Sentences with phrase «teach young black males»

The proper thing to teach young black males is to stay in school, get good grades, choose a respectable career field, attend church regularly, be kind and couteous to everyone you meet, repect and support the police, stay off drugs, don't steal, don't assault people, and quit thinking the man is out to get you.

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He, a young Black male, from a family who also graduated from this New York City high school, told me about low expectations, poor quality lessons, and countless stories of years of inadequate teaching.

A lack of role models and the fact that «many young black boys never see a black male teacher,» are a major reason why, says Mario Jovan Shaw, 26, a former middle school teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, through Teach for America.

The Honoré Center is rooted in the concept that black male teachers may be more effective at teaching young black men, who are more likely to struggle in the classroom and are significantly less likely than their white counterparts to graduate from high school and college.