historic patterns of race and class inequality.»

Topics of focus include the effects that income disparity, race, gender, family backgrounds, and other factors can have on educational outcomes as well as the causes, patterns, and effects of poverty and inequality.

Lew and Locks have selected a thorough diversity of ages, genders, races, and regions, and consistently foregrounded vital issues like racial violence and income inequality.