Creating next generation of Black male teachers a top mission for educator's nonprofit
Lewis, who holds a Ph.D., founded the Black Male Educators Alliance, or B.M.E.A, in 2017, a nonprofit that is dedicated to ...
Could housing assistance help address the shortage of Black male teachers, and the teacher shortage overall?
The relationship between housing and education is more well known when it comes to children and families. But there’s a ...
KC mentor inspires Black boys to aspire to become ‘impactful’ members of society
Black men is great because it encompasses so many different men so that means we are able to tap into the brain power among a ...
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Why Boys Don’t Want to Become Teachers and What Schools Can Do About It
As Willis points out, in her experience, a boy isn’t likely to think of pursuing a career in teaching unless a respected ...
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‘I hope my time here will inspire’: Addressing the lack of Black male teachers in the classroom
Black male teachers continue to be underrepresented in classrooms across the United States, including Georgia. In metro ...
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Few of his teachers were Black men. He became a New Orleans teacher to change that.
Wilfred Wright was drawn to teaching as a child, but it wasn't easy to imagine becoming an educator because so few of his teachers looked like him. “The only Black men in my school were the ...
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'More than a teacher': Page High celebrates life of Summer Hunter, co-founder of group that mentored young Black men
"You give somebody the eye test, right?" said Rod Brown, a former Page parent. "And I went, 'her?' She's going to lead these ...
SC schools have struggled to build a diverse faculty. Now, anti-DEI pressure is mounting.
South Carolina's teacher population has grown more diverse, but it's still more White than the state's student body as ...