Jones witnesses his program's greatest moments after graduation, when a «Mister» returns to his hometown school, a place that often has
no other black male teacher.
Not exact matches
On the
other hand, schools with higher clusters of
black male teachers tend to be among the hardest to staff, economically disadvantaged, and lowest performing schools.
AACTE also hosted a webinar spotlighting the work of the
Black and Hispanic / Latino
Male Teachers Initiative Networked Improvement Community (see this article and this archived webinar) and shared an invitation to this fall's dissertation retreat for Holmes Scholars and
other interested students.
It's a fact made even more apparent as districts nationwide struggle to fill vacancies, and as some look to place
Black male and
other teachers of color in classrooms.
Especially when attempting to address a complex problem or situation,
black male teachers can often help students visualize the issue in ways that
others may not.