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New Hiring Initiative Aims To Increase Presence Of Black Male Educators In Dallas ISD
As part of an initiative aimed at recruiting teachers who represent the students they serve, Dallas ISD has hired 13 Black male professionals and put them on the path toward becoming licensed teachers who will lead classrooms next semester.
The Adjunct Teacher Dallas Residency Program is designed to recruit Black male teachers to serve in high-priority campuses.
The Adjunct Teacher Dallas Residency Program is designed to recruit Black male teachers to serve in high-priority campuses.
Anti-Racist Educators in Texas are Building a Movement. It’s Time for Our Colleagues to Get on Board
I’ll never forget the moment when a fellow teacher, a white colleague I had worked with for years, got in my face and told me that I didn’t care about a Black male student. She did this in front of my entire class, in MY classroom.I’ll never forget how powerless I felt in that moment, and the anger that followed.
Alabama A&M incentivizes future male minority teachers with 2 years tuition
Diversity in the classroom matters. Alabama A&M is spending money to support that statement.
If you’re a man, identify as a minority race and want to be a teacher, you could get two years of your tuition paid for.
The program is called the Males for Alabama Education initiative. It’s all possible thanks to a grant from the state.
If you’re a man, identify as a minority race and want to be a teacher, you could get two years of your tuition paid for.
The program is called the Males for Alabama Education initiative. It’s all possible thanks to a grant from the state.
Do we really need teachers to be male role models?
It’s been odd to hear so much concern at the news that the proportion of male teachers has fallen to its lowest-ever level. The truth, of course, is that the vanishing male teacher should not worry anyone. Quite the reverse. Most of us are quite annoying in some way or another, and too many of us combine this with being at the wrong end of the useless spectrum – though not all, in fairness.
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"You teach what?" That is the phrase I often heard when I would tell my fellow coaches what I taught. Being a high school basketball coach and first grade teacher was not something they were expecting to hear. They expected me to tell them that I taught physical education or social studies, not that I taught six-year olds how to read. The reaction that followed was often mixed. Some of the coaches would give me the "that is pretty neat, I respect that" look, while others would give me the "are you kidding me, that is weird" look.
