Sentences with phrase «racial minority groups»

Addressing the disproportionate representation of students from ethnic and racial minority groups in special education: A resource document.

Over half of America's school children are now poor; more of our children are members of ethnic and racial minority groups, there is deepening concern about the future of children of color; and inequities in our society are more apparent than ever.

My «fairest» interpretation of the current albeit controversial research surrounding this particular issue is that bias does not exist across teacher - level estimates, but it certainly occurs when teachers are non-randomly assigned highly homogenous sets of students who are gifted, who are English Language Learners (ELLs), who are enrolled in special education programs, who disproportionately represent racial minority groups, who disproportionately come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, and who have been retained in grade prior.

Liberals divided Finally, because alternative certification has been sought by racial minority groups advocating for education reform, the issue has divided political liberals into uncomfortable camps.

Tracking those factors is necessary to ensure that efforts to improve the learning environment are effective and that schools don't overlook the needs of students from some populations, like those from racial minority groups, researchers say.

Council membership is for anyone interested in working to support students from ethnic and racial minority groups.

One aspect of the American Association of University Women's report on how schools educate girls that has elicited praise from the philanthropic community is its inclusion of research on girls who belong to ethnic and racial minority groups.

«Consequently, while we were interested in identifying disparities for all U.S. racial minority groups, we wanted to pay special attention to estimating the national prevalence of, and disparities in, substance use and suicidality among these understudied and historically ignored adolescents.»

If a policy has a greater impact on racial minority groups, it must pass a stricter «compelling interest» test.

The phrase racial gerrymandering refers to the practice of drawing electoral district lines to dilute the voting power of racial minority groups.

«If you are an egalitarian person, who is concerned about the division of resources between racial groups, the mention of scarcity might actually make you want to give more to protect racial minority group members,» Krosch said.

We use the term immigrant ethnic minorities to refer to those with a history of migration and are part of an ethnic of racial minority group in the country that they live in.

Not exact matches

Students from every racial group are more likely to attend college if they go to a Catholic school, but the positive impact is greatest for urban minorities.

Given the history of medical experimentation and the lack of access to medical resources for certain groups of people, we must be especially concerned that women, racial and ethnic minorities, prisoners, and the poor are not exploited as a result of this research or of human cloning itself.

The global market with «neo-liberal» developments have weakened liberal democratic subjecthood for individual persons, powerless groups, such as racial and ethnic minorities, local communities.

Another question raised was whether the study included adequate representation of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Such a concern is valid, but it's also part of a larger concern for the denominations, While only 3 percent of those surveyed were from racial and ethnic minority groups, that figure reflects the realities in the denominations.

The global market with its «neo-liberal» developments has weakened the liberal democratic subjecthood of individual persons, powerless groups such as racial and ethnic minorities, and local communities.

Neither have they served minority groups, neglecting to program for their cultural, racial, artistic and justice concerns.

♦ A colleague at Harvard passes on this broadsheet issued by the «Coalition for Civil Rights,» a group made up of «spokespersons» for myriad ethnic and racial minorities, plus gays, lesbians, and assorted lifestyle liberationisms.

Not all minorities (including women, gays and racial groups) had access to major committees.

The oppressed groups in our society — women, racial minorities, the poor — know well that current language is enslaving and insensitive to them as persons.

The result is that the black alliance within the Democratic party is not with other racial minorities but with ideologically based groupings» feminists, gays, unions» who are now divorced from the values of the party's traditional base, not to mention those of the black public (Jesse Jackson, for example, flip - flopped on almost all these issues once he decided to run for the nomination).

While it can never be fair to will that members of a disfavored class - whether the unborn, the disabled, or members of some racial or religious minority group - be excluded from legal protections one wills for oneself and those dear to one, a legislator or voter is personally responsible for no unfairness to the victims of an objectively unjust law where he supports that law precisely, and only, because the alternative is even less protective of its victims.

So there is evidence that some services are not meeting needs because of gendered and racial assumptions and that these are disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups, such as young families and minority ethnic groups.

Black, Hispanic and «others» representing Asians, Pacific Islanders and mothers in other racial minorities were grouped together as non-white because of their few numbers (Black = 4 %, Hispanic = 6 %, other racial minorities = 5 %).

Nationally, every state is prohibited from legislating racial discrimination, legislating literacy tests, and other devices historically used to discriminate against minority groups.

