Sentences with phrase «several white teachers»

Several white teachers, bless their souls, betrayed nary a trace of racism and took it upon themselves to encourage me scholastically.

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There was Butch, sanctum sanctorum, with several hundred people leaning over a green - and - white cord trying to hear a snippet of conversation between teacher and pupil.

Even though the achievement gap has not narrowed — black youngsters now score on NAEP where white fourth graders did several decades ago — are not the black student achievement gains evidence that, when teachers know what to do, they do it?

And as the student population continues to grow more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse, the teacher workforce remains overwhelmingly white.3 Research shows, however, that students of color benefit from having teachers with whom they share the same race or ethnicity, 4 and white students benefit from having nonwhite teachers as well.5 In order to increase the number of teacher candidates of color enrolling in and graduating from teacher preparation programs, several states are developing initiatives to intentionally recruit high - achieving people of color into the teaching profession.

The new approach was first outlined in the Department for Education's white paper, released in March, which said the «best» initial teacher training (ITT) providers would be given allocations «over several years».

Several of Edwards allies in the education community — particularly the teachers unions and traditional public school advocates — still indicate they want White replaced.