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14 Inspiring Movies About Teachers That Will Uplift You
The best teacher movies motivate with moving portrayals of educators who make a difference in the lives of their students ...
Jasmine Thompson: To be seen, heard and loved — the power of Black educators
During sessions of “The Girls Room,” which I established during my first teaching job as a safe space for high school Black ...
WA is not only losing Black teachers, it’s pushing them out
Juneteenth is a time for celebrating Black liberation. However, 160 years later, and 71 years after the desegregation of ...
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Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools
Even as the proportion of black, Latino, Asian, Indian, African and other “non-white” students ... Once they enter the profession, King said, minority teachers face what he calls an ...
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Black male teachers transform Colorado classrooms with unique initiative
Currently, fewer than 2% of teachers in Colorado identify as Black, with 87% of public school teachers being white and about ... housing and professional development. MSU Denver's branch operates ...
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Some CPS teachers claim REACH evaluation system disproportionately targets Black educators
Their data from the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years found that 89% of the gap between Black and white teachers ... one of the reasons Black teachers are leaving the profession relative to other ...
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How Black students and teachers could benefit from DOE reform
of Education, which he claims could benefit Black students and teachers. AP Add in the fact that Black college graduates average $25,000 more student debt than their white counterparts ...
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How Black teachers lost when civil rights won in Brown v. Board
Conditions were vastly unequal to those for white children ... contribute to keeping Black people from becoming teachers or keeping their teaching positions. Obtaining a professional license ...
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In an alarming trend, teacher diversity is slowing
The teaching profession has long attracted more Black and brown ... showing states which teacher preparation programs are leading the way toward a more diverse teacher workforce and which are making ...
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Why are so many Black public school teachers in Philly leaving the profession?
Tracey, a high school teacher in the Philadelphia School District, remembers the hurtful comments she heard from parents when she started her career over a decade ago as a young Black teacher in what ...
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We interviewed 30 Black public school teachers in Philadelphia to understand why so many are leaving the profession
“I can recall white parents making ... mirror those of other Black teachers in Philadelphia. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching profession faced what has been referred to as ...
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Black public school teachers in Philly share why many are leaving the profession
“I can recall white parents making ... mirror those of other Black teachers in Philadelphia. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching profession faced what has been referred to as ...