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Now, More than Ever, America Needs More Black Male Social Studies Teachers
For Black students in America, having a same-race social studies teacher is extremely rare. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), social studies teachers make up just 7% of the entire teacher workforce. And of all social studies teachers, roughly 94% are White (54% men and 40% women). Just 3% of America’s social […]
Read MoreFirst black male to lead Virginia’s largest teachers union wants to give back and inspire
In 1992, as a sophomore at Arcadia High School in Accomack County, James Fedderman needed an A on the final exam in order to pass his English class. He was the center of attention — in a good way, his English teacher, Liz Kuhns, said — and full of life, but struggled in school. He […]
Read MoreNew Call Me MISTER Scholarship
By The Charleston Chronicle & By Amy S. Mercer Dennis Wright says he never planned on being a teacher. It wasn’t until he was encouraged to enroll in the South Carolina Teacher Cadet program during his senior year of high school that his “eyes were opened” to a career in education. “I realized that I […]
Read MoreTODAY Show surprises Georgia’s first black male Pre-K Teacher of the Year with huge donation
He was named Georgia’s Pre-K Teacher of the Year last fall and was recognized as the first black man to get this honor. Johnathon Hines, a pre-K instructor at Barack Obama Elementary School in Atlanta, got another surprise on the TODAY Show on Monday. This week TODAY is kicking off a special series called TODAY Loves Teachers, […]
Read More‘From Oprah to Ellen’: Call Me MISTER celebrates 20 years of fostering Black male teachers
In April 2001, former Clemson University and NFL football player Jeff Davis sat on a soundstage in Chicago across from talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Davis was on Winfrey’s widely popular daytime talk show to receive the “Use Your LIfe” award for his involvement in the Call Me Mister program, an initiative aimed at increasing […]
Read MoreTeaching, Preaching: DeKalb Educator Raps For Student Enrichment
The 21st Maurice McDavid raps to teach and connect with his students. McDavid is an Assistant Principal at Cortland Elementary School near DeKalb. McDavid says writing has always been a way for him to express himself, and that he’s been rapping for as long as he can remember. He says he creates raps for his […]
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