Why Are So Many African American Males Being.Psy492gemiam1108
This document discusses the misdiagnosis of ADHD in African American males. It notes that African American males are often incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD or conduct disorder due to biases and lack of understanding of cultural differences in behaviors. The document proposes an exploratory case study of 100 African American males ages 6-12 to determine if their ADHD diagnoses were accurate by interviewing parents and teachers and assessing behaviors according to DSM-IV criteria, finding that at least 2 out of 5 were likely misdiagnosed. It emphasizes understanding cultural differences, removing biases, and properly applying diagnostic criteria to avoid misdiagnosis.
This study examined the influence of physical activity on established biochemical risk factors for prostate cancer development among 17 healthy young adult African American men. The men were divided into two groups based on their cardiorespiratory fitness levels. The study found that the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) level was significantly lower in the more physically active group. Additionally, the growth rate of prostate tumor cells was 21% higher when cultured in the serum of the less physically active group compared to the more active group. These results suggest a link between physical activity, IGF-1 levels, and prostate tumor cell growth. Further research is needed to better understand this relationship and the potential role of physical activity in prostate cancer prevention.
Evolución de la energía en la informáticajohancastro02
El documento resume la evolución de la energía en la informática a través de tres generaciones. La primera generación utilizó válvulas de vacío y relés, consumiendo mucha energía y siendo muy grandes. La segunda generación introdujo los transistores, reduciendo el tamaño. La tercera generación vio el desarrollo de los circuitos integrados, permitiendo ordenadores más pequeños y rápidos capaces de múltiples programas simultáneos.
The document discusses open data in Alameda County. It defines open data as making public data available to the public in accessible, machine-readable formats. The benefits of open data include innovation, more efficient government services, improved data sharing between agencies, and greater transparency. It recommends Alameda County create a central open data portal, guidelines for publishing datasets, and engage with civic hackers and developers to build apps that use open data. The county is working with outside groups to launch a site called InfoAlamedaCounty.org to publish and visualize open data.
Global Medical Cures™ | African American Men & High Blood Pressure ControlGlobal Medical Cures™
Global Medical Cures™ | African American Men & High Blood Pressure Control
DISCLAIMER-
Global Medical Cures™ does not offer any medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or recommendations. Only your healthcare provider/physician can offer you information and recommendations for you to decide about your healthcare choices.
The Oakland City Council tentatively chose one redistricting plan, Map #26, to reshape the city's voting districts, pending further public hearings and a final vote. Map #26 was a compromise that kept intact several neighborhoods and incorporated elements of other proposed maps. It combined the Maxwell Park neighborhood into one district and switched the Cleveland Heights neighborhood into the same district as its adjacent areas. The chief changes were aimed at keeping distinct neighborhoods unified rather than divided between multiple districts. Two more public hearings will be held on the proposed new district boundaries before a final council vote is expected in December.
1) The Oakland Police Department collects stop data to analyze potentially biased policing behaviors and ensure stops are conducted fairly. During a recent 8-month period, African Americans comprised 62% of stops despite being a smaller portion of the population.
2) African Americans and Hispanics had higher search rates than other groups but recovery rates were consistent across races. Excluding searches incident to arrest, Hispanics had the highest recovery rate.
3) Compared to other races, African Americans received more felony arrests and field investigation reports from stops but the lowest percentage of citations. Ongoing review aims to identify any unexplained disparities.
This document outlines a proposed program to help eradicate suicide among African American men. It notes that the suicide rate for African American males ages 15-19 increased significantly from 1980-1995. The program would create a brotherhood support system where men can receive help with issues, hardships, and be uplifted. It would encourage dwelling in God's presence, loving one another, respecting each other, and working to better the community. Events would address self-esteem, health, respecting women, finding purpose, and community. Information and help resources would also be provided. The overall goal is to pull men from depression into God's love and protect their mental well-being.
Why Are So Many African American Males Being.Psy492gemiam1108
This document discusses the misdiagnosis of ADHD in African American males. It notes that African American males are often incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD or conduct disorder due to biases and lack of understanding of cultural differences in behaviors. The document proposes an exploratory case study of 100 African American males ages 6-12 to determine if their ADHD diagnoses were accurate by interviewing parents and teachers and assessing behaviors according to DSM-IV criteria, finding that at least 2 out of 5 were likely misdiagnosed. It emphasizes understanding cultural differences, removing biases, and properly applying diagnostic criteria to avoid misdiagnosis.
This study examined the influence of physical activity on established biochemical risk factors for prostate cancer development among 17 healthy young adult African American men. The men were divided into two groups based on their cardiorespiratory fitness levels. The study found that the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) level was significantly lower in the more physically active group. Additionally, the growth rate of prostate tumor cells was 21% higher when cultured in the serum of the less physically active group compared to the more active group. These results suggest a link between physical activity, IGF-1 levels, and prostate tumor cell growth. Further research is needed to better understand this relationship and the potential role of physical activity in prostate cancer prevention.
Evolución de la energía en la informáticajohancastro02
El documento resume la evolución de la energía en la informática a través de tres generaciones. La primera generación utilizó válvulas de vacío y relés, consumiendo mucha energía y siendo muy grandes. La segunda generación introdujo los transistores, reduciendo el tamaño. La tercera generación vio el desarrollo de los circuitos integrados, permitiendo ordenadores más pequeños y rápidos capaces de múltiples programas simultáneos.
The document discusses open data in Alameda County. It defines open data as making public data available to the public in accessible, machine-readable formats. The benefits of open data include innovation, more efficient government services, improved data sharing between agencies, and greater transparency. It recommends Alameda County create a central open data portal, guidelines for publishing datasets, and engage with civic hackers and developers to build apps that use open data. The county is working with outside groups to launch a site called InfoAlamedaCounty.org to publish and visualize open data.
Global Medical Cures™ | African American Men & High Blood Pressure ControlGlobal Medical Cures™
Global Medical Cures™ | African American Men & High Blood Pressure Control
DISCLAIMER-
Global Medical Cures™ does not offer any medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or recommendations. Only your healthcare provider/physician can offer you information and recommendations for you to decide about your healthcare choices.
The Oakland City Council tentatively chose one redistricting plan, Map #26, to reshape the city's voting districts, pending further public hearings and a final vote. Map #26 was a compromise that kept intact several neighborhoods and incorporated elements of other proposed maps. It combined the Maxwell Park neighborhood into one district and switched the Cleveland Heights neighborhood into the same district as its adjacent areas. The chief changes were aimed at keeping distinct neighborhoods unified rather than divided between multiple districts. Two more public hearings will be held on the proposed new district boundaries before a final council vote is expected in December.
1) The Oakland Police Department collects stop data to analyze potentially biased policing behaviors and ensure stops are conducted fairly. During a recent 8-month period, African Americans comprised 62% of stops despite being a smaller portion of the population.
