Sentences with phrase «stark disparities in»

Despite Bersin's efforts, and those of superintendents who followed, stark disparities in test scores, school discipline and graduation rates still exist between white, Latino and black students.

A group advocating decriminalization of pot in New York supports Nixon's contention that there's a stark disparity in the number of whites busted for marijuana crimes, compared to minorities.

There are starker disparities in appreciation in in - demand urban areas and their suburban counterparts, including in Nashville, Tenn., and San Francisco, Calif..

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But in some states, this disparity is particularly stark.

It's this sort of stark disparity that has propelled the UFT to fight for charter equity legislation in Albany that requires taxpayer - funded charters to accept and keep numbers of high - needs students comparable to those in district public schools.

The civil rights concerns, meanwhile, arise from the stark racial disparities in school discipline rates, with African American students about three times more likely than whites to be suspended.

The disparities in child - care supply across rich and poor communities are not as stark in Massachusetts as they are nationally, Fuller said, because national and state child - care subsidies in the Commonwealth have been targeted to increase the supply in poor neighborhoods.

Cook said: «Nowhere in the East of England is this disparity more stark than in Central Bedfordshire.

The stark racial disparities in suspensions and expulsions raise real concerns about bias and discrimination.

«Nowhere in the East of England is this disparity more stark than in Central Bedfordshire.

(At the secondary level, the disparity is less stark: France spends $ 11,500 per student compared to $ 12,700 in the United States.)

Nowhere are these disparities more stark — or hold more grave consequences — than in the administration of school discipline.

These stark educational disparities both reflect and perpetuate the broad trend of rising income inequality in the U.S.

Once she reached high school, the chaos and disparities became more stark, particularly in terms of the quality of her education.

The disparity for students in the Latino subgroup with poor test results is especially stark: More than 95 percent are missing out on extra state support.

Once you're on the ground, inside the clutch of our gritty atmosphere, the peaks and valleys of human privilege and disparity stand in stark contrast.

There were over 685,724 stop and frisk interactions in 2011, and the NYCLU says the numbers show a stark racial disparity in police behavior.

Experience has shown how ridiculously difficult it is to get alimony for supported husbands from the South Carolina family courts — even when the income disparity between spouses is stark and even when the wife's fault in the marital breakup is extreme.

The disparity is stark: Despite now making up 39 per cent of the profession in Ontario, and 31 per cent of lawyers in private practice, women account for only 21 per cent of law firm partners.

Most firms have some form of performance management in place but the disparity between formal performance evaluation procedures in the corporate governance world and that in traditional partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) is often stark.

But when it comes to HIV, the disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in Canada are stark and way ahead of those in the other two countries.

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children shows that while Connecticut's children of color surpass national averages in most measurements of health, economic well - being, education, and family and community, stark disparities remain between Hispanic and African - American children, and their non-Hispanic...

The Fed noted this income disparity and said that the decline in average income of the richest 10 percent between 2007 and 2010 «stands in stark contrast to the generally steady pattern of rising mean incomes at the top of the income distribution over the past two decades.»