Sentences with phrase «students of different racial groups»

But, of course, one can not assume that the education and income of students of different racial groups change at the same rate in all 44 states.

Thompson: Closing the achievement gaps between students of different racial groups continues to be a challenge, not only for urban schools but for schools across the board.

Not exact matches

The prize was awarded Sept. 16 by the Los Angeles - based Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which bestows the award annually to a city school district that has made notable strides in improving achievement, especially in closing gaps between students of different racial and ethnic groups.

Achievement gaps between students of different genders and racial, economic, and linguistic groups are large and persistent for the nation's top - performing students, even as they seem to be narrowing for K - 12 students as a whole, according to a new report.

This has driven many rigorous analyses of charter school populations, such as the proportion of their students belonging to different racial groups, receiving special education services, or still learning to speak English.

As Dr. Haertel points out, contrasts between age - based and grade - based gaps and trends can be useful because children are starting school at a later chronological age and students of various racial and ethnic groups are retained in grade at different rates.

The Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice says the project reveals significant racial gaps in how students from different groups are treated.

The debate is not simply one of balancing percentages of students from different racial or ethnic groups.

Well - designed accountability policy, on its own, does four things well: first, it requires participants to believe that all students can learn and succeed; second, it measures the academic progress of all students over time; third, it highlights gaps between different groups of students (be they racial, geographic, socio - economic, special education and gifted students, or English language proficiency); and fourth, it assigns consequences for not meeting goals around student progress.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Our school profiles now include important information in addition to test scores — factors that make a big difference in how children experience school, such as how much a school helps students improve academically, how well a school supports students from different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups, and whether or not some groups of students are disproportionately affected by the school's discipline and attendance policies.