2) African Americans and Hispanics had higher search rates than other groups but recovery rates were consistent across races. Excluding searches incident to arrest, Hispanics had the highest recovery rate.
3) Compared to other races, African Americans received more felony arrests and field investigation reports from stops but the lowest percentage of citations. Ongoing review aims to identify any unexplained disparities.
This document outlines a proposed program to help eradicate suicide among African American men. It notes that the suicide rate for African American males ages 15-19 increased significantly from 1980-1995. The program would create a brotherhood support system where men can receive help with issues, hardships, and be uplifted. It would encourage dwelling in God's presence, loving one another, respecting each other, and working to better the community. Events would address self-esteem, health, respecting women, finding purpose, and community. Information and help resources would also be provided. The overall goal is to pull men from depression into God's love and protect their mental well-being.
George Crum invented the potato chip. Marjorie Joyner invented the "Permanent Wave Machine" now known as the hair dryer. "The Real McCoy" refers to Elijah McCoy and symbolizes quality workmanship. Garrett Augustus Morgan invented the combination telephone and telegraph called "Telegraphony." George Washington Carver used peanuts to create over 300 inventions. Benjamin Banneker was inspired by a pocket watch to build a striking clock from wood. Garrett Augustus Morgan invented the "Safety Hood" now known as the gas mask. Frederick McKinley Jones invented the refrigerated truck. Bessie Blount invented devices to help WWI amputees. Madame CJ Walker
This document provides an overview of Alameda County's governance structure, demographics, economics, and legislative priorities for 2014. It outlines the county's board of supervisors and county administrator, and summarizes the population, race/ethnicity, unemployment rate, and median home values for the county's cities and unincorporated areas. The document then lists the county's legislative positions and principles before detailing its state, federal, and local legislative priorities across policy areas including human services, health, public safety, and the environment.
Oakland Reads 2020 is a citywide initiative focused on increasing the percentage of third graders reading at grade level from 42% to 85% by 2020. This baseline report examines reading proficiency and factors that contribute to it (school readiness, attendance, summer learning, family engagement) from 2010-2013 in Oakland Unified School District. The report found that nearly two-thirds of third graders are below grade level in reading and there are significant disparities by race/ethnicity. It also highlights work already underway in the district and community to address these issues. The report aims to inform future efforts to meet the initiative's goal.
The document provides guidance on describing bicycle incidents in American Sign Language. It outlines a structure for the narrative, including describing what the person was doing on the bicycle and what happened. It teaches essential classifiers for representing bicycles, riders, barriers, and movements. Examples are provided of different bicycle tricks and stunts. Facial expressions for impacts and reactions are also explained. The goal is to develop skills for clearly telling stories about bicycle incidents.
The Youth Reentry Planning Process (YRPP) was a collaborative effort between the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency (HCSA), The alameda County probation Department, the Associated Community Action Program (ACAP), and several community agencies and stakeholders in 2009-2010. The work was undertaken pursuant to a grant agreement with the Department of Labor under the terms of the Employment and Training Administration Youth Offender Planning Grant received by Alameda County in 2009.
All Lives Matter - A Black Lives Matter DiscussionC M
Created for Broward College North Campus faculty by Quakish Liner, Jacob Skelton, Jason Vinson, and Zakiya Odoi (2015) for faculty and staff professional development.
The Oakland Achieves Partnership brings together community organizations with a deep commitment to public education to share expertise and resources to remove barriers to school success, expand educational opportunities, and help all learners to excel from their earliest years through adulthood.
In this second annual report on student progress in Oakland, we examine how well public education outcomes match the great potential of our children. Click here to download the report.
The report reviews a full range of data on Oakland student outcomes from cradle to career. Wherever possible, it includes data from district-operated schools and charter schools. We have added several new indicators since last year, including kindergarten readiness and Financial Aid Form completion.
This document discusses engaging African American and other minority men. It aims to review best practices for recruiting men and discuss innovative ways to engage them. Some key challenges to engagement include relationship conflicts, parenting knowledge, income deficiencies, and negative media portrayals. Best practices include building relationships through mentoring, empowering men, and creating culturally sensitive programs.
The document discusses issues of race relations in the 21st century, focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement and examining whether lynch mobs have simply evolved or if racial tensions are still prevalent in society today. It explores the role of social media in the movement and questions whether celebrities have a duty to take action, while also noting that racial tension is not just black and white and considering the differences between cultural appreciation and appropriation.
The document outlines several student invention ideas and provides guidance for invention projects. It describes inventions like a double visor called the "Sun-B-Gone" to block sun from the eyes, a headband called the "Burn-B-Gone" for an undisclosed problem, and a pocket with a rubberized panel called the "Pocket Safe" to prevent items from falling out. It also mentions an invention to position bananas at different ripeness levels to extend the window for eating them. The document encourages inventors to keep logbooks and provides a template for invention project boards that outlines the problem, description, how it works, advertisement, work in progress, and final result.
This document discusses how stores influence community health through the products they sell and promote. It finds that marketing of unhealthy products like tobacco, alcohol, and sugary foods negatively impacts public health, especially for children and low-income communities. A recent scientific survey of over 7,000 stores in California found high rates of tobacco and alcohol advertising and availability of flavored tobacco products. Few stores offered healthy options like fresh produce. The campaign aims to improve store environments and educate the public on how marketing influences consumption habits.
It’s not enough that you drink water every day. You have to make sure it’s the adequate amount and it’s absolutely safe and clean. To be guaranteed about your everyday drinking water, it would be a good idea buy water filter here in Singapore or anywhere you might be in the world.
Created by Urgent, Inc. the Film Arts Culture Coding Entrepreneurship (FACE) Summer Employment and Training program is a earn, learn, lead and serve opportunity for youth between the ages of 16-24.
Funded by the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency, The Children's Trust and Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs
The document summarizes the Connecting the Dots program, which originated in 2011 to improve collaboration between Ohio's foster care and workforce development programs. The program aims to better prepare foster youth for independent living and employment by blending funding, synchronizing policies, and providing coordinated services across silos. Initial pilot programs showed signs of integrated systems and meaningful youth involvement. The program seeks to dramatically improve educational and employment outcomes for youth aging out of foster care through a four-tiered initiative including cross-agency training, local pilot programs, a youth transition website, and development of a statewide best practice model.
This document provides an executive summary of the 2012 State of Our Black Youth Report published by Indiana Black Expo, Inc. The report analyzes data on the health and well-being of Black youth in Indiana and 16 communities. Some key findings include that while some indicators like teen births and median income are trending better for Black youth, disparities still exist compared to other populations. Other indicators like families headed by single mothers, children in poverty, and infant mortality are trending worse. The report identifies recommended strategies and promising practices to address challenges.
