Across the
country in Washington, D.C., Andrea Smith, a 6th - grade math teacher at E. L. Haynes, a high - performing
public charter
school, shares Bergmann's enthusiasm, but focuses on a different aspect of the flipped
classroom.
In 2014, the percentage of students of color exceeded the percentage of white students in U.S. public schools for the first time.13 Meanwhile, 84 percent of all public school teachers identify as white.14 While this disparity occurs in classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black student
In 2014, the percentage of students of color exceeded the percentage of white students
in U.S. public schools for the first time.13 Meanwhile, 84 percent of all public school teachers identify as white.14 While this disparity occurs in classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black student
in U.S.
public schools for the first time.13 Meanwhile, 84 percent of all
public school teachers identify as white.14 While this disparity occurs
in classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black student
in classrooms across the
country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced
in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black student
in many urban
school districts.15
In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black student
In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black students.
The problem our
public school face is the suffocation of
public schools by the federal and state governments
across the
country and here
in Texas by refusing to adequately provide the resources so that every
classroom, every
school, and every
school district has what it needs, so that teachers can provide the best education to every child.