Sentences with phrase «served black students»

Previously, during times of segregation, the school operated as a high school that served black students from across a 30 mile radius.

Ebony Bridwell - Mitchell always had a strong desire to change the way schools were run and to ensure that policy trickles down in a way that would better serve black students and students from underserved neighborhoods.

And charter schools, which predominantly serve black students, were doing so well that one Stanford University researcher proclaimed that they had practically eliminated the «Harlem - Scarsdale» gap in math.

In February, DeVos referred to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as «real pioneers when it comes to school choice,» failing to mention that these institutions emerged to serve black students who were being shut out of institutions of higher education that were discriminating against them.70 And President Trump has also shown a lack of appreciation for the history of racism in the country.71

Many Black brothers are in school communities that are serving Black students, but hostile to Black men and boys.

Their focus groups revealed how Black teachers were reduced to disciplinarians instead of being respected for their ability to manage their classrooms; teachers who had a penchant for teaching and serving Black students well found themselves restricted to only teaching Black students; and teachers who put in extra time and effort still weren't heard in staff meetings.

Participating LSP schools, when compared to other private schools, are more likely to be affiliated with the Catholic church, more likely to serve Black students, and more likely to have had sharp declines in enrollment before joining the program.

Another often - cited means of helping schools better serve black students is desegregation.

Teachers of all races can successfully serve black students — and professional development can accelerate the process.

Further, black teachers are especially likely to teach in high - need schools that predominantly serve students of color and low - income students (Achinstein et al., 2010), and they are more likely than other teachers to continue working over many years in schools serving black students (Simon, Johnson, & Reinhorn, 2015).

And it is reflected in education, in my opinion, on the way we allow schools and classrooms serving black students to fail year after year but then blame their lower achievement on poverty (but..

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According to The New York Times, the young leader served as her school's student body president in high school, was the captain of her volleyball team, started her school's Black Student Union and spent her high school summers volunteering at an orphanage in the Dominican Restudent body president in high school, was the captain of her volleyball team, started her school's Black Student Union and spent her high school summers volunteering at an orphanage in the Dominican ReStudent Union and spent her high school summers volunteering at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

These words, printed in white letters on a black T - shirt, are the foundation of Laurel resident Luke Roberts» new mobile app, which raises funds for food to serve students in need and their families through a Maryland...

Bob Lenz is the co-founder of the Envision Schools network of charters, which has made project - based learning the central pedagogical strategy in its four schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of which serve mostly low - income black and Latino students.

New York City has 185 charter schools, which the coalition points out serves students who live in poverty and are 93 percent black or Hispanic.

New York University served up a «Black History Month» meal at one of its dining halls — complete with watermelon - flavored water and collard greens — and had to apologize when students called the school out for playing into racist stereotypes.

«[Cathie Black] loves New York and she wants to do what's right for the families and students that we serve,» Bloomberg said.

Since August 2016, Carranza, 51, has been serving as superintendent of the Houston Independent School District — the largest school district in Texas and the seventh largest district in the United States, with a primarily Hispanic and black student population.

Our findings suggest that rising student loan debt may serve to make the black middle class more fragile, because the latest generation of black young adults are more burdened with debt while also getting fewer payoffs to college.

While a student, she was active in the theater community, serving as director of the Black Underground Theatre and Arts Association.

When Barack Obama was elected president, observers at the time noted that he could serve as an inspiration for millions of black students.

This pattern suggests that NCLB generated more meaningful improvements in the achievement of black students in states where public schools served larger numbers of black students.

The accomplishments that have earned Match such recognition are even more impressive in light of the students the school serves: in the 2012 — 13 school year, 76 percent of Match High School's student population was classified as low - income, 93 percent of students were black or Hispanic, and 20 percent spoke a first language other than English.

Those of us who primarily serve low - income and working class black, Latino, Asian, and Native American students can not avoid confronting the issues of race and class.