Friday Forum - State of Education PresentationPlan 2020
Kristin Hines, an Academic Performance Analyst with Mayor Greg Ballard's Office of Education Innovation, presents on the state of education in Indianapolis at Plan 2020's Friday Forums.
Educating the New Kids on the Block in our Country SchoolsRobert Mackey
The changing rural school student demographics cause them to have more in common with their urban counterparts; especially in the area of a growing number of students experiencing adverse social and economic conditions. This presentation shares a comparison of a rural school, the BOCES it is in, and three urban schools. There is also discussion on next steps for rural schools to take to ensure all kids learn at high levels.
The document provides guidance on effective policy advocacy for children and families. It reviews establishing clear policy goals, targeting advocacy efforts, using data and personal stories to make a case, and tips for communication, relationship building, and strategy. Data is presented on the demographics of low-income children, programs serving young children, and websites to find additional state-specific data for advocacy efforts.
In 2011, the Chicago Department of Public Health created an Office of Adolescent & School Health. Here's an update presented to the Chicago Board of Health
George Crum invented the potato chip. Marjorie Joyner invented the "Permanent Wave Machine" now known as the hair dryer. "The Real McCoy" refers to Elijah McCoy and symbolizes quality workmanship. Garrett Augustus Morgan invented the combination telephone and telegraph called "Telegraphony." George Washington Carver used peanuts to create over 300 inventions. Benjamin Banneker was inspired by a pocket watch to build a striking clock from wood. Garrett Augustus Morgan invented the "Safety Hood" now known as the gas mask. Frederick McKinley Jones invented the refrigerated truck. Bessie Blount invented devices to help WWI amputees. Madame CJ Walker
This document provides an overview of Alameda County's governance structure, demographics, economics, and legislative priorities for 2014. It outlines the county's board of supervisors and county administrator, and summarizes the population, race/ethnicity, unemployment rate, and median home values for the county's cities and unincorporated areas. The document then lists the county's legislative positions and principles before detailing its state, federal, and local legislative priorities across policy areas including human services, health, public safety, and the environment.
Oakland Reads 2020 is a citywide initiative focused on increasing the percentage of third graders reading at grade level from 42% to 85% by 2020. This baseline report examines reading proficiency and factors that contribute to it (school readiness, attendance, summer learning, family engagement) from 2010-2013 in Oakland Unified School District. The report found that nearly two-thirds of third graders are below grade level in reading and there are significant disparities by race/ethnicity. It also highlights work already underway in the district and community to address these issues. The report aims to inform future efforts to meet the initiative's goal.
The document provides guidance on describing bicycle incidents in American Sign Language. It outlines a structure for the narrative, including describing what the person was doing on the bicycle and what happened. It teaches essential classifiers for representing bicycles, riders, barriers, and movements. Examples are provided of different bicycle tricks and stunts. Facial expressions for impacts and reactions are also explained. The goal is to develop skills for clearly telling stories about bicycle incidents.
The Youth Reentry Planning Process (YRPP) was a collaborative effort between the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency (HCSA), The alameda County probation Department, the Associated Community Action Program (ACAP), and several community agencies and stakeholders in 2009-2010. The work was undertaken pursuant to a grant agreement with the Department of Labor under the terms of the Employment and Training Administration Youth Offender Planning Grant received by Alameda County in 2009.
All Lives Matter - A Black Lives Matter DiscussionC M
Created for Broward College North Campus faculty by Quakish Liner, Jacob Skelton, Jason Vinson, and Zakiya Odoi (2015) for faculty and staff professional development.
The Oakland Achieves Partnership brings together community organizations with a deep commitment to public education to share expertise and resources to remove barriers to school success, expand educational opportunities, and help all learners to excel from their earliest years through adulthood.
In this second annual report on student progress in Oakland, we examine how well public education outcomes match the great potential of our children. Click here to download the report.
The report reviews a full range of data on Oakland student outcomes from cradle to career. Wherever possible, it includes data from district-operated schools and charter schools. We have added several new indicators since last year, including kindergarten readiness and Financial Aid Form completion.
This document discusses engaging African American and other minority men. It aims to review best practices for recruiting men and discuss innovative ways to engage them. Some key challenges to engagement include relationship conflicts, parenting knowledge, income deficiencies, and negative media portrayals. Best practices include building relationships through mentoring, empowering men, and creating culturally sensitive programs.
The document discusses issues of race relations in the 21st century, focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement and examining whether lynch mobs have simply evolved or if racial tensions are still prevalent in society today. It explores the role of social media in the movement and questions whether celebrities have a duty to take action, while also noting that racial tension is not just black and white and considering the differences between cultural appreciation and appropriation.
The document outlines several student invention ideas and provides guidance for invention projects. It describes inventions like a double visor called the "Sun-B-Gone" to block sun from the eyes, a headband called the "Burn-B-Gone" for an undisclosed problem, and a pocket with a rubberized panel called the "Pocket Safe" to prevent items from falling out. It also mentions an invention to position bananas at different ripeness levels to extend the window for eating them. The document encourages inventors to keep logbooks and provides a template for invention project boards that outlines the problem, description, how it works, advertisement, work in progress, and final result.
This document discusses how stores influence community health through the products they sell and promote. It finds that marketing of unhealthy products like tobacco, alcohol, and sugary foods negatively impacts public health, especially for children and low-income communities. A recent scientific survey of over 7,000 stores in California found high rates of tobacco and alcohol advertising and availability of flavored tobacco products. Few stores offered healthy options like fresh produce. The campaign aims to improve store environments and educate the public on how marketing influences consumption habits.
It’s not enough that you drink water every day. You have to make sure it’s the adequate amount and it’s absolutely safe and clean. To be guaranteed about your everyday drinking water, it would be a good idea buy water filter here in Singapore or anywhere you might be in the world.
Created by Urgent, Inc. the Film Arts Culture Coding Entrepreneurship (FACE) Summer Employment and Training program is a earn, learn, lead and serve opportunity for youth between the ages of 16-24.
Funded by the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency, The Children's Trust and Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs
The document summarizes the Connecting the Dots program, which originated in 2011 to improve collaboration between Ohio's foster care and workforce development programs. The program aims to better prepare foster youth for independent living and employment by blending funding, synchronizing policies, and providing coordinated services across silos. Initial pilot programs showed signs of integrated systems and meaningful youth involvement. The program seeks to dramatically improve educational and employment outcomes for youth aging out of foster care through a four-tiered initiative including cross-agency training, local pilot programs, a youth transition website, and development of a statewide best practice model.
This document provides an executive summary of the 2012 State of Our Black Youth Report published by Indiana Black Expo, Inc. The report analyzes data on the health and well-being of Black youth in Indiana and 16 communities. Some key findings include that while some indicators like teen births and median income are trending better for Black youth, disparities still exist compared to other populations. Other indicators like families headed by single mothers, children in poverty, and infant mortality are trending worse. The report identifies recommended strategies and promising practices to address challenges.
