In the Spirit of Black Education,
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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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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