Trump's surprise rise to become the GOP presidential nominee, built largely on a willingness to openly criticize minority groups and tap into long - simmering racial divisions, has reenergized white supremacist groups and drawn them into mainstream American politics like nothing seen in decades.

A majority - minority district is one in which a racial group or groups comprise a majority of the district's populations.

Minorities made up 11 percent of the local construction unions in 2012, according to a census conducted by LPCiminelli as part of the Buffalo schools reconstruction project; that census does not provide a more detailed breakdown by racial group.

During Mr. de Blasio's run for public advocate four years ago, Ms. McCray sat in on focus groups in which minority voters talked about the strong appeal of the family's racial diversity — images of which Mr. de Blasio featured prominently in campaign brochures and mailers.

• protections for racial and language minority groups in the drawing of district lines consistent with the Voting Rights Act, ensuring those protections remain regardless of what happens at the federal level; and

«As California is a highly populous majority - minority state, we are soon going to learn how diverse racial and ethnic groups respond to legalizing physician - assisted death,» Periyakoil said.

Diabetes brings a wide array of complications that can harm the cardiovascular system and other organs, and it has been found to affect some groups, such as racial and ethnic minorities and people with low incomes, at a disproportionate rate.

The researchers found that a higher proportion of underrepresented minority matriculants used the community college pathways compared with white students or other racial and ethnic groups.

«Historically, type l diabetes has been considered a disease that affects primarily white youth; however, our findings highlight the increasing burden of type l diabetes experienced by youth of minority racial / ethnic groups as well,» the authors write.

Hispanics are the largest racial and ethnic minority group in the U.S. Currently, nearly one in six people living in the U.S. (almost 57 million) is Hispanic, and this is projected to increase to nearly one in four (more than 85 million) by 2035.

But, she pointedly adds, these «objective» cutoffs disproportionately exclude from the sciences members of underrepresented groups, including women and non-Asian racial minorities, who, on average, do less well than white and Asian men on the GRE, especially on the all - important math section.

There are distinctions within the LGBT community that are even more granular — individuals who are both LGBT and members of a racial or ethnic minority group.

African - American men earned less than half of the S&E doctorates awarded to African - Americans in 1999.1 However, Hispanic men earned half their share and Native American men slightly more than half of the S&E doctorates awarded to their respective racial groups.1 The dearth of minority males contrasts with the overrepresentation of males among whites and Asians in S&E, especially in engineering, mathematics, computer science, and the natural sciences.1, 3 Overall, nearly twice the total S&E doctorates awarded were earned by men in 1999.1 The lack of minority males goes beyond the S&E community, but does this shortage extend beyond minority populations as some contend?

The number of white women (all U.S. citizens) earning doctoral degrees has almost doubled over that span, and ethnic and racial minorities, a group that consists of African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, have done even better, nearly tripling their presence.

«There were only a handful of studies for each of the 19 instruments, and very few looked at anything that could give us insight into potential bias against racial or minority groups.»

Some studies have suggested that the higher odds of breast cancer subtypes with unfavorable prognoses in minority racial / ethnic groups could be explained by differences in socioeconomic status.

Those studies could involve systematic or structural discrimination, such as school and neighborhood segregation, or internalized discrimination, which refers to when members of a racial minority absorb the racist messages they hear, resulting in self - hatred or hatred of their minority group.

«Colorectal cancer more likely to affect minorities at younger age: Study shows US racial, ethnic groups under the age of 50 have increased risk.»

The researchers found that while some minority job seekers rejected this practice, roughly one - third of Asian and black job seekers in the study «whitened» their resumes by either altering their first name — sometimes substituting a middle name or initial, or something more «American - sounding» — or removing professional experiences and achievements related to their racial group, or both.

«Our studies highlight the need for college prevention and treatment programs to focus efforts on sexual, gender, racial and ethnic minority groups.»

Scientists have chronicled the impact of negative expectations in settings where they occur naturally, such as classrooms that «track» students from early youth and in society's treatment of stigmatized groups such as racial minorities, the poor, the elderly, the homeless, convicts and children with learning disabilities.

Even our own research across a diverse group of young breast cancer survivors has shown that blacks and Hispanics have much lower testing rates, which may be the result of lower awareness and access to genetic testing among racial and ethnic minorities,» she said.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).