Sentences with phrase «racial disparities»

Because of racial disparities in K - 12 education, many fields with barriers to entry that include testing and certification also face these challenges.

The reality of racial disparities in academic capabilities and outcomes within and across schools is a stubborn fact.

Increased use of restorative justice can reduce suspensions, but we must see these programs massively expanded to help address racial disparities in education.

Significant racial disparities persist in college attainment and all students do not have access to colleges of the same quality.

They should also be held accountable for racial disparities in discipline.

«It's one of a few examples in large populations where we've seen that higher quality of care can eliminate racial disparities in major risk factors,» he says.

This report also acknowledges that a lack of data could spread misinformation about racial disparities in student loan debt.

The report shows large racial disparities in grades K - 12 and demonstrates that the closer you examine the data the worse the story becomes.

The new study is the first to pinpoint racial disparities associated with severity and effects of the condition.

Even where we see improvements, deep racial disparities remain.

There is a wide racial disparity in the numbers.

We know this because racial disparities in grade - level reading, discipline rates, graduation rates, and many other outcomes have repeatedly shown up across the nation.

New federal civil rights data highlight deep racial disparities in physical punishment; black students are hit at twice the rate of white students.

Lawmakers and advocates said police are maintaining racial disparities by targeting black and brown neighborhoods more aggressively than white neighborhoods.

Such schools also have increased racial disparities in their suspension rates, and solutions such as increased security are less effective in addressing student behaviors than evidence - based interventions.

The civil rights concerns, meanwhile, arise from the stark racial disparities in school discipline rates, with African American students about three times more likely than whites to be suspended.

Second, do high - quality plans exhibit smaller racial disparities in outcome measures?

We also saw a huge racial disparity there in terms of who is winding up in these alternative schools.

The scope and depth of racial disparities across various health indicators and in breastfeeding — life's earliest health intervention — can not be ignored.

How could they be unaware of the statistics that show clear racial disparities in graduation rates and college attendance?

Major racial disparities in student discipline rates have been documented for decades.

Moreover, staggering racial disparities persist, as African American women are almost four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.

The relationship is complex, but the authors urge greater attention to how slavery relates to contemporary racial disparities.

Teachers, in particular, need to engage in on - going examinations of their attitudes about identity and cultures, and strive to minimize racial disparities.

Its civil rights division will monitor racial disparities in enrollment in college prep classes, school discipline, and teacher assignment.

Not just racial disparities, but also the impact on poor, working - class white communities as well.

It addresses the issue of racial disparities in expectant mothers.

Teachers are just as negative about federal attempts to eliminate racial disparities in disciplinary practices.

There are also racial disparities in access to maternity care practices that support breastfeeding.

It has been shown to reduce racial disparity as well as the number of kids who are suspended for exhibiting threatening behavior.

They plan to continue meeting this year to discuss other issues, such as racial disparity within the youth centers and the needs of people who identify as LGBTQ.

A new study finds a significant racial disparity within a doubly troubled population of patients: those with HIV and Hodgkin lymphoma.

In this interview with teacher leader Maya Kruger, Luis discusses community building in his classroom and beyond and shares about his passion for ending racial disparities in discipline.

It demonstrates further how student loan debt burden is «uniquely racialized» and how racial disparities in student loan debt among young adults may be further perpetuating racial inequalities in the transition to adulthood.

A multi-institutional study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigator finds significant racial disparities in the risk that patients being treated for gout will develop a serious, sometimes life - threatening adverse reaction to the most commonly prescribed medication.

Doing so, they argued, would blunt the impact of continuing racial disparities in low - level marijuana enforcement as state officials consider legalizing the drug altogether.

«So while we think we know what matters — socioeconomic status, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity level — these actually matter very little in explaining racial disparities among women.»

A new report from the Consortium on Chicago Schools Research offers a sobering look at racial disparities in disciplinary actions at CPS high schools.

With the region's success tied to the aspirations of all young people and their full participation in our economy and society, Great Lakes states must address a history of persistent racial disparities in wealth, income, and education.

This data brief examines racial disparities using likelihood models for exclusionary discipline, and finds that coding alignment is a barrier to helping us understand what's happening in schools.

Unexplained racial disparities exist across the charge - severity distribution, especially at the high end.

New York City lawmakers say racial disparities persist in the NYPD's marijuana policy that went into effect in 2014.