Last night I got to participate in a sort of 'town hall' at Kenwood Academy in Chicago. The thrust of the program was about bringing people of color into the schools of color and retaining those teachers. However, one can easily see these points being made for any school whether in rural areas, the suburbs or the inner city.
One of the things that stuck out in my mind was the fact, yes fact, that students of color make greater strides in terms of achievement when their teacher(s) are of the same color. Of course, the research also shows that there are a disproportionate number of non-coloreds teaching students of color.
If the above doesn't change then some of the problems that now exist will continue you and that is a sad fact.
This gets me to ponder the following...I wonder how a non-colored neighborhood school student population would fare if the kids had teachers of color throughout most of their elementary and high school years?
Dick
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