Sentences with phrase «white teachers over»

In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

By Shawnta Barnes and David McGuire In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

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Even as I was being chosen by my peers and coaches and teachers to be the captain of sports teams and academic clubs, even as I was embraced as a best friend and confidant, a very clear «Whites Only» sign still hung boldly over the «family room» in the white American house.

By Joanne White Over 50,000 students Australia wide use the new (and free) Australian Organic Schools resources, and as a teacher — and someone who can now call herself a successful gardener — I highly recommend them to anyone who has always wanted to try gardening.

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.

Speaking today at a White House event honoring the nation's top elementary school teachers and scientist - mentors, President Barack Obama gave a stump - like speech about the need «to move from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math education over the next decade.»

i definitely had some fun - clothes - loving teachers growing up, and as long as it's a professional silhouette and you put a white coat over it, you can get away with a lot as a physician.

The movie is about the process of learning, and the teacher, the movie suggests, is Cecil (based on Eugene Allen, whose story in an article by Will Haygood serves as the basis for the screenplay), a White House butler who serves for seven Presidents over the course of 29 years.

Rarely in education issues as complex as teacher evaluation do courts issue bright - line, black - or - white rulings; rather, as Ruszkowski put it, «we are continuing to implement this year over year knowing that the courts will have to work it out.»

The best teachers will be able to reflect on their own cultural position in the classroom, challenge this racism, and identify where «white privilege» perpetuates inequality for Indigenous students by favouring Western knowledge over other kinds of cultural knowledge.

And the fact that over 80 percent of American teachers are white underscores how uncomfortable conversations about race can be at school — but also how necessary.

[1] Using data from the American Community Survey, they show that in 2015 just over half of American children aged 5 to 17 were white, but nearly 80 percent of young teachers (whom they define as individuals aged 25 to 34, with a bachelor's degree, and teaching at the prekindergarten through high school level) were white.

Most faculties are overwhelmingly white, despite efforts by many school districts over the past ten years to actively attract minority teachers, according to the National Education Association (NEA).

The bureaucrats in a white - majority state were cast as having usurped administrative power over a district in which 9 out of 10 students were African American, as were many teachers, politicians, and contractors.

Opportunity # 2: Both a critical pedagogy advocate and a deeper learning champion would object to the fact that many traditional classrooms emphasize the wisdom and authority of the teacher (who is often white) over the curiosity, skills, and active agency of the students in the classroom (increasingly students of color).

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».

Jules White, a West Sussex head teacher who co-ordinated letters sent to 2.5 million parents over school funding concerns, says too often schools policy has been sidetracked by «dubious ideological pursuits» or «tinkering around the edges».

Mr White said Mr Hinds would have to «urgently address» core problems over school funding and teacher shortages.

Mr White, a West Sussex head teacher who has co-ordinated letters sent to 2.5 million parents over school funding concerns, says that whoever is education secretary needs to make a priority of teacher supply and funding.

Propelled toward making a difference for all students, early in her career Molly dedicated over eight years to teaching and learning, where she contributed to growing students as a mathematics instructor, and growing teachers as a Cognitive Coach, for White Pine Middle School and Arrowwood Elementary, respectively.

The servant - manager principle has been almost universally adopted by business, yet many schools that I visit still prioritise the head's cup of coffee over the French teacher's lack of white board markers!

One of the great achievement - gap debates is whether white students are being favored over black students inside the school walls, or whether education administrators are steering better teachers and more resources to white schools.

But Jules White, a West Sussex head teacher who co-ordinated a campaign over funding shortages, said: «The government finally appears to be listening.»

For example, if a white teacher expects a black student to perform below average on a math test when compared to white students, over time the teacher may act in ways that encourage black students to underperform.

Researchers examined trends in minority teacher recruitment and retention over 25 years and found that the number of Hispanic, black, Asian and Native American teachers has more than doubled since 1987, which is twice the rate of growth for white, non-Hispanic teachers.

«White smoke»: A wag's apt metaphor for Monday's news of an end to Dayton's stalemate with the Legislature over alternative teacher licensing.

In 2015, only 15 % of children's books were written by African - American or Latino authors, or focused on African - American or Latino characters» Over 80 % of public school teachers nationally are White women, though a majority of public school students are people of color.

By Rachel S. White While state governments have had a heavy hand in teacher preparation, licensure, and certification policy for over a century (American Association of Colleges -LSB-...]

Thanks in large part to West Ada's high - profile involvement with the League of Innovative Schools over more than three years, Ms. Clark was invited to participate on a panel about empowering teachers when more than 100 superintendents met at the White House late last year.

Over the last decade, Hartford started (and ended) programs and neoliberal policies such as school closures, staff reconstitution, principal «autonomy», privatization, hyper - accountability, reduced economic security for teachers, preferential hiring for inexperienced and mostly white Teach for America participants, intradistrict and interdistrict school choice.

The Hartford Public Schools has steadily lost Black and Latino / a teachers over the last decade, while adding white teachers during the same period.

As a white «outsider» who's spent over two decades working with students in Chicago schools, I've seen firsthand the importance of students having teachers they can connect with on a cultural level.

Studies have found that teachers of color hold higher academic expectations for students of color and students of all races have more favorable perceptions of teachers of color over their white counterparts.

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Over the course of Breaking Bad, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) metamorphosed from a high school chemistry teacher to a notorious outlaw.