Sentences with phrase «to address these disparities»

To make substantial progress on closing overall achievement gaps, policies to address disparities in outcomes within school districts are still needed.

Calling for «urgent attention» to address a disparity in achievement between primary and secondary schools run by the trust.

Engel, who has researched PISA for the last seven years, says it's important for U.S. educators to look past PISA's «winners and losers» and focus more on addressing disparities between states in our country.

I argue against fixed thresholds for how much variance states should tolerate in districts» special education identification rates across racial and ethnic groups, and for comprehensive social policies to help address disparities in children's well being.

The commission, cochaired by Mariano - Florentino Cuéllar, a Stanford Law School professor, and Chris Edley, the dean of the University of California — Berkeley Law School, was charged two years ago by Congress with providing advice to the U.S. Department of Education on addressing disparities in educational opportunities.

In 1998, under the leadership of Executive Director Steve Jubb, BayCES changed its name to the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools to emphasize our focus on addressing disparities among student groups that we believe arise from racism, classicism, language bias, and other forms of systemic bias.

Though there may be many reasons why patients would not receive surgical interventions — including extensive disease or other significant health problems — the authors say further study of these cases could help identify barriers and lead to interventions specifically aimed at addressing disparities in cancer care delivery.

«Report outlines strategies to address ethnic health care disparities: Disparities Leadership Program participants report challenges to, strategies for successfully addressing disparities at their organizations.»

Previous studies have addressed the disparities by stage of disease and survival rates, but have not characterized them by subtypes.

New shipboard direct sampling methods for air - sea CH4 exchange will enable researchers to better quantify marine fluxes and will help the community address disparities in marine CH4 emissions estimates among different regions [Thornton et al., 2016].

Changing the local school spending formula could help schools address the disparity, Metro Ideas argues.

With an increasing call to address disparities of outcomes among student groups and to eliminate predictable achievement and success gaps, educational leaders will benefit by using the LEAD Tool to reflect on their practice, assess their skills, and develop their strategies for equity.

«I do, however, look forward to working with my colleagues to address the disparity so I can support the final version.»

Advocates have been calling attention to the pay parity issue for over a year, and have sent a series of letters demanding that City Hall address the disparities.

However, (1) there is a minority of such (< 20 % US population / districts) and that doesn't address the disparity among the other 80 %.

Now some of the best minds in government, academia, and industry are searching for new answers and new strategies, using innovative programs to bolster the life science work force and address disparities from the ground up.

Although the policymaker's challenge is to figure out how to expand access to such programs while preserving quality, evidence suggests that investment in early childhood education has the potential to significantly address disparities that arise from family disadvantage.

The achievement gap between students of different races has been well - documented, and the San Francisco Unified School District is trying something it hopes will address the disparities early on: Hiring more black teachers.

Schott's core belief is that a grassroots movement is central to creating systemic change to address the disparities poor children and children of color face in schools.

-LSB-...] Steve McIntyre has come out of apparent semi-retirement to comment on how the IPCC addresses the disparity between models and observations.

This, he said, would address the disparity pertaining to the minimum death benefit condition and reduce the mis - selling complaints with regard to taxability of maturity proceeds.

A step towards a more holistic monitoring of ECEC would be to develop a coherent national strategy that recognizes diversity while addressing disparities; to respond to the needs of both child and family through strong partnerships with parents and ECE practitioners; and to apply measurement tools that capture a child's engagement rather than test readiness.

Lawmakers were working under a June 30 deadline set by the high court to enact a constitutional school funding formula that addresses disparities between rich and poor districts.

Freely available screening and diagnostic tools could help address this disparity

The overall analysis identified five essential domains for successfully addressing disparities and improving the quality of care:

Include more families of color from diverse United States communities in ALL birth rights advocacy work as it relates to addressing disparities in health care and access to planned home birth

April 11, 2013 Miller Tapped to Serve on PCORI Advisory Panel Doriane Miller, MD, has been appointed to serve a one - year term on the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Addressing Disparities.

Examining the influence of unconscious bias is by nature a self - reflective activity - something that has only recently caught fire in boardroom efforts to address disparities, but which has been alive and well in the hearts of accelerators, especially those focused on women entrepreneurs.

The students here want real answers — concrete ideas that would address the disparities in this country — not just conversation.

Univ. of Albany & New York State Health Dept. — webinar — Aug. 3, 8:30 - 10:30 am — The impact of social and cultural values on breastfeeding practice and strategies to address disparities

Analysis of trials of group prenatal care in specific at - risk populations shows promise in addressing these disparities.

«The Government is right to challenge employers and institutions to address these disparities, but it must also take responsibility for having created a system which has failed to ensure that employers act responsibly and lawfully in tackling discrimination and advancing equality for all groups.

«The executive proposal goes a step further and requires action to address the disparities that we will finally be able to see,» said Ian Rosenblum, executive director of The Education Trust — New York.

At noon, NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez holds a press conference to call on the presidential candidates to address the disparities in STEM education for girls and students of color, 165th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan.

At 10 a.m., AARP, the Asian American Federation, Hispanic Federation, NAACP and Urban League join Tony Award - winning actress Priscilla Lopez, Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Yuh - Line Niou for launch of policy solutions agenda to address disparities in health, economic security and livability that are hurting New York state's communities of color; City University of New York Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Running on a slogan of «People's Needs, Not Corporate Greed,» Gloria championed a platform that addressed the disparity between the 1 % in the richest city in the world and the 99 % of those trying to get by.

De Blasio's announcement came after City Council Speaker Corey Johnson called for change to address the disparity in arrest numbers between white people, and black and Latino people.

To address the disparity, city leaders are calling for full marijuana legalization on a state level.

In order to guarantee the timeliness and effectiveness of party activities and tasks, he is envisioning to deepen the commitment of party members and executives at all levels (especially grassroots) with an effective mechanism that addresses the disparities in resource sharing within the NPP

To address the disparity in violent crimes, particularly murder, among young people, Kelly said he has promoted Lt. Kevin O'Connor, formerly head of Manhattan North's gang intelligence unit, to be the assistant commissioner for the newly - created Juvenile Justice Division of the NYPD.

The data also raise the question of what should be done to address the disparities in access that can ultimately set the course for a child's future, including exploring a countywide school system.

We want to see Senator Hamilton follow through by advancing legislation at the state level that addresses disparities in policing practices and arrests.

But a simple step that could begin to address the disparities, argues Van Dam, is to advertise positions from Ph.D. fellowships on up and to make the salary information for those positions public.

Governmental action is urgently required to address these disparities.»