Sentences with phrase «which white peers»

Considering that nearly all suspensions are meted out for minor issues such as disruptive behavior (and not because of acts of violence, drug abuse, or weapons possession), this almost always means that black children are being dealt harshly by adults in situations in which white peers are let off the hook.

Not exact matches

The small group of attendees, which included a mix of long - time supporters and curious onlookers, spent the evening sipping free glasses of red and white wine — presumably courtesy of Mr. Spitzer — as reporters and tabloid photographers peered in at them through floor - to - ceiling window glass outside.

Blair's second Queen's speech was dominated by the question of Lords reform, mention of which by the monarch resulted in «an unprecedented ripple of disapproval from peers, calls of «Shame» mingling with «Hear, hears» from assembled MPs», as Michael White reported.

Paul White - the Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield - is accused of «dishonestly» submitting claims «for expenses to which he knew he was not entitled» - including overnight stays in London.

The proposed changes to NSF's peer - review practices, which generated a firestorm last spring among White House officials, scientists, and their professional organizations, received scant attention at today's markup.

This allows for far larger reassurance and comfort than conventional Tooth White lightening kits allow, which is especially helpful for teenagers that face the daunting pressure of their peers on a daily basis.

This situation has been explored more recently by other social scientists, who have found that it can lead to social norms under which «nerds» are harassed and studious students of color are accused by their peers of «acting white» (see ««Acting White,»» features, Winter 2white» (see ««Acting White,»» features, Winter 2White,»» features, Winter 2006).

It also shows that white and black students who attend the public schools in which ELL students are concentrated are doing worse than their peers who attend public schools with few English language learner students.

While the slow improvement of all groups is «still a success story,» Mr. Petrilli said, the achievement gap, which shows how different groups perform relative to one another, still means that most black and Hispanic students will be at a sharp disadvantage when they have to compete against white and Asian peers as they move through schools and into the workplace.

It is a regression in which student achievement is explained by a combination of school inputs (resources such as funding per student, class size, teacher qualifications, etc.) and the characteristics of peers (percentage of schoolmates who are white and who are black, etc.), families (race, ethnicity, parents» education, number of siblings, etc.), and neighborhoods (the share of households who rent versus own, etc.).

In addition, T - 014 gave me the tools to engage in conversations about racism and white supremacy with peers and family outside of the course, which has been a transformative experience.

Black students continue to be disciplined at school more often and more harshly than their white peers, often for similar infractions, according to a new report by Congress's nonpartisan watchdog agency, which counters claims fueling the Trump administration's efforts to re-examine discipline policies of the Obama administration.

That's nearly 20 percentage points lower than the proficiency expectations the Evergreen State has set for districts in improving achievement of white middle - school students, which, in turn, are slightly lower than for Asian peers.

Then there is North Carolina, which expects that its districts will get only 61.7 percent of black students in grades three - through eight toward reading proficiency in 2012 - 2013, while expecting only 64.7 percent of Latino and 65.2 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native kids to become proficient in reading; by 2014 - 2015, far lower than the proficiency rates for white and Asian peers; Tar Heel State leaders expect districts bring black, Latino, and Native students to proficiency levels of 69.3 percent, 71.7 percent, and 72.2 percent, respectively, by 2015.

Furthermore, the K - 12 system itself is partially to blame; there are large racial gaps in high school graduation rates, which means that fewer people of color attend college relative to their white peers.

, which is often used to try to explain why African - American and Latino students do not perform at the level of their middle - class white peers, ignores the issues plaguing all of our nation's schools.

Coleman's arguments lamenting students of color score worse on the tests than their white peers — without acknowledging the ways in which systematic underfunding of schools, poverty, and institutional racism have disfigured our school system — end up pathologizing communities of color rather than supporting them.

Which is what both Cut the Gap in Half does (by setting lower levels for districts improving proficiency for minority students versus white and Asian peers), and No Child waiver gambit tacitly endorses (by allowing states to only focus on the worst five percent of school districts and at least ten percent of districts with wide achievement gaps).

The RESPECT campaign argued that the schools our children deserve would replace zero tolerance disciplinary procedures, which have resulted in African American students being suspended at five times the rate of their white peers, with restorative justice models designed to help students solve their problems collectively.

These ineffective practices, which disengage students and can lead to imprisonment or dropping out, impact youth of color far more than their white peers.

The installation and exhibition design for Wide White Space aim to take on the challenges inherent in presenting any show on graphic design: how to make it possible for visitors to directly engage with the materials on display; how to gather and present a breadth of historical and contemporary pieces, which take the form of both original physical objects and restaged exhibition projects; and how to speak to both peers within the design community and a broader audience.

This is quite a hard space to solve,» says the artist, peering from behind his wiry glasses in the airy gallery's main room — which is obscured by large white pillars — the morning before the show's opening reception.

A notable feature of his work was the representation of African - Americans alongside white Americans as peers rather than subservient figures, which is how African - Americans were often depicted during this period.

Professor Carolyn Evans, Dean of the Melbourne Law School, wrote the foreword for the State of the Legal Market — 2015 white paper (available from Melbourne Law School or simple write to me), which is based on research by Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor of financial information from 23 major Australian law firms for the financial year to 30 June 2015.

Further on this «just say no to open access,» it needs to be recognized that this greater public access is happening on a number of fronts, not least of which is the Canadian Tri-Council research funding agencies declaring a common OA policy for 2014, as well as the recent White House initiative intended to see all federally funded research (following on the NIH requirement dating back to 2008) requiring «public access» of the final, peer - reviewed draft, within twelve months of publication.

The Best Lawyers in America ® 2014 (copyright 2013 by Woodward / White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) is based on a peer - review selection process in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

They even want to turn Bitcoin from a peer - to - peer cryptocurrency into a settlement system which is an obvious violation of the principles of Bitcoin white paper.

DataBroker DAO, a peer - to - peer marketplace for IoT sensor data built by SettleMint, has launched its white paper and announced its upcoming token sale, which...

DataBroker DAO, a peer - to - peer marketplace for IoT sensor data built by SettleMint, has launched its white paper and announced its upcoming token sale, which will start on the 18th of September, 2017.

Bitcoin has gone from being a white paper named Peer to Peer Electronic Cash which caught the fascination of the Techie community in November 2008 to being taken very seriously by Governments, Investors and Consumers as the value increased and continues this upward trend.