Friday Forum - State of Education PresentationPlan 2020
Kristin Hines, an Academic Performance Analyst with Mayor Greg Ballard's Office of Education Innovation, presents on the state of education in Indianapolis at Plan 2020's Friday Forums.
Educating the New Kids on the Block in our Country SchoolsRobert Mackey
The changing rural school student demographics cause them to have more in common with their urban counterparts; especially in the area of a growing number of students experiencing adverse social and economic conditions. This presentation shares a comparison of a rural school, the BOCES it is in, and three urban schools. There is also discussion on next steps for rural schools to take to ensure all kids learn at high levels.
The document provides guidance on effective policy advocacy for children and families. It reviews establishing clear policy goals, targeting advocacy efforts, using data and personal stories to make a case, and tips for communication, relationship building, and strategy. Data is presented on the demographics of low-income children, programs serving young children, and websites to find additional state-specific data for advocacy efforts.
In 2011, the Chicago Department of Public Health created an Office of Adolescent & School Health. Here's an update presented to the Chicago Board of Health
There are over 35,000 youth ages 16-22 with developmental disabilities in California. Most expect to finish school and get a job, but very few have the chance to go to college today. The California Employment Consortium for Youth and Young Adults with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities (CECY) aims to build capacity and increase the number of these youth in integrated competitive employment by establishing a shared vision, delivering training, sharing information, incubating effective practices, and measuring employment outcomes. CECY is a collaboration between various state agencies and organizations focused on developmental disabilities, education, employment, and disability rights.
The document summarizes key issues facing Black Ohioans based on interviews conducted by The Kirwan Institute. It finds that nearly 3 in 4 Black Ohioans live in neighborhoods with the lowest opportunity indicators related to education, economic mobility, housing, health, and public safety. Interviewees identified education as the top concern and suggested solution. The graduation rate for Black students has increased but remains below that of other groups. A strategic plan for Black Ohio should educate about linked community fates, build on community assets, and weave together opportunities across domains like education, health, employment, and housing.
This document is the 2014 Community Report Card on the Status of Children, Youth, and Families in Arlington, Virginia. It provides data on various indicators related to child, youth, and family well-being in Arlington across different age groups and topics. In the early childhood years section, some of the key findings include that over 25% of kindergarteners are overweight, applications and receipt of child care subsidies have sharply increased in recent years, and over 90% of children receive early literacy support. The report aims to inform and guide efforts to support youth development in the community.
The document provides Jamaica's Country Report on efforts to promote child participation from April 2008 to July 2010. It discusses Jamaica's commitment to child rights through ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991 and passing the Child Care and Protection Act in 2004. It outlines the methodology used to gather information from government agencies and NGOs on their child participation activities. It also provides context on the situation of children in Jamaica and highlights various government entities and policies that support child participation.
This 279-slide deck was presented during the 12th annual State of the Community Report on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Learn more at www.CarolinaChamber.org/SOTC
It is a full presentation about the economy of the Southeast Asia.
Acknowledgement : this presentation stems from two parts, firstly, it's my own made presentaion from collecting data from many sources such as world bank, UN statistics, and ADB. Also, it's conglomeration of many slide presentation, especially, about the financial situation in region from many academicians. It is my grateful to say Thanks for all of the presentation.
This document discusses poverty in America through statistics and analysis on topics such as income inequality, wealth distribution, education disparities, the criminal justice system, and funding biases that disproportionately impact minority communities and the poor. It argues that current civil rights narratives and the majority of charitable resources focus on upper-middle class issues rather than addressing the systemic roots of poverty. The document advocates for connecting people, resources, and technology to better serve those in need.
Diversify Your Portfolio: Looking at Human Capital in a Different Way to Ensure Ongoing Support for Your Mission
Strategire for securing greater investment in your school by casting a wider net and including people from emerging constituencies in your advancement program as donors, volunteers and staff members.
The Iowa College AmeriCorps Program (ICAP) places college students as volunteers in their local campus communities, where they contribute 300-450 hours of service during the academic year. ICAP is managed by Iowa Campus Compact, a statewide association that strengthens the civic engagement of college students. Member organizations of Iowa Campus Compact address various social issues in their communities, such as childhood illness, lack of volunteerism, environmental sustainability, and poverty.
The CommunityYouthMapping (CYM) effort in Seminole County, Florida provided a 7-week summer leadership program for 48 high school youth aged 16-19. The youth canvassed all resources in the county, creating a comprehensive database of services, activities, and opportunities available. The purpose was to provide leadership opportunities for youth, identify any gaps in resources, and ensure services utilize a youth-guided approach. Once complete, the CYM database will allow analysis of resources and gaps by neighborhood to better serve Seminole families.
This document summarizes a workshop on supporting women of color in prior learning assessment (PLA) through an open peer support model. It discusses (1) creating a culturally sensitive community for women of color to develop their academic identities, (2) how an open approach can provide both opportunity and social justice, and (3) implementing an initial workshop series in spring 2013 to be assessed and potentially expanded. The goal is to develop a model that can be replicated and reused to better support diverse students in PLA.
A brief look at the diversity and dynamics of becoming an AllyShancalderon
Public Allies is a nonprofit organization that develops diverse young leaders through a 10-month apprenticeship program. Allies work full-time for nonprofit organizations addressing community issues while receiving leadership training. The program operates in 15 communities across the U.S. and identifies talented individuals ages 18-30 from various backgrounds to develop career paths in the nonprofit sector. Public Allies aims to cultivate a new generation of leaders who reflect the diversity of America and can facilitate collaborative solutions to social problems.
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The document outlines a collaborative and effective juvenile reentry plan for Alameda County from 2010 to 2015. The plan's main outcome is to create a coordinated juvenile justice system focused on successful reentry through detention, transition, and community reintegration programs to reduce recidivism. Specific objectives, strategies, activities, and performance measures are outlined to achieve this over annual and five-year periods with support from community resources and partnerships.
The Urban Strategies Council aims to reduce persistent poverty in Oakland through community initiatives. Poverty is a serious problem in Oakland, with over one-quarter of residents living below the poverty level, including over half of children under age 6. Three out of four poor children are Black and live in neighborhoods where over half of children live in poverty. Many poor children live in female-headed families, and face disadvantages like low birthweight, poor education, lack of job skills, and teen pregnancy that perpetuate the cycle of poverty across generations.
Funding community school initiatives is one of the most difficult components of the planning, implementation and scaling up process. This content area highlights how community schools identify revenue streams, allocate resources, and leverage revenue streams to sustain successful community school initiatives. It also explores sources of federal, state and local funding that align with various community school components and have the potential to be leveraged for specific programs and services.
