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Increasing the numbers of teachers of color in K-12 public schools
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The Educational Forum
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April 1, 2001
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Copyright informationCopyright Kappa Delta Pi Spring 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Recently, I attended a college of education graduation ceremony at a large university in the Pacific Northwest. Lined up facing the audience in front of the podium were all of those who had earned the Masters Degree in Teaching. As the audience watched, these 50 students stood in line to receive words of congratulations and a handshake from the associate dean and the chair of the department. As my family and I watched, my niece, Brittney, leaned over to me and said incredulously, "There are no Black people up there!" I whispered a reassuring, "Yes, I know" into her ear, thinking, "My 13-year-old niece sees a problem that the three African Americans in the Ph.D. program have seen for the ...
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