New scheme provides millions of dollars for 'teachers of color' | WND
A plan is being pushed by lawmakers in the state of Minnesota that would embed blatant racism in a scholarship program for teachers.
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A plan is being pushed by lawmakers in the state of Minnesota that would embed blatant racism in a scholarship program for teachers.
The act provides financial scholarships and opportunities for students of color in teaching programs at state universities.
The Minnesota Legislature has the opportunity — three, actually — to support our students.
The current make-up of Minnesota's teacher workforce doesn't accurately reflect the diversity of the student population -- 37% of students identify as Black, Indigenous or people of color, compared to just 6% of the state's teachers.
(St. Paul, MN) -- State lawmakers are advancing a bill to get more teachers of color into Minnesota schools. Currently, nearly 40-percent of students identify as people of color, compared to just six-percent of the state's teachers. The proposed policies would strengthen parts of the Teachers of Color Act and would earmark one-hundred-million-dollars in grants and scholarships