EduShyster has been trying to crack the case of the mysterious disappearance of minority teachers in urban districts. She takes a close look at Boston, especially the prestigious Boston Latin School.
Here is her beginning:
“Today’s high-stakes question involves the demographics of our nation’s teaching force. When and where is it appropriate to discuss the urgent need to diversify the nation’s teaching force whilst failing to acknowledge what’s happening to the ranks of minority teachers who are already teaching? The answer: in whatever city Arne Duncan’s *bigger rigor* bus tour happens to have landed. You see, even as a much-needed conversation about the vital importance of having teachers of color in front of an increasingly diverse student body is taking place, a bouquet of reform policies is effectively pushing out existing teachers of color. Bundle up reader, because we’re headed to Boston where the nip of fall is in the air and minority teachers are being *reformed* right out of the city’s public schools.”
Read her links by opening her sad tale of the use of new evaluation systems to screen out teachers of color.
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No offense but I would rather see hard numbers, instead of links to other articles. I’m not saying this isn’t what is happening, but I would rather see it in the data. Comparing…let’s say…20 years ago to 10 years ago to today. Or even, comparing every decade since Brown v. Board of Education went into effect.
Not only minority teachers, but could there be a blacklist? For example, much like the poets and authors during the communist scare?
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ms Cindy, I wouldn’t think there would have to be a conspiracy, and unhearfofwriter tho #’s are out there, the phenomenon of ‘disappearing minority teachers’ doesn’t seem like much of a mystery. We’ve got a number of ed policies which are resulting in closing bunches of inner-city schools– 23 in Philly last yr, 53 in Chicago the yr before that; can’t remember how any in NYC under Bloomberg; such action was already underway in NO, then Katrina closed the rest of them [7000 teachers, mostly minority, dumped illegally according to recent decision]. That info has been in headlines. Those schools had mostly minority kids and teachers. The same set of policies encourages privately-managed replacement schools run on tax dollars; the students find what they can; the new schools under these policies may hire non-union, even uncertified teachers depending on location– so no re-hiring of the dumped [experienced] teachers. The stage is set for anybody’s racist or otherwise agenda to prevail in hiring.
Like so many other teachers trying to make ends meet, better sources of income eventually win over altrustic desires.
Real World jobs offer greater respect and salaries for significantly less stress and fewer hours. Additionally, many employers seeking government contracts need minority quotas filled and are willing to pay more just to fill those slots.