Sentences with phrase «racial equity in»

About a month ago, I talked at the Neighborhood House annual meeting about our strong relationship with the agency and the important link between its programs and Thrive's efforts to build strong statewide home visiting programs and advance racial equity in early learning.

I work primarily on advancing racial equity in early learning and partnering with the state's 10 Early Learning Regional Coalitions to implement the Community Momentum strategy.

Four early childhood leaders from North Carolina's Smart Start network have been selected to participate in the Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN), a group dedicated to advancing racial equity in early childhood systems.

NBCDI Announces the Release of Its New Policy Brief Supporting Racial Equity in State Child Care and Early Learning Systems

For advocates seeking to support access to child - care assistance and high - quality early learning programs, this brief provides guidance and strategies to support racial equity in their states «child - care assistance programs.

That, too, does not look at the big - ticket items that help us achieve racial equity in law firms, gender equity in law firms.

Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States, Building Environmentally Just, Sustainable and Livable Communities

Bullard, R. D., G. S. Johnson, and A. O. Torres, 2011: Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States, Building Environmentally Just, Sustainable and Livable Communities.

The action was part of a call for racial equity in education.

These short videos are designed to shift the conversation, to prompt a deeper, more authentic discussion about issues of racial equity in schools.

Superintendent Valeria S. Silva, leader of the Saint Paul Public School (SPPS) District, addresses the role of and need for racial equity in the educational setting.

Day, new report cards have been released showing the state of racial equity in North Carolina's public schools.

Morningside Center received a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to increase racial equity in schools and improve outcomes for students.

Affirmative action in particular softens any lingering doubts about racial equity in the application process.

On Tuesday, March 21, the Askwith Forums will host Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, the oldest historically black women's college in America, for a conversation about leading for racial equity in schools.

January 7, 2016 — When Congress, as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, called upon the U.S. Office of Education to commission a national survey of educational opportunity in the United States, its primary goal was to advance racial equity in education.

Instead, I demonstrate that the difficult questions of racial equity in this domain are best framed and evaluated though certain, but not all, emerging technical standards of algorithmic fairness.»

Not exact matches

Last year, Intel released a diversity and inclusion report that showed that the company has reached 100 percent gender and racial pay equity in the U.S.

In fact, she said, she'd had a similar experience at Google, despite its very public efforts toward racial diversity and gender equity.

Her backstory of growing up in an African - American family of 10 children in inner - city Detroit is remarkably aligned with the foundation's mission of helping kids and families succeed in some of the poorest corners of the U.S. Among other things, under Tabron's leadership at Kellogg, the foundation has doubled down on its prescient — and bold — racial equity work.

Specifically, with respect to racial equity — which is what Encompass focuses on — it's important for organizations to recognize that advocates of color face unique pressures in our movement in part because there are so few of us and because the people we work with often don't understand the nuances of the challenges we face.

Affirmative action is always defended as a temporary departure from the principle of race - neutrality in the service of the larger goal of racial equity.

In September 2016, the NCAA asked its members to sign a non-binding pledge «to specifically commit to establishing initiatives for achieving ethnic and racial diversity, gender equity and inclusion with a focus and emphasis on hiring practices in intercollegiate athletics to reflect the diversity of our membership and our nation.&raquIn September 2016, the NCAA asked its members to sign a non-binding pledge «to specifically commit to establishing initiatives for achieving ethnic and racial diversity, gender equity and inclusion with a focus and emphasis on hiring practices in intercollegiate athletics to reflect the diversity of our membership and our nation.&raquin intercollegiate athletics to reflect the diversity of our membership and our nation.»

Harvard University research shows that children can begin to harbor negative racial biases as early as 3 years old, thus caregivers should consider being intentional about teaching values like equity and inclusion early in life.

Issues surrounding housing inequities in Buffalo were brought to light during a panel discussion at the WNED WBFO Studios Wednesday night, as part of WBFO's Racial Equity Project.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley had a chance to meet with Young at The Mansion on Delaware in Buffalo to discuss his views on racism, racial equity and poverty.

An outgrowth of the Racial Equity Roundtable, the initiative is designed to ensure that all people can participate in and benefit from a growing economy, Poloncarz said.

