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Why black teachers are leaving urban schools

What's behind the drop off in African American teachers? The answer is more complicated than you may think




There are several factors which may be behind this decline. The first is low pay for teachers. According to a study by Young Invincibles, an advocacy group, the average starting salary for a teacher is $34,575 – or about $6,000 less than the average starting salary of 28 professions.

The second is the recurring emphasis that education policy tends to place on test scores. This rigidity, argues Nekita Lamour, a Haitian-American and tenured educator, disincentivises black and Hispanic educators from participating in the system: they are not being encouraged to teach their fellow man, but to the test, instead ...


http://news.yahoo.com/why-black-teachers-leaving-urban-schools-124949743.html


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Schools across US find alternatives to suspending students


... The school districts in New York, Los Angeles and Denver are just some of those that have moved away from discipline policies that relied heavily on suspensions. State governments have also been taking action: This year, Connecticut limited out-of-school suspensions and expulsions for students up through the second grade, Texas decriminalized truancy and Oregon limited when suspensions and expulsions can be applied to students up through the fifth grade.

Last year, the Obama administration asked schools to abandon policies that send kids to court, issuing guidelines encouraging training school personnel in conflict resolution ...



http://news.yahoo.com/schools-across-us-alternatives-suspending-students-143651499.html

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Seventh graders Sarah Reusser, second from left, and Jayden Witter, right, discuss a recent conflict which they resolved through restorative justice, which included teachers and students gathering in circles for discussions, at Ed White Middle School, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)


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