Sentences with phrase «young black children»

For far too long, Jackson and his colleagues done little more than defend the very practices and schools that have ruined the futures of young black children as well as opposing the expansion of school choice that minority families support.
But Carol Johnson, the primary author of the CDC report, said the higher incident rate among young black children is not readily explained.
«Governing boards are not reflective of the student body that they're serving, and if young black children are not seeing themselves reflected at that level, how can they aspire to be at that level.»
But along with a similar initiative launched last year by the administration to expand educational opportunities for Native American kids (and slowly revamp the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education), the new effort does bring attention to the low educational achievement among young black children — especially young black men — and reinforces Obama's generally laudable record as School Reformer - in - Chief.
Moonlight (2016) is both a poetic and provocative portrait of a young black child, the sensitive, bullied son of a crack - addict single mom in a tough Miami neighborhood, presented through three acts of his life from childhood to adulthood.
I, like you, was shaped by my parents unwavering determination to provide the best education for me, as a young black child living in America.
What becomes clear from the Penn study is that young black children are placed on the school - to - prison pipeline more - often than children from any other socioeconomic background.
Golden Boy features a sculpture of a young black child sitting in a vintage high chair adorned with Christmas lights.
In 2017, the Whitney Biennial included a painting by a white artist, Dana Schutz, of the lynched body of a young black child, Emmett Till.
, young black children, who might have been from Harlem as easily as Brazil or Niger, leap into a muddy pool of water as if on the run.
Through the partnership, the National Black Child Development Institute supports practitioners and advocates seeking to eliminate suspensions and expulsions and implement positive discipline practices to ensure that young Black children have access to early learning settings that are supportive and affirming.
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