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Darrion Cockrell went from gang member to Missouri’s 2020 teacher of the year
Darrion Cockrell credits his teachers with saving his life when he was a young gang member in St. Louis, Missouri. This year, the 34-year-old elementary school physical education teacher who works in Crestwood, Missouri, was named Missouri’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. “I still can’t believe it,” Cockrell told “Good Morning America” of the honor, […]
Read MoreLack of Black male teachers in Baton Rouge, LA can negatively affect Black male students
Anthony Felder walked into his freshman year at LSU with aspirations of becoming a pediatric physical therapist. But during that year, Felder had an epiphany. “I realized the only reason I wanted to be a pediatric physical therapist was because I wanted to teach kids how to use their limbs again,” Felder said. The opportunity […]
Read MoreNew 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 […]
Read MoreAnti-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 […]
Read MoreAlabama 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 […]
Read MoreBlack man named Texas Teacher of the Year for first time: ‘I’m not the first to deserve it’
An elementary teacher is the first Black man to be named Texas Teacher of the Year. “I’m the first to win it, but I’m not the first to deserve it,” Eric Hale told The Washington Post on Wednesday. Eric Hale teaches first grade and kindergarten at David G. Burnet Elementary School in Dallas and was […]
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