Sentences with phrase «while black educators»

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«While I'm sure that Ms. Black is a very well qualified executive in the magazine industry, the top executive in the New York City School system should be an educator,» Avella wrote.

Related: McComb educators savor small victories while wondering: Where have all the black boys gone?

In fact, according to recent figures, white educators make up 82 percent of the teaching force, while black teachers make up only 7 percent (U.S. Department of Education, 2016).

Mr. Reardon said that educators in these schools may subliminally — or consciously in some cases — track white students into gifted courses while assigning black and Hispanic students to less rigorous courses.

Black educators can not be the janitors for racist policies while hundreds of millions of dollars are poured into building up white institutions for us to clean up.

While many educators relished their roles acting as formal and informal mentors for their black students, and even pointed to those relationships as being a key reason for staying in the classroom, they also reported feeling pressure from administrators, fellow teachers and even students, to build and maintain relationships with every student of color.

And, while people often assume pay scales are what undermine retention and recruitment of talented black educators, we know with certainty that working conditions, relationship with direct supervisors, lack of respect, and the dreaded «invisible tax» all play a much larger role in creating a «hole in the bucket.»

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