Family and community engagement consists of reciprocal interactions between schools, families, and the community, working together to create networks of shared responsibility for student success. At community schools, community and family engagement creates shared accountability and a more participatory decision-making process. This content area explores how families and communities are mobilized around community schools, how family and community engagement operates at school sites, and challenges and promising practices for family and community engagement.
Reviewing community school evaluations helps those interested in or planning community school initiatives understand the successes, challenges and limitations of the community school strategy. This content area explores the methods and models used by community schools to conduct their evaluations, as well as each initiative’s outcomes and alignment with its vision. The information highlighted in this section includes the methodology, indicators of success, findings, trends, challenges and promising practices revealed in community school evaluations.
Equity is a concept implicit in community schools; however, most community schools do not explicitly use an equity framework to undergird the strategy. This section examines equity frameworks and tools that have been applied to or can be adapted to the community school strategy. The information in this section discusses applying an equity framework to community schools to document and address disparities and identify underserved populations.
This document provides a literature review on data collection and analysis at community schools. It discusses that community schools aim to address academic, health, social, and emotional outcomes both short and long-term. Common data collection methods identified include using existing data systems, surveys, and focus groups. Short-term indicators commonly measured include attendance, family engagement, and partnerships. Long-term indicators include academic achievement, health, employment, and crime rates. The most comprehensive data analysis framework suggested involves developing a logic model and collecting and analyzing data to answer evaluation questions.
The document provides a literature review on collaborative leadership structures for community schools. It discusses three key aspects: 1) The infrastructure of collaborative leadership typically involves community leaders, on-the-ground leaders, and intermediary organizations. 2) Collaborative leadership operates through interagency convenings to assess needs and make decisions. Site-level advisory committees also connect schools to communities. 3) Creating collaborative leadership involves building shared visions and accountability systems. Data sharing is highlighted as important for collaborative success and strengthening partnerships. Challenges include managing diverse stakeholder interests, which intermediaries can help with. Promising practices include shared visions, problem-solving processes, accountability, and data use.
The community school strategy is a set of partnerships that organizes community resources and builds community-school partnerships to support thriving students while building stronger families and healthier communities. This section provides an introduction to the unique characteristics of community schools and how these components address the underlying factors affecting academic outcomes and other crucial measures of student success. The section addresses questions around the structure, programs, services and core elements of a community school and community school district.
This section explores budget tools that aid the process of identifying resources, funding gaps, projected costs and fiscal mapping for community schools and related initiatives. The information underscored in this content area includes the purpose, use, and promising practices for budgeting.
Assessment tools measure outcomes linked to the effectiveness of community school programs, services, and structure. This content area includes assessment tools used to measure outcomes, and explores the purpose of each tool and how they can be applied to the community school strategy.
Sustaining and scaling up community school initiatives ensures that the community school strategy will leave a lasting impact on the youth, families and communities that it aims to serve and empower. This section explores community school sustainability plans, partnership development, and the strategic leveraging of resources for the future.
There are numerous components of the community school planning and design process, some of which include a collaborative leadership structure, community engagement, and a community needs assessment. This section explores the general planning and design structures for community schools, the initial steps and core components of the planning and design process, as well as strategies for scaling up community schools. It lays out a blueprint for successful community school initiatives and helps map out the strategy, framework and process to sustain them.
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
This presentation was provided by Racquel Jemison, Ph.D., Christina MacLaughlin, Ph.D., and Paulomi Majumder. Ph.D., all of the American Chemical Society, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
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advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
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The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
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This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
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BMOC Presentation by Junious Williams
1. URBAN STRATEGIES
COUNCIL
African American Male
Achievement
&
Boys and Men of Color
Initiatives
Prepared by:
Junious Williams
Rebecca Brown
Alicia Olivarez
Sarah Marxer
1 www.urbanstrategies.org
2. Urban Strategies Council Mission
Work with partners to eliminate
persistent poverty by building
vibrant, healthy communities.
2
3. Urban Strategies Council…
is a social impact organization using
tools of research, policy,
collaboration, innovation and
advocacy to achieve equity and
social justice.
3
4. Why Focus on African
American Male
Achievement & Boys and
Men of Color?
4
5. Alameda County Population Projections
by Race/Ethnicity: 2000-2050
100% 7%
11% 9% 8%
15% 13%
90%
80%
21% 25% 28% 31% 33% 35%
70%
60% Black
20%
25% Asian
50% 29%
33% Hispanic
37% White
40% 41%
30%
43%
20% 37%
32%
27%
21%
10% 17%
0%
2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Source: State of California, Department of Finance, Race/Ethnic Population with Age and Sex Detail, 2000-2050.
6. All Californians…
…stand to benefit by ensuring that young men of color have the chance to grow
up healthy, to get a good education, and to make positive contributions to
their communities.
If California increased the graduation rate just 10% for African-American
and Latino males, the higher graduation rates would result in $7.39 billion in
additional income, tax revenue, social service savings and economic
productivity — over the course of the students’ adult life.9
A study from Columbia University’s Teachers College found that for each
youth added to the graduation rolls, taxpayers saved $127,000 in the form
of additional tax revenues paid by the graduates and in lower public health,
welfare, and criminal justice costs.10
In addition, a 2007 study found that African-American and Latino men
graduating high school generate $681,130 and $451,360, respectively, in
additional dollars for the state of California.11
9 Belfield, Clive and Levin, Henry. “The Economic Losses from High School Dropouts in California.” California Dropout Research Project. August 2007.
10 Levin, Henry, Clive Belfield, Peter Muennig, and Cecilia Rouse. 2007. “The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for All of America’s Children.” Teachers College,
Columbia University. New York.
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11 Belfield, Clive and Levin, Henry. “The Economic Losses from High School Dropouts in California.” California Dropout Research Project. August 2007.
7. Oakland stands to benefit, too…
If Oakland were to achieve the goal of 100% graduation
rate for all boys of color, taxpayers would realize an
additional benefit of $117 million over the lifetimes of a
single year’s high school graduates.
While the lifetime economic benefit of achieving a
graduation rate of 100% in a single year would be $117
million, if OUSD achieved a 100% graduation rate for boys of
color over a decade, the lifetime benefit to taxpayers would
be approximately $1.2 billion.
SOURCE: Fact sheet-Economic Benefits of Investing in the Education of BMoC. Prepared for the Assembly
Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color in California for the Oakland-Bay Area Hearing.
