Fifty years after England's first
black head teachers took up their roles, BBC News Online assesses their impact.
Despite the achievements of England's first
black head teachers, the ethnic make - up of those in senior teaching roles remains broadly static with 93.5 % of heads describing themselves as «white British».
Not exact matches
Writing on the school's website,
head teacher Paul Underwood responded: «I have issued a letter to 2N parents regarding the revised
Black History Month presentation.
His hair is now very short, and apparently that does not sit well with the
head teacher, who says the short hair counts as an «extreme» style that violates the school's dress code and responded by putting him «in isolation,» which sounds a lot like solitary confinement on Orange is the New
Black.
The trio are sent back to China by their
teacher (Master Ji) to spread the martial arts gospel, but once there, they come into conflict with the Japanese
Black Bear School of Karate, and hot -
headed Sammo gets the group into trouble after beating up several
Black Bear students in a restaurant.
The data revealed that only 0.7 per cent of
head teachers at state schools were from an Indian background and 0.6 per cent are from
black Caribbean origin.
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Head teachers desperately want to do the right thing, but they need to see it in
black and white.»
But the best examples may come from the recent conflicts between reform advocates and critics in which race and class have been explicit topics of the debate - when Newark's Cami Anderson is under attack for being a white interloper in a
black community, or when Chicago's Rahm Emanuel is accused of being a racist murderer by the
head of the Chicago
Teachers Union.
Duncan decried the lack of
black teachers, noting that when he
headed up Chicago Public Schools, most of the students were
black, but many schools lacked a single
black male
teacher.
Students who have at least one
black teacher perform better on state tests, are less likely to drop out, and show a greater interest in
heading to college.
Meanwhile, if you're looking for a way to celebrate
Black History Month at your school, and to maybe get a
head start on your Women's History Month festivities as well, check out this EdSurge post on the fun and exciting ways your fellow
teachers are using
Black Panther as an educational opportunity in their classrooms.