Sentences with phrase «of white teachers»

As a result, the proportion of white teachers in the whole district rose from 68 % to 77 % from 2004 - 12.

Which school has the highest percent of white teachers?

Meanwhile, the ratio of white teachers to white students is one to fewer than three.

The neighborhood is losing white, meaning you have the same high proportion of white teachers with less white students.

The new data also showed that the overall population of white teachers has decreased and the percentage of Hispanic teachers has increased since the last survey.

For many of us White teachers who grew up with little - to - know exposure to people and cultures of Color and who don't have a connection to our own ethnic cultural identities outside of Whiteness (notably,

For many of us White teachers who grew up with little - to - know exposure to people and cultures of Color and who don't have a connection to our own ethnic cultural identities outside of Whiteness (notably, a lack of cultural identity), it can be hard to know how to connect with students.

The number of white teachers in California has declined from 210,000 in 1998 - 99 to 193,000 in the 2016 - 17 school year — or a drop from 77 percent to 63 percent of the total.

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to decide whether the Constitution permits teachers» unions and school boards to agree voluntarily to set aside the seniority rights of white teachers in order to preserve the jobs of less senior minority teachers in times of layoffs.

Moreover, we find that the nature of white teachers» expectations places black students at a disadvantage.

This is consistent with the notion that the apparent achievement gains associated with having a black teacher reflect in part the relatively low quality of white teachers who work in more disadvantaged schools and in schools with large populations of African - American students.

Of course, this does not diminish the contribution of white teachers, but it does offer a great deal to the conversations that many charter schools are having about how to diversify their classrooms.

Ta - Nehisi Coates demonstrated well in a recent interview how a lack of cultural awareness on the part of White teachers can lead to serious consequences for Black students who grow up in violent neighborhoods.

As Seth Gershenson, Stephen B. Holt and Nicholas Papageorge detailed last year in a study of teacher expectations, 40 percent of White teachers don't expect Black children in their classrooms to graduate from high school.

Overall, in 1937 — 38, the average salary of African American teachers was $ 526, slightly more than half the $ 1,019 average of white teachers.

In New Orleans, 89 percent of public school students are black and many of the white teacher newcomers have struggled to connect with students.»

On the other hand, the other 35 capitol region districts added a smaller number of Black and Latino / a teachers (mostly the latter) even while continuing to decline in overall, particularly in the number of white teachers after the great recession.

With White Bread, Sleeter artfully explores the challenging topics of race, culture, history and identity critical to the success of white teachers in multicultural settings.

Am I the only student - turned - educator who is willing to publicly admit that there are more than a handful of White teachers who really have a disdain for and lack of understanding of who their students of color really are and that their skewed thinking plays out in Black and Brown boys and girls not getting the instruction or opportunities that they would if they were a White kid in those same teachers» classes?

Perhaps a study about the effect of low expectations of White teachers on their Black and Brown students in comparison to the expectations of Black teachers of those same students will carry more intellectual weight.

The ratio of white teachers to white students, by contrast, is one to fewer than three.16

White teachers were 9 percentage points less likely to expect a black student to earn a college degree than their black colleagues when both teachers were evaluating the same student — on average, 33 percent of black teachers expected the student to finish college, compared to 24 percent of white teachers.

Middle and high school students, regardless of their race and ethnicity, have more favorable perceptions of their Black and Latino teachers than of their White teachers, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Some of my white teachers and classmates shared their prayers, while others barely hid their discomfort or disdain.

The Hartford Courant wrote a story months after the event and focused on one of the white teacher's hurt feelings about being captured in the photo frame and Dr. Best's protest.