by Kate McGee, WAMU

When kids go back to school after the summer break, the chances of them having a male preschool teacher are pretty slim — just 2 percent of early education teachers nationally are male. And the probability of having a male teacher of color is even lower. In Washington, D.C., public schools, they’re trying to change that with a new program called the “Leading Men Fellowship.”

Empowering Males of Color Initiative

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