Prepared by Urban Strategies Council on January 20, 2012
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8. National Efforts for Boys and Men of Color
Black Male Achievement Leadership & Sustainability Institute
(LSI)- Open Society Foundation, PolicyLink & Root Cause
http://leadershipandsustainabilityinstitute.com/
Campaign for Black Male Achievement- Open Society
Institute
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/topics/black-male-
achievement
2025 Campaign for Black Men and Boys- The Ford
Foundation, The Twenty First Century Foundation, the
National Urban League & others
http://www.2025bmb.org/
8
9. National Efforts for Boys and Men of Color
City Leadership to Promote Black Male Achievement-
National League of Cities http://www.nlc.org/find-city-
solutions/institute-for-youth-education-and-families/at-risk-
youth/city-leadership-to-promote-black-male-achievement
Schott Foundation Black Male Initiative- The Schott
Foundation for Public Education
http://www.schottfoundation.org/funds/black-male-initiative
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African
Americans- Executive Order from President Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-
office/2012/07/26/executive-order-white-house-initiative-
educational-excellence-african-am
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11. includes change agents from across the state of California who are
committed to improving the life chances of California’s boys and
young men of color. http://www.allianceforbmoc.org/
Statewide Partners
Regional Conveners
Oakland Fresno LA
11
12. Assembly Select Committee on the Status
of Boys and Men of Color
Alliance members partnered with the Committee to
organize hearings in Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno,
Los Angeles, and Coachella Valley and to solicit
recommendations from a diverse cross section of
stakeholders.
The Committee's draft action plan, which includes 65
practical and scalable recommendations can be found
here: http://www.allianceforbmoc.org/
12
14. Oakland-Alameda County Boys and Men of Color
Goals: Increase…
educational outcomes including academic
performance, graduation and readiness for
careers and/or post-secondary education;
participation in the labor force in “high
quality” jobs and careers; and
utilization of a fully-integrated “health
home” that improves health outcomes.
14
15. Oakland Boys and Men of Color (BMoC)
Leadership Table
Goal: 100% Graduation
Systems Leaders
Objectives: Alameda County Health
95+% attendance for all students Care Services Agency
Meaningful internship or paid employment Alameda County
for all high school students Probation Department
100% access and appropriate use of health
Alameda County Social
care and social services by OUSD students Services Agency
Oakland Unified School
The Leadership Table is working on: District
inter-agency data sharing; Oakland Human Services
A portfolio highlighting evidence-based Department
policies, practices and programs to improve Oakland Police
outcomes for BMoC; Department
a system of individualized education and Oakland Office of
wellness plans for boys of color; and Economic and Workforce
Development
economic and workforce development
15programs
16. BMoC Portfolio
Policies Juvenile
Health
Justice
Practices
Programs
Employment Youth
& Assets Development
Education
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17. Oakland Boys and Men of Color (BMoC) Community
Partners Table Oakland Community
Partners
Allen Temple Baptist
The table has identified several opportunities for action in Oakland Church
and Alameda County in the areas of: East Bay Asian Youth
Center
Education East Oakland Building
1. Implementing Full Service Community Schools Healthy Communities
2. Reducing school push-out, drop-out and suspension Black Organizing
Project
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Ella Baker Center
1. Advocating for criminal and juvenile justice reform under Intertribal Friendship
California’s criminal justice realignment (AB109) and House
juvenile justice realignment Oakland Community
Organizations
Workforce Development and Employment Street Level Health
1. Leveraging public employment and procurement policies Project
2. Creating quality employment for BMoC through creation of The Unity Council
alternative business models which build community wealth The Mentoring Center
and ownership Youth Uprising
3. Linking economic development projects to requirements Youth Alive
for job creation for boys and men of color
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18. Examples of Public Systems and Community Partner Work
The Unity Council Latino Men and Boys Program
EBAYC Boys and Men of Color Mentoring Project
The Oakland Unified School District Manhood
Development and AAMA
Alameda County Health Care Services Agency has
implemented an Emergency Medical Technician
Program
Social Services Fatherhood Initiative
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19. Joint Systems Leader and Community Partner
Work
Community Communication Plan
the Initiative looks forward to its first joint project:
• to effectively communicate within public systems
and organizations, across communities of color, and
to the public and policy makers the importance of
improving the outcomes for BMoC; and
•to actively contribute to changing the narrative
around BMoC to an asset frame including stories
about their many successes and contributions to
family, community and society.
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21. African American Male Achievement
Initiative
Began in fall 2010
Partnership:
Oakland Unified School District
East Bay Community Foundation
Urban Strategies Council
Partners in School Innovation
Focus: Eliminating disparities and
improving educational and social
outcomes for African American male
students in OUSD
21
22. Urban Strategies Council’s Role
1. Develop indicators, measures and targets for
goal areas and conduct analyses to determine
status of African American males in these areas
2. Literature reviews to better understand causes
of disparities and strategies for addressing
them
3. Special studies on key issues for African
American male students (three reports)
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4. Policy analysis to inform interventions
23. Reports
Goal Areas, Indicators and Targets
Developed indicators and targets
Conducted longitudinal analysis
Compared across school levels
Compared across ethnic groups
Graduation Likelihood
Attendance
Suspensions
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24. Goal Areas, Indicators and Targets
http://www.urbanstrategies.org/programs/schools/docs/A
AMAI%20Goal%20Data%20Packet%2004-04-11.pdf
25. Initiative Goal Areas
1. Achievement Gap (English
Language Arts and Math)
2. High School Graduation
3. Literacy (4th Grade)
4. Suspension
5. Attendance
6. Middle School Holding Power
7. Juvenile Detention (Incarceration)
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26. Students Proficient or Higher in English Language Arts
(California Standards Test): Grades 2-11 2005-06 to 2010-11
100%
90% 2015 Target: 90%
79% 78%
80% 78%
76% 76%
73%
70%
60%
50% African American Males
White Males
40%
28% 29%
30% 25%
19% 20%
20% 16%
10%
0%
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
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Source: Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
27. Graduation Rate: 2008-09
100% 2015
Target:
98%
90%
80%
72%
70%
61%
60%
49%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
African American Males White Males OUSD Total (All Students)
Source: California Department of Education Research Files (OUSD calculations)
Note: Graduation rate equals the number of graduates divided by graduates plus
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dropouts in grades 9-12.
28. Percentage of Students in All Grades Suspended Once or
More, 2005-06 to 2010-11
25%
20% 19%
18%
17% 17% 17% 17%
15%
African American Males
11% White Males
10%
9% 10% 10% 10% OUSD: All Males
10%
2015 Target: 5%
5% or fewer
3% 3%
3% 3% 3%
2%
0%
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Source: Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
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Note: District average includes African American males.
29. Percentage of Students in All Grades Chronically Absent
(Absent 10% of School Days or More)
2006-07 to 2010-11
25%
24% 23%
23%
23%
20%
20%
16%
15% 15%
15% 14%
12%
African American Males
OUSD (All Students)
10%
2015 Target:
5% or fewer
5%
0%
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Source: Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
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Note: OUSD figures include African American males.
