![]() ![]() I know because I am one of those students. Because our students fail to see a representation of themselves in the teaching field, they have little desire to enter it. Schools struggle to recruit and retain teachers of color due to lack of exposure, not talent. ![]() Those groups that are consistently marginalized (students of color and students with disabilities) are not proportionate or nearly representative of the teachers serving them more than half of students attending public school are children of color, while less than 2 percent of teachers are black males. Unfortunately, many schools whose demographics are predominantly children of color have become analogous to prisons, with metal detectors, bars on windows in some school districts, police officers on guard, and teachers or administrators as wardens. Department of Education reported in 2014 that for all suspensions of preschool-age children, 42 percent were given to black children, compared with 28 percent given to their white peers. Without a trusting relationship, we cannot have a courageous conversation and approach topics that are uncomfortable and scary.įear spreads hate spreads the cycle seems unbreakable. Because we are separated from one another, it is impossible to build relationships with each other. ![]() The resegregation of America’s schools over the past 20 years has created an environment where lack of exposure to those different from ourselves presents a seemingly insurmountable barrier. Board of Education that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” our schools are still separate and unequal. The recent events in Charlottesville proved that we are not as far along in this journey as we had hoped, a sad truth that many educators across the United States have known for a long time. With the election of our first black president, many clung to hope that we had entered a post-racial America. This post originally appeared in The 74 on September 18, 2017. ![]()
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