Posted on 05/04/2014 11:41:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.
Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite.
New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to this “diversity gap” at elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The groups want more to be done to help teachers more accurately mirror the students in their classrooms. …
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When they did this for police departments it ended up with numerous incidents of corruption and increases in crime.
Fanfriggintastic! YOU said it all, nailed it. Close the thread.
It takes a certain personality to get that higher education without the reward of high salaries. It requires altruism.
Lol
How about in their knowledge? Or lack of it...
The only way to handle this properly is to encourage more white teachers to become transracials. As the white teachers slowly change to black they must be protected very carefully lest they become victims of racial discrimination from both sides. I'm not sure exactly how the transracial medical procedures work but we can ask Michael Jackson. Oh , wait. I guess we can't.
When they did this for police departments it ended up with numerous incidents of corruption and increases in crime.
Kinda like a lot of City Councils these days.
IT’S NOT FAIR !
This is a piece of propaganda from the AP (what else would it be). An article like this with the message that there disproportionately less “minority” teachers, is to tell us that the pressure is on school districts now to hire less white teachers lest they be called “racists”. Takes a little reading between the lines is all.
If they were our schools would be even worse
When will we become colorblind?
That’s funny...
So?
The word “diverse” pretty much means “we selected you for reasons other than talent.”
Admit it, libs, it’s the stink in your collective shorts.
Quick, somebody start up a government MANDATED AFFIRMITIVE ACTION PROGRAM
Isn't that why they're called "minorities?"
The unqualified teaching the uneducable.
And guess what, a lot of teachers still know more than the average student!
This is clearly not politically correct and must be dealt with.
We’ve got to make the teachers as Ignorant as the students, so we can keep the students really ignorant. I believe this is the official NEA position. It certainly seems to be.
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