Subject
Addressing the Shortage of Black Male Teachers in Public Schools
Description
In America’s most extensive public school system, New York City Public Schools hope to address the disparity between the student body and teaching demographics which shows an alarming disproportion of Black male teachers.
In the U.S., Black male teachers make up 1.3 percent of educators, and in NYC alone, Black teachers make up 19 percent of all teachers, but Black males are only 4 percent of the educators across the city.
In a city where nearly 1-in-4 students are Black, teachers citywide have spoken about how and why this disparity is affecting students the most. One instructor, Kevin Hyde, a math teacher at Harlem Renaissance High School, said he had seen little to no Black men teaching over his 30 years of teaching in the city.
He worked in five different public schools citywide, with the highest number being eight Black male teachers in the entire teaching staff. He described his tenure as isolating at times, being the only Black man. He is currently the only Black male teacher in his school.
Creator
Brian Delk, Word In Black
Source
afro.com/in-the-classroom-a-black-male-teachers-perspective/
Publisher
AFRO
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