Education Matters – Black Teachers Matter

Topic: Black Teachers Matter

Does having at least one black teacher make it less likely a black student will drop out of school and more likely to go to college? New research on North Carolina students says yes. We also discuss discipline disparities for students of color and meet the founder of a youth mentoring program in Durham.

Guests Include:

Dr. Constance Lindsay, Research Associate, Urban Institute

Atrayus O. Goode, President & CEO, Movement of Youth

RESOURCES

Edlines

Durham School dropped from takeover list
https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article176887141.html
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article177028116.html

#ClassSizeChaos and Principal Pay
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article177254016.html
https://www.wral.com/class-size-change-sputters-limit-on-ag-s-office-rolls-as-legislature-goes-late/16994996/
https://wunc.org/post/state-board-education-concerned-about-changes-principal-pay#stream/0
https://www.ednc.org/2017/10/05/general-assembly-state-board-education-tackle-principal-pay/

Municipal charter law on hold
https://www.wbtv.com/story/36533116/lawmakers-push-pause-on-house-bill-514

Interview Segments

5 Things We Now Know About Teacher Diversity
https://www.the74million.org/article/5-things-we-now-know-about-teacher-diversity-what-researcher-constance-lindsay-has-found-about-race-in-school/

Diversifying the Classroom: Examining the Teacher Pipeline
https://www.urban.org/features/diversifying-classroom-examining-teacher-pipeline

Teacher Race and School Discipline
https://educationnext.org/teacher-race-and-school-discipline-suspensions-research/

The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
https://ftp.iza.org/dp10630.pdf

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