30. Percentage of African American Male Oakland Residents Ages
10-17 Detained by Alameda County Probation Department
20%
18% 17.2% (954 youth)
16.2% (903 youth)
16%
14%
12%
10%
8% 2015
Target: 8%
or fewer
6%
4%
2%
0%
2009 2010
30
Source: Alameda County Probation Department, Census 2010
32. How did we measure “Graduation Likelihood”?*
Academic
Achievement
Attendance
On-Course
to Graduate
At-Risk
Off-Course
Suspensions Retention
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*Note: indicators varied by grade level
33. African American Males and OUSD Students in
Grades K-12, by Graduation Likelihood: 2010-11
African American Males All OUSD Students
Off
Course (K-
12)
Off Course
20%
(K-12)
34%
On Course
(K-12)
45% At Risk (K-
On
12)
Course
17%
(K-12)
63%
At Risk (K-
12)
21%
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34. Off-Course African American Male Students, by
Risk Factor & School Level, 2010-11
Elementary Middle School High School
(877 students) (798 students) (504 students)
Chronically Absent 73% 38% 65%
Suspended Once or More 33% 73% 41%**
Poor Academic Performance* 28% 41% 63%
Retained (Left Back) 7% 0% 18%
*Below Basic ELA for Grades 2-5, F in English or Math for Grades 6-8, GPA below C for Grades 9-12
**In our rubric, off-course for high school was defined as having more than one suspension.
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35. Recommendations for Supporting HS
Graduation
Early Warning System
AAM are Engaged in
Afterschool Programs
School-Based Health Centers
Reach AAM
Healthy School Climates
for AAM
High-
Quality, Effective
Instruction for
AAM
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40. Selected Recommendation for Reducing Chronic
Absence
Data Collection & • Track attendance from start of year to intervene early
• Conduct research on relationship between chronic absence and
Analysis tardiness & truancy
Accountability & • Adopt school and district standards
Standards • Create district and school level plans for attendance improvement
• Designate single administrator responsible for attendance efforts
Policy & Process • Identify groups to focus on issues and interventions
• Include families and students in policy review and revision
Student, Family & •Communicate connections between attendance, achievement, and
Community graduation
•Problem solve with families and students
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Engagement
42. Percentage Suspended Once or More by School Level
OUSD 2010-11
35% 33%
30%
African
25%
22% American
Males
20% 18%
17%
All OUSD
15% Students
11%
10% 9% 9%
7% 7% White
Males
5% 3%
2%
1%
0%
District Elementary Middle High
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43. Percentage Suspended by Reason (Grade K-12)
OUSD 2010-11
10% 9%
9%
8% Proportion
7%
7% of Other
6% Students
Suspended
5%
4% Proportion
3% 3% of AAM
2% Population
2% 1% Suspended
1%
1%
0%
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44. Top Three Offenses:
75% of suspensions of AAM
1. Disruption/defy authority
(38% of suspensions of AAM);
2. Caused/attempted/ threatened injury (28%
of suspensions of AAM);
3. Obscene act/ profanity/ vulgarity (9% of
suspensions of AAM).
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45. Percentage of Students Suspended, by Times
Suspended, OUSD 2010-11
Non-African American Students African American Boys
1%
3% 9%
Not
9% Suspended
Suspended
Once
Suspended
More than
Once
82%
96%
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46. Selected Recommendations: Suspension
• School- and district- • Focus interventions
level targets on offenses driving
• Accountability plans disparities
• Expand array of
interventions
Accountability Offense Focus
Records &
Process
Data
• Use site discipline • Track specific
committees behavior
• Create district-level • Require reporting of
intervention team referrals & classroom
suspensions
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47. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY-OUSD WORK
Ensure city agencies collect and analyze data by gender
and ethnicity
Ensure city programs and services are responsive to
needs of BMoC
Leverage procurement and employment powers to create
jobs, business opportunities for BMoC
Support and align resources with the district’s full service
community school efforts
Use City-OUSD Partnership Committee as vehicle for joint
work on issues such as attendance, safety to and from
school, and other issues impacting achievement and
success of BMoC
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48. FOR MORE INFORMATION
Oakland-Alameda County Boys and Men of Color
http://www.urbanstrategies.org/bmoc/
African American Male Achievement Initiative
http://www.urbanstrategies.org/programs/schools/AAM
AI.php; http://thrivingstudents.org/33
Building an Educational Equity Framework
http://www.urbanstrategies.org/programs/schools/docs/
Equity%20Framework%20Concept%20Paper_5.9.12final.
pdf
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Editor's Notes
Who we are:a social impact organization using the tools of research, policy, collaboration, innovation, and advocacy to achieve equity and social justice.Our mission: to eliminate persistent poverty by working with partners to transform low-income neighborhoods into vibrant, healthy communities.
Who we are:a social impact organization using the tools of research, policy, collaboration, innovation, and advocacy to achieve equity and social justice.Our mission: to eliminate persistent poverty by working with partners to transform low-income neighborhoods into vibrant, healthy communities.
Our overall goal is to improve the health, wellness and life outcomes for BMoC throughout their life course.Our specific goals for Oakland Boys and Men of Color include significantly improving their:Educational outcomes including academic performance, graduation and readiness for careers and/or post-secondary education; Utilization of a fully-integrated “health home” that improves health outcomes. Participation in the labor force in “high quality” jobs and careers;
Our overall goal is to improve the health, wellness and life outcomes for BMoC throughout their life course.Our specific goals for Oakland Boys and Men of Color include significantly improving their:Educational outcomes including academic performance, graduation and readiness for careers and/or post-secondary education; Utilization of a fully-integrated “health home” that improves health outcomes. Participation in the labor force in “high quality” jobs and careers;
Explain validated, promising and innovative categories.The Leadership Table will use the portfolio to guide partner agencies and the public by promoting existing validated, promising and innovative polices, practices, and programs. Agencies have a pool of validated, promising and innovative strategies for boys and men of color to employ within their agencies, give preference to in contracting, provide funding to, or build other relationships with. The portfolio will build the capacity of local organizations to promote and secure more funding for effective strategies by creating a mechanism for evaluating new or growing policies, practices, and programs. In a time of economic crisis, austere policies, and budget cuts, the portfolio also offers public systems and community partners an opportunity to better leverage social, political, and creative capital towards strategies that most effectively address life outcomes for boys and men of color. In addition to supporting what works, the portfolio fosters innovation by creating pathways for promising practices to become validated. Taken together, the programs, policies, and practices in the BMoC Portfolio will: Address issues for boys and men of color across the life spanInclude a comprehensive array of interventions at the levels of policy, program, and practiceCatalyze transformation at the societal, institutional, neighborhood, and personal levelsInclude policies, programs, and practices in each of the priority issue areas: health, education, employment, safety and juvenile justice, and youth development Support specific ethnic and geographic communities of Oakland and Alameda County boys and men of color in culturally relevant ways Foster well being among sexual minority (GBTQQ), undocumented, foster care, disabled, and other vulnerable populations of boys and men of color
Our objectives for achieving these overall and specific goals include:Reducing involvement in the criminal justice system and exposure to violence;Reducing involvement in the foster care system when possible and increasing the effectiveness of services and transitioning for those young people who are best served by participation in the foster care system; Increasing quality effective services that address the effects of trauma/chronic adversity with an anchored focus on healing;Building the capacities of families, especially fathers, to support the positive development and success of BMoC;Improving the quality of built environments serving BMoC, especially schools;Increasing the availability of and participation in engagement activities that promote positive leadership development and cultural competency; Promoting and supporting youth advocacy and organizing;Increasing community control through civic engagement and leadership development for BMoC; Developing a positive sense of manhood among BMoC, which includes positively redefining masculinity and promoting respect for gay, bisexual and transgender BMoC; andDeveloping inter-ethnic understanding, cross-cultural competency and unity as a foundation for establishing a common agenda that advances improved outcomes for all BMoC.
