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Only 8 percent of New York City teachers are men of color. Here’s how the city is trying to change that
“Start sharing. Don’t be shy,” the facilitator said at the start a training last week for Asian, black, and Hispanic men hoping to teach in the New York City school system. He’d asked them to name a movie or song that spoke to them. “Rocky,” one man said. “The Star-Spangled Banner,” said another. “Remember the […]
Read MoreEnd Gender Barriers for Male Teachers
Recent efforts to break gender barriers in traditionally male-dominated fields present opportunities for women to advance in fields which were previously closed off to them. While there is still work to be done, initiatives such as Girls Who Code or the NYU organization Women In Science suggest there is hope for a female-friendly work environment. […]
Read MoreRace Biases Teachers’ Expectations for Students
When evaluating the same black student, white teachers expect significantly less academic success than black teachers, a new study concludes. This is especially true for black boys. When a black teacher and a white teacher evaluate the same black student, the white teacher is about 30 percent less likely to predict the student will complete […]
Read MoreExcellent Educator: Tom Bedard Of Homecroft Early Learning Center
Tom Bedard has spent his career working with the youngest of students at Homecroft Early Learning Center in St. Paul. “Birth to five years old, I’ve worked with thousands of children,” he said. He graduated with a degree in Childhood Psychology from the University of Minnesota and pursued Early Education, a field at the time […]
Read More‘MacGyver’ for preschoolers brings expertise to the (water) table
The preschoolers gather around the water table Monday morning. It’s a wondrous contraption, two tables fashioned into one long one and stacked with accessories like swimming noodles and coffee filters. The children don’t know it, but the guy who made this wonder — their teacher, Tom Bedard, at the Homecroft Early Learning Center in St. […]
Read MoreNew York mayor: Why our cities need more teachers of color
Our nation hit two significant milestones in the last two years: for the first time, the majority of U.S. public school students and the majority of U.S. children under the age of five are of color. Unfortunately, as our country and classrooms become more diverse, the diversity of our national teaching corps has failed to […]
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