«We will not stop working until the bright light of opportunity shines on all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said, emphasizing also the need for economic equity in the educational system, racial and economic justice in the judicial system and voter empowerment in the electoral system.

Everywhere that we look in Buffalo there is progress: there are cranes and construction stretched the breadth of the city's business district; the Bills and the Sabres are secured in the hands of a family committed to OneBuffalo and Mayor Byron W. Brown, Jr. has courageously determined that now is the time to deal with the «elephant in the room», having appointed the Racial Equity Round Table.

«The program, and advancing the careers of female filmmakers in general, is an important part of our year - round work elevating diverse storytellers in order to advance racial, gender and economic equity.»

«If the Coleman Report was expected to mobilize the resources of the nation's schools in pursuit of racial equity, it failed,» says Hanushek.

We also looked for presenters who were wrestling down the challenging gaps in racial and socioeconomic equity that have for too long dominated our education system.

The authorization of such public hatred sets the nation back in the progress made towards greater racial equity since the Civil Rights Movement.

They include Parents as Agents of Change, Getting Serious About Excellence with Equity, Family Engagement as a Shared Responsibility in a Digital Learning Environment, Reframing Family Involvement in Education: Supporting Families to Support Educational Equity, How Can Evaluation Address Racial Equality?

If «Equality of Educational Opportunity» was expected to mobilize the resources of the nation's schools in pursuit of racial equity, it undoubtedly failed to achieve its objective.

White children are much more likely than otherwise similar racial and ethnic minority children to receive special education services in the U.S. Ensuring equity in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) means making sure all children with disabilities are able to access the services to which they have a civil right.

The right way to ensure equity in IDEA is to make sure that children with disabilities who are racial or ethnic minorities are able to access these services just as much as those who are white.

«Fire in the Heart has important lessons for educators and all Americans who are searching for new ways to work together across racial lines to advance equity and justice in our society.»

Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives on eliminating racial disparities in school discipline; the allocation of school resources among racial groups; schools» responsibility for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support for pregnant and parenting students.

This adverse effect is especially pronounced in five areas: oversight of federal education law; enforcement of federal guarantees of educational equity; budget and tax policy; the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy; and Trump's embrace of bigoted rhetoric and action that challenges the identities of students who are racial, ethnic, or religious minorities.

«Using a lens that creates an educational culture embracing racial equity, I can now help establish greater sensitivity in hiring practices, mentoring programs, and contract negotiations.»

Childhood trauma and its impact on learning, along with racial equity and chronically low - performing schools, were three key areas identified as barriers to providing every child in North Carolina the opportunity to reach their full potential through equal and meaningful public education.

This past year, the district adopted one of only two active racial equity policies in the state.

The decline in equity, with African American students falling behind students from other racial / ethnic groups, is particularly disturbing and has raised questions about the policies around school closings and openings, which disproportionately affected African American students.

Ms. Acevedo - Garcia is also Project Director for diversitydata.org, an indicator project on racial / ethnic equity in U.S. metropolitan areas, as well as for diversitydatakids.org, which strives to be a comprehensive database of indicators on child wellbeing and opportunity by race / ethnicity across multiple sectors (e.g., education, health, neighborhoods) and geographies.

This service district is deeply committed to becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization in order to eliminate the Opportunity Gap (check out their racial equity tool!).

She has taught elementary school, worked on Capitol Hill, and been a leader in protest and activism for racial and social equity.

Worked to promote racial, ethnic, gender, or sexual orientation equity in the education profession;

In Los Angeles, educators advocated for ways to implement the 2013 School Climate Bill of Rights, with the goal of reducing racial discipline disparities across LAUSD in The Equity MovemenIn Los Angeles, educators advocated for ways to implement the 2013 School Climate Bill of Rights, with the goal of reducing racial discipline disparities across LAUSD in The Equity Movemenin The Equity Movement.

Recent developments have galvanized people anew to address the racial achievement gap, from a jarring 2013 report called» Race to Equity» that showed the gulf in quality of life between whites and blacks is wider here than nationally, to the current «Black Lives Matter» movement, which has called out racial inequities in numerous public institutions, including schools.