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Educators’ Summit Highlights Need For More Virginia Teachers of Color
Nearly one-half of students attending Virginia public schools are minorities, but fewer than one in five teachers is. That stark statistic motivated policymakers, K-12 and higher education experts, students from HBCUs, and others to gather for the first-ever Teachers of Color Summit organized by the Virginia Education Association. The conference featured promising programs and panels […]
Read MoreJapan: Should male nursery teachers change girls’ clothes, diapers?
A plan by the Chiba municipal government to promote the utilization of male nursery teachers has sparked intense debate on the internet about the involvement of male childcare workers in changing the clothes and diapers of infant girls. Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai’s tweet saying “Requests from girls’ parents not to have male teachers involved in […]
Read MoreA-plus for effort! This cool teacher has an energetic personalized handshake for every pupil
A US primary school teacher has staked a claim at being the coolest in the world after memorising elaborate hi-five routines with each of his pupils. Barry White Jr, an English teacher at Ashley Park Elementary School in North Carolina, has created unique handshake routines for his student and performs them every morning as they […]
Read MoreMetro State U, Osseo make a deal to help diversify Minnesota’s teacher corps
In a system as big, complex and resistant to change as that by which we educate children, efforts to innovate deserve notice. They matter in a state that fails to educate all its children and one struggling to add diversity to its teaching corps. With hometown pride, we make note of new work at Metropolitan […]
Read MoreColumn: How I learned my own value as a black male teacher
Article Note: Black males represent roughly 2 percent of all public school teachers in the U.S. While nonwhite educators are being hired at a higher proportional rate than white teachers, they’re also leaving the teaching profession at a higher rate, according to a 2015 report from the Albert Shanker Institute. Ricky House teaches 7th and […]
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