Sentences with phrase «diverse teaching corps»

«The research confirms what we've always known: a racially diverse teaching corps positively impacts all students, but especially those students who aren't used to having teachers who look like them,» said Go Sasaki, Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association.

The number of black public school teachers in nine cities — including the country's three largest school districts — dropped between 2002 and 2012, raising questions about whether those school systems are doing enough to maintain a diverse teaching corps, according to a new report to be released Wednesday.

The program has led to higher teacher retention and a diverse teaching corps reflective of the community it serves.

Knowing that teachers who share the background of their students have potential for profound additional impact, we have prioritized building a more diverse teaching corps.

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Among those who think that unions need to better represent the diverse views of their members are Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, former Teach For America corps members who worked for several years at the 2,000 - student P.S. 86 in the Bronx, New York's largest elementary school.

As a result, Teach For America's 2014 corps is the most racially and socio - economically diverse in their history.

Although the US, UK, and Canada are becoming increasingly diverse, the teaching and leadership corps of these countries, and higher education leadership faculty, continue to be predominantly white.

Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals of all academic disciplines to commit to teach in high - need schools for two years and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational ineqTeach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals of all academic disciplines to commit to teach in high - need schools for two years and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational ineqteach in high - need schools for two years and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational inequity.

Almost half of 2015 Teach For America, or TFA, corps members identified as people of color, 46 compared with less than 20 percent of teachers nationwide.47 The candidate acceptance rate between 2009 and 2012 averaged below 15 percent, making Teach For America one of the most highly selective teacher training programs in the country.48 Additionally, some residency - based teacher programs also are putting more effort into recruiting diverse, high - achieving candidates.

Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals of all academic disciplines to commit two years to teach in high - need schools and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational ineqTeach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals of all academic disciplines to commit two years to teach in high - need schools and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational ineqteach in high - need schools and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational inequity.

As the student population in the state has grown more diverse over the last several years, the state's teaching corps has remained predominately white.