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(The Center Square) — Though it’s unclear how much education funding will flow from budget negotiations, House Democrats say it’s important to develop a pipeline for Black educators in Pennsylvania.

In Pennsylvania, 6% of teachers identify as a person of color; compared to 37% of the student population identifying as such.

By Sharif El-Mekki | Word In Black Overview: Retention strategies for teachers usually focus on feeling a sense of belonging, centered on whiteness. Where

Learn about the urgent need for new Black teachers and strategies to retain them. Discover the anti-racist guide to teacher retention.

The Black Educators Hall of Fame honors Black teachers in Kansas, adding more to its roster of inductees annually.

A California professor has been learning the education landscape in Philadelphia through school visits and conversations with students and educators in the School District of Philadelphia.

“I was the only Black teacher in my school for twenty years,” said educator Kenyon Andrews of the Friendship Independent School District, during the Sixth Annual Black Male Educators’ Conference

High schoolers are teaching younger students in a first-of-its-kind program aiming to encourage the next generation of teachers.

By day, Carmita Semaan thinks of ways to keep people who look like her fulfilled in their jobs as educators and school leaders. But at night, there is a lot keeping her up. “It feels like perilous times,” she told The 74. The philanthropic backing for the work to build up pipelines for more educators […]

We tracked down nearly 90 members of the University of Maryland College of Education’s 2020 class. Their experiences suggest that the field isn’t doing enough to help new educators.