Sentences with phrase «with racial diversity»

While I identify largely with racial diversity, the hiring issue I identified affects numerous people who self - identify as minorities, not just people of colour.

In 1950s Leukerbad (a place with no racial diversity) African identity is kept at a distance, evidenced not only by a bigotry for outsiders, but also paternalistic donations and missionary work in Africa's European colonies.

Neuharth - Pritchett, Reiff, and Pearson (2001) support this finding by also showing that teacher education programs are not preparing preservice teachers to deal with racial diversity.

Parents are willing to go to schools with racial diversity.

An African American director casting one of the greatest African American movie stars as a «classic» western hero, just as President Obama prepares to ride off into the sunset (while mainstream cinema struggles to catch up with the racial diversity of the US) is a recipe for bold imagery.

The groups with racial diversity significantly outperformed the groups with no racial diversity.

Along with racial diversity, those with evangelical beliefs also have diverse political views.

Not exact matches

Let us begin, then, with one cold, hard - numbered truth: For much of corporate America, racial diversity continues to be at best a challenge — and at worst a flat - out fiction — particularly in the executive ranks.

«The tech industry is so bad with respect to racial diversity, but that's no excuse.

Rashad Robinson, executive director of online racial justice organization Color of Change, said in a statement late Tuesday that while he applauded Uber's newfound transparency, «the onus is now on Kalanick and Uber's leadership team to prove that all this public soul - searching isn't just a public relations ploy and to work with advocates and experts to meaningfully increase diversity at the company.»

According to Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev, organizations with diversity managers, task forces, and intentional mentoring structures report improvements in the representation of women and racial minorities.

Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?

Protestants, then, with all their internal diversity, have not been «a racial group, a religious group, a national group,» but just «a group,» to use Silcox and Fisher's terms.

In recent years, intense focus on diversity and multiculturalism has accentuated racial, sexual, ethnic, class, and gender differences on campus, frustrating attempts to imagine the university as a cohesive moral unit with common ends.

I student taught in a rural area of central Illinois - a school with two people who were black (and that was it for the racial diversity) so they created their own minorities thorugh religion.

In September 2016, the NCAA asked its members to sign a non-binding pledge «to specifically commit to establishing initiatives for achieving ethnic and racial diversity, gender equity and inclusion with a focus and emphasis on hiring practices in intercollegiate athletics to reflect the diversity of our membership and our nation.»

As with other tough topics, it helps to talk to your child early and often about racial diversity.

Another positive associated with adopting transracial children is that this means that parents are embracing the diversity and are more focused on having a child rather than on the cultural or racial differences.

As Buffalo Public Schools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the schools.

The makeup of the powerful education policymaking panel will be drastically different, with increased racial and gender diversity and a greater representation of public school educators.

Lev Dassin, the acting United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, announced today that Westchester County has agreed to fund the building of 750 units of affordable housing in areas with low racial and ethnic diversity in order to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the United States under the False Claims Act as well as the Housing and Community Development Act.

DiNapoli also announced agreements with four Fortune 500 companies to formally include gender and racial diversity in their considerations of board candidates.

The racial divide in Albany is no less than in most other traditional cities, yet there is a tolerance planted here, perhaps from the diversity associated with Dutch settlement in the 1600s.

Among the study's limitations were the absence of a placebo group that could pinpoint the sources of side effects, and a lack of racial diversity, with 88 percent white participants.

Statistical data is undoubtedly a helpful tool that provides us with a tangible measure of racial and gender diversity.

Jaya Aysola, MD, DTMH, MPH, an assistant professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, and Lisa M. Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN, an assistant professor of Nursing and assistant dean for Diversity and Inclusivity, followed Jenkins with discussions around the importance of diversity and inclusion in an organization like Penn Medicine and racial disparities in medical research, respDiversity and Inclusivity, followed Jenkins with discussions around the importance of diversity and inclusion in an organization like Penn Medicine and racial disparities in medical research, respdiversity and inclusion in an organization like Penn Medicine and racial disparities in medical research, respectively.

With an increasing amount of power players speaking out about the need for more racial and body diversity in the industry, it's a shame that street style images depict such a limited view of who is considered fashionable.

Change that comes with diversity in reaching our romance goals means that dating should go beyond the artificial and fabricated racial boundaries.

When that family does not include racial diversity it is a challenge to break with family tradition and try interracial dating.

In all, the movie worked reasonably well through its 133 - minute runtime with a likable group of misfits, carefully executed action sequences, and just enough humor to stray not too far from the dirty, harsh world of 19th century America, giving the post-Civil War a whole new perspective regarding the racial diversity and its impact.

His credibility rests in part at least on his irreverence, and online he has appeared unwilling to play it safe, sharing near - the - knuckle gags about the lack of racial diversity in this year's Oscars race with his 13 million Twitter followers.

This year's program featured themes of equality, racial and cultural diversity and our relationships, both familial and societal, and with our environment / planet.

Lionsgate's new Power Rangers promotes diversity, with the first Chinese superhero Ludi Lin fighting to break racial barriers.

Linked with a long history of religious and ethnic intolerance, racial and social inequality, and severe national tensions, diversity has undoubtedly bred hatred, prejudice, discrimination, and violence in some people over the course of history, says Senior Lecturer Todd Pittinsky in his new book, Us Plus Them.

We do not find noteworthy differences between the two sectors with respect to satisfaction with the school building and facilities (4 points) or with ethnic and racial diversity (2 points).

All I do know is that another proposal of mine, grouping NYC public school kids by ability, rather than age, would not only solve the perennial shortage of Gifted & Talented seats for all who qualify, it would also help with racial and socioeconomic diversity.

Her top priorities included foreign language offerings, racial and cultural diversity, and positive staff interactions with students and parents.

Work toward embracing the diversity of your students, and when you're ready to dive deeper, check out the video playlist below to learn how talk about racial stereotypes constructively with your students, break down assumptions, and bring people together.

The report shows that all racial groups except white people experienced considerable diversity in their schools; however, white students remain overwhelmingly in white schools, even in regions with very large non-white enrollments.

She has more than 25 years of research experience with topics including racial identity development, multicultural counseling competency, disability policy issues, education & workforce diversity, and mentoring.

To the extent the objective is sufficient diversity so that students see fellow students as individuals rather than solely as members of a racial group, using means that treat students solely as members of a racial group is fundamentally at cross-purposes with that end.

The Hechinger Report has partnered with The Atlantic in several stories that look at the debates over racial diversity and integration at the K - 12 and college levels.

With this in mind, I examine how diversity influences the civic climate of a high school, focusing on three distinct dimensions of that diversity: racial, religious, and partisan.

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

A large push to integrate Seattle schools began in 1977 with The Seattle Plan which bussed students to schools in different neighborhoods in an effort to create racial diversity.

(Don't conflate racial and cultural diversity with poverty, discipline data, special education counts, and other common forms of implicit bias.)

Among the 100 attendees at the summit, specific attention was paid to racial diversity with 41 % people of color participating.

In the U.S., where 87 % of white students attend a majority white school, many middle - class and affluent urbanites grapple with what Mike Petrilli calls the Diverse Schools Dilemma: Should I send my child to a local public school that offers racial, cultural, and economic diversity or to a more homogenous — but perhaps higher - performing — school?

She is also a co-editor of Lessons in Integration: Realizing the Promise of Racial Diversity in America's Schools (with Gary Orfield), published by the University of Virginia Press (2007).

The team sought to share and understand their own experiences with racial inequity in education, reflect on the perspectives of students of color who experience a lack of diversity within their teacher community, and research a range of factors that contribute to the gap, from teacher recruitment through school climate.