Yes, the Student Research Foundation looks to conduct its own research with a range of partners — noting current partnership with the National Society for Black Engineers, National Girls Collaborative Project, Partnership for 21st Century Learning, the Connectory, America's Promise Alliance, and Hope Street Group — it is also setting out to serve as a national clearinghouse for the impressive range of both quantitative and qualitative data on student careers and future ambStudent Research Foundation looks to conduct its own research with a range of partners — noting current partnership with the National Society for Black Engineers, National Girls Collaborative Project, Partnership for 21st Century Learning, the Connectory, America's Promise Alliance, and Hope Street Group — it is also setting out to serve as a national clearinghouse for the impressive range of both quantitative and qualitative data on student careers and future ambstudent careers and future ambitions.

It serves no purpose but to prevent low - income black students from attending the schools of their choice, forcing them to remain instead in the underperforming schools to which they were assigned.

It recruits a mix of black, Latino, and white families, in contrast to the homogeneous groups of low - income minority students urban charters generally serve.

They would be concentrated in high - poverty communities, serving mostly black and Latino students, where the need was greatest.

One of the first schools Grant visited in Raleigh, in the historic black district, serves a student population that is majority black with one - third of children from low - income families.

From Mormon enclaves in Arizona to black liberationists in Michigan to Web entrepreneurs in California, this breathtaking array of sponsors soon will serve 500,000 students via an archipelago of small schools, enrolling fewer than 200 children on average.

Several weeks later, my well - meaning homeroom teacher had a brainstorm that a good way to promote harmony between the races was for several of us black students to serve as hall monitors during the breaks between classes when kids moved from room to room.

Schools with large populations, schools exclusively serving middle school grades (e.g., grades six to eight), and schools serving a high proportion of poor or black students are all associated with elevated suspension rates for African - Americans.

Boston's charter schools also serve a high proportion of black students, even relative to the majority nonwhite BPS district.

The BPS system serves a disproportionately black and Hispanic student population.

Finally, Figure 5 illustrates that schools that serve many underrepresented minority students (URM, defined as American Indian, Black, or Hispanic) have considerably greater difficulties recruiting teachers than schools that serve fewer URM students.

«In many respects, the schools serving white and Asian students and those serving black and Latino students represent two different worlds,» say the researchers.

The cause of equity will be ill - served if suspensions of African - Americans are reduced, but black students who come to school ready to learn are increasingly exposed to unruly peers.

Charter schools serve a higher percentage of black and Hispanic students than district schools do, and while charter schools boast greater percentages of black and Hispanic principals than district schools, these charter - school leaders overall are far less diverse than the students they serve (see Figure 4).

Systemic educational racism has shortchanged entire school districts serving Black, Brown and immigrant students, resulting in the underfunding of high need schools for students of all races.

The Alliance for College Ready Schools, whose 16 schools south and east of downtown mostly serve low - income black and Latino students, use a strict and structured adherence to state curriculum standards.

White principals serving predominantly black and brown students can't ignore this dynamic, says Jonathan Crossley.

They can only open in Connecticut's lowest - performing school districts, and they serve a student population that is over 85 percent Black or Hispanic, and nearly 75 percent low - income.

To help fill this gap, we studied five urban schools in the northeast that serve predominantly black student bodies and include critical consciousness development in their mission.

Our work is aimed at encouraging individuals to embrace and embody Black excellence that is authentic to who they are and in ways that serve their students.

Had the board voted to surrender control over the schools, all of which serve predominately black and Hispanic student populations in high - poverty neighborhoods, the district could have received a two - year reprieve from state sanctions.

The school serves students in grades 5 - 8 and 99 % of them are black students.

In an age when everyone is concerned about racial gaps in learning, it's also important to note that charters are getting these results while serving a more heavily black student population than DCPS, and with a greater share of low - income students who are eligible for free lunches.

While KIPP serves a majority of black students, Hiawatha's student population — spread out at the elementary and middle school levels, with a new high school set to open in the fall of 2018 — is mostly Hispanic (89 percent of students).

Missing from both platforms is the voice of Black people who choose charter schools, students who are well served by them, educators who work in them, or staff working in education philanthropies that support them.

On average, charters in Connecticut serve more Black students than their host districts, and serve more students who qualify for free and reduced price lunch than their host district.