Our METHODS for accomplishing our goals and objectives include:Advancing a policy and advocacy agenda that moves systems toward working together, encourages comprehensive and integrated approaches across systems, addresses system inequities and holds systems accountable for investment of public resources and improved outcomes (e.g., Interagency Children’s Policy Council, Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority); Developing and supporting community development policies and practices which transform neighborhoods and create business, job and career opportunities for BMoC; Directly investing in young people as agents of change by hiring young people for the services they can provide in improving conditions and outcomes in their communities such as peer counseling and cascading mentorship with older youth mentoring younger youth;Recognizing the importance of engaging fathers, especially young fathers, and families in the positive development of boys of color and building their capacities to support their children;
Building the capacities of programs, organizations, and agencies most intimately involved with impacting the health and well-being of BMoC to serve them effectively, in a culturally and linguistically competent manner, and holding them accountable for doing so; Supporting youth, family and community organizing so that they become effective advocates for themselves and their communities, broaden their civic engagement and build power to participate with public systems in decision making about their lives and communities; Creating a locally- and regionally-based network of systems leaders, community-based organizations, faith and business leaders, and other stakeholders that will champion the issues of BMoC and move a change agenda; andWorking with law enforcement and corrections to develop policies and practices that decrease crime and violence, and improve their relationships with and their responsiveness to BMoC.
The thorniest indicators to develop were middle school holding power (because of the need to clarify the term) and incarceration/detention (because of the need to forge a new data-sharing agreement with the Alameda County Probation Department.For context: From 6th through 12th grades, nearly one in five OUSD students was an African American Male in 2010-11. Number of AAM in K-12: 6,415
ACHIEVEMENT GAP (ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS) A large gap exists between the percentage of AAM and White male students in OUSD scoring proficient oradvanced in English Language Arts on the California Standards Test. From 2005-06 through 2010-11, the percentage of AAM proficient or advanced in English Language Arts increased from 16% to 29%. The percentage of White males proficient or higher increased less dramatically over that time, so the gap between AAM and their White male peers decreased – from 57 percentage points in 05-06 to 49 percentage points in 2010-11. Exercise caution in interpreting these results, as White male enrollment is concentrated in the elementary grades, when students in all groups tend to be more likely to score proficient or advanced on the CST.2010-11 Enrollment in Grades 2-11African American Males: 4,097White Males: 1,293
GRADUATION The AAM graduation rate indicates that fewer than half of 9th graders are graduating from high school four years later. The AAM graduation rate is lower than the district-wide graduation rate and the rate for White males. Note: The graduation rate equals the number of graduates divided by graduates plus dropouts in grades 9-12. (National Center for Education Statistics formula)Number of Graduates: 2008-09African American Males: 280White Males: 48OUSD Total: 1,671
SUSPENSION The percentage of AAM students suspended once or more hovered around 17-19% from 2005-06 to 2010-11. The gap between the suspension rate for AAM and White males is very large.Enrollment in Grades K-12: 2010-11African American Males: 6,415White Males: 2,145
ATTENDANCE AAM students are more likely to be chronically absent than OUSD students as a whole. In 2010-11, the proportion of students who were chronically absent declined, both among AAM and for OUSD overall. Still, in 2010-11, one in five AAM students missed 10% of school days or more. In 2010-11, 1,267 AAM students in grades K-12 were chronically absent.
JUVENILE DETENTION (INCARCERATION) In 2009, 16.2% of African American male Oakland residents, ages 10-17, (903 youth) were detained by the Alameda County Probation Department. This includes pre- and post-adjudication detainment. In 2010, that percentage rose to 17.2% (954 youth).
African American males are more likely to be off course and less likely to be on course than students in the district as a whole (this would be more pronounced if we removed AAM from the comparison group).
In which areas are off-course African American boys struggling the most (i.e. are more of them off-course because of academic, attendance, or behavior problems)?Chronic absence is a key issue for AAM in elementary school and high school , with 73% of off-course AAM in elementary and 65% in high school displaying this risk factor. Suspension is a key issue for AAM in middle school, with 73% of off-course AAM displaying this risk factor. Poor academic performance affects nearly half of off-track AAM middle school students, and 63% of off-track high school students. More than one in six (18%) off-course AAM in high school were left back at the end of the 2010-11 school year.
Chronic absence means missing 10% or more of school days.
AAM missed more than twice as many days due to illness, on average, as other students, though illness was the leading cause of days missed for both AAM and non-African American elementary school students. For every absence reason, AAM missed more days than did other students.
At the high school level, unverified absences accounted for more days missed than any other type of absence, both for AAM and other students. AAM missed twice as many days due to unverified absences as did their peers.
Note that this is the percentage of all students suspended for each offense (e.g. 9% of African American boys in OUSD were suspended for disruption/defiance in 2010-11, while 3% of other students were suspended for that offense).
AAM were more likely to be suspended multiple times than non-AA students were to be suspended once.
Recommendations emerging from the report include:Accountability and Standards:Adopting school level and district-wide goals for suspension rates and for racial disparities.Holding school sites that exceed those standards accountable for developing annual targets and plans for reaching those standards.Offense FocusTarget the offenses that contribute most to the disparate suspension rate for AAM: defiance/disruption and cause/attempt/threaten injuryTo ensure clear behavioral standards and to evaluate which interventions and alternatives to suspension are most effective.Record Keeping and Data AnalysisAdapt the district record keeping and reporting system to record the specific conduct leading to suspensions for the three offenses contributing most to the suspension disparities for AAM.Require data collection on referrals for the target offenses, including what corrective actions and alternatives to suspension were used.Require reporting of Classroom Suspensions.ProcessUse site discipline committees as a vehicle for addressing disparities in suspensions at the school site level.Create an intervention team to assist schools in identifying and implementing prevention and corrective actions for the focus offenses.More detailed recommendations are available in the suspension report.With that, I’ll turn it over to Jean Wing from the Research, Assessment and Data department at OUSD who will begin to share some of the promising initiatives underway to address these issues.