Sentences with phrase «racial disparities in»

MBA President and CEO David Stevens on Recent News Stories about Racial Disparities in Lending

Findings include referral bias, poverty, racial disparities in the availability of services, and more.

Keeping the White Family Together: Racial Disparities in the Out - of - Home Placements of Maltreated Children

Communities In Schools, long familiar with racial disparities in education, participated in a dialogue...

Justice on trial: Racial disparities in the American criminal justice system.

«Planned Parenthood is opposed to racism and prejudice of any kind and is fully committed to ending racial disparities in health care, including reproductive health care, that disproportionately affect African Americans, Latinos and others.

Planned Parenthood is committed to reducing racial disparities in reproductive health care, and will continue to work tirelessly for a health care system that provides affordable, high - quality care and treats all people with dignity.

«Planned Parenthood is opposed to racism and prejudice of any kind and is committed to ending the racial disparities in health care, including reproductive health care, that disproportionately affect African Americans, Latinos and so many others.

She also worked with the Mary Amelia Women's Center in New Orleans to conceptualize a statewide report on racial disparities in birth outcomes in Louisiana.

Effect of Medicaid eligibility category on racial disparities in the use of psychotropic medications among youths

As the membership association for Healthy Start programs nationwide, NHSA promotes the development of community - based maternal and child health programs, particularly those addressing the issues of infant mortality, low birth weight and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes.

In Racial Disparities in the Capital of Capital Punishment, Scott Phillips of the University of Denver makes a surprising finding in analysis of death penalty statistics.

Fraijo is a board member of the Equal Justice Society that addresses racial disparities in the justice system.

«There is a very real danger that these tools and the appeal of «objective risk scores» will silently codify racial disparities in bail determinations under a veneer of scientific rigor,» says Scott Levy, director of the Fundamental Fairness Project at the Bronx Defenders, a legal aid organization.

A 2011 study from the University of Washington found that in addition to lagging behind leading countries, the United States has significant geographic and racial disparities in life expectancy.

Some communities of color: There are racial disparities in climate - sensitive exposures to extreme heat in urban areas, and in access to means of adaptation — for example air conditioning use.235, 236,237,238 There are also racial disparities in withstanding, and recovering from, extreme weather events.239, 240

While some themes in the Atlanta Biennial are obvious, like the prevalence of racial disparities in the region, the curators seem less focused on selecting artists for their investigations of these specific issues.

The pose of the woman is inspired by US - American artist Adrian Piper's seminal conceptual photo - series Food for the Spirit (1971), in which Piper photographed herself naked over the course of a month in order to question gender and racial disparities in society.

Guerrillas in our Midst A Film by Amy Harrison 1992, 35 minutes, color Thursday, June 19 · 12:30 pm Since 1985, the Guerrilla Girls have delivered witty and biting commentary aimed at gender and racial disparities in culture, politics, and the art world.

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

In a 1992 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a more expansive reading of the law, a decision that has been interpreted as requiring districts to eliminate racial disparities in discipline and to seek equity in academic achievement.

K - 12 Racial Disparities in School Discipline.

CAC not only addresses the class and racial disparities in college access, but also builds a pipeline of future leaders in school counseling and higher education administration.

Since the passage of NCLB, racial disparities in school discipline have become more extreme, with more students of color being suspended or expelled relative to their white peers.

This paper provides an overview of racial variations in health and shows that differences in socioeconomic status (SES) across racial groups are a major contributor to racial disparities in health.

Racial disparities in discipline remain (Figure 3).

Meanwhile, advocates point out racial disparities in school discipline are not isolated to Wake County.

Washington Post: Racial disparities in school discipline are growing, federal data show Mother Jones: Betsy DeVos Is Making It Easier for Schools to Send Black Kids to Jail Houston Chronicle: Houston ISD drops proposal to give control of 10 schools to a charter outfit Chicago City Bureau: Police officers assigned to schools given no directives.

Furthermore, even in districts with the lowest suspension rates, racial disparities in discipline and schools with high rates of exclusionary discipline are still present.

The report, published Jan. 6, found that traditional public schools and public charter schools in the District have made little progress in closing racial disparities in discipline.

In October 2013, DSC released a new revised version of the Model Code, which includes new sections on: social and emotional learning, prevention and response to bullying behavior, reducing tickets and summonses issued in school, reducing racial disparities in discipline through culturally responsive classroom management, creating safe schools for LGBTQ students and other topics.

We are calling for a realignment of City resources to reflect the critical need to appropriately support students» social - emotional needs and address the striking racial disparities in police interventions.

The Advocate: Here's how new teacher training might curb racial disparities in school suspensions, panel suggests http://bit.ly/2jwHv5K

Federal Civil Rights Data Highlight Racial Disparities in Discipline as DeVos Mulls Guidance Rollback

They found that similar to national trends, participating schools showed racial disparities in their discipline practices, with African - American students more likely to be cited for «subjective actions» (e.g., defiance).

Rather than resolve individual complaints about sexual assault or harassment on campus, or racial disparities in K - 12 school discipline, the Obama - era OCR would begin «a full - blown investigation of the entire institution» every time it received an individual complaint.

«Racial disparities in school discipline have been well documented.

How School Suspensions Push Black Students Behind The Atlantic February 23, 2016 The racial disparities in school - discipline rates ar...

Brookings Institution on Racial Disparities in School Suspension https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2017/03/24/racial-disparities-in-school-suspensions/

Schools that have used it have lowered suspensions rates by 15 to 25 percent and closed or narrowed some of the racial disparities in long - term suspension rates.

A follow - up blog post from the Department of Education explains how the guidance will work to ensure that discipline is fair and reduces racial disparities in discipline practices.

During the December hearing, Sen. Chris Murphy (D - CT) asked Marcus what he thought about racial disparities in student discipline, such as black students facing harsh discipline at much higher rates than white students.

Racial Disparities in Special Education Identification: The Conventional Wisdom Is All Wrong — The Education Gadfly Show

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

On this week's podcast, Paul Morgan, Professor of Education and Demography at Penn State University, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss the evidence on racial disparities in special education identification and services.

In 1974, the Supreme Court struck down the desegregation order — a landmark ruling that relieved suburban districts of their burden to help ease racial disparities in the city and set the stage for a long battle over whose responsibility it was to lift the Detroit school system out of its quagmire.

As in New York, this catch - all category of minor offenses accounted for a significant percentage of all student suspensions in California and some of the largest racial disparities in discipline.

Situated in a district that is working to address longstanding racial disparities in academic and disciplinary outcomes, this study will provide insight into how equity - oriented reforms translate into classroom practices.

According to the data, racial disparities in school discipline start early.

The campaign comes as Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) move to implement a resolution agreement from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to change their policies after an investigation revealed racial disparities in discipline.