Sentences with phrase «racial isolation issue»

One of the most significant problems associated with the overall racial isolation issue is that the State of Connecticut has been diverting more and more money away from the effort to reduce isolation and, instead, spending it on charter schools.

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His research focuses on understanding distressed urban neighborhoods, the redevelopment of shrinking cities, as well as issues of social isolation, racial justice and class facing people of color.

All of the panelists expressed concern about issues of isolation and being the only one to speak up out about gender or racial issues.

The Obama administration has issued new priorities for its charter - school grant program, among them support for schools that «promote diversity in their student bodies, including racial and ethnic diversity, or avoid racial isolation.»

What makes this issue particularly troubling is that Connecticut's new State Commissioner of Education has repeatedly said he will work to expand charter schools in Connecticut even though it is clear from the evidence that most charter schools are unwilling or unable to be a part of the overall effort to reduce racial isolation in our state.

The plot races as fast as the track runners in it, and — without ever feeling like a book about «issues» — it deftly tackles topics like isolation, diverse family makeup, living with illness, losing a parent, transcending socioeconomic and racial barriers, and — perhaps best of all — what it's like for a tween to love their little sister more than all the cupcakes in the world.