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The Black Teachers in Our City Dropped From 40% to 24%. We Can Change That, If We Want To

February 16, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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I will never forget the time I attended a teaching job expo in Valley Forge, PA.  Districts from around the state had laid out the welcome mat, eager to attract the newest and brightest teachers into their ranks. I stood...

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Wanna Know Why We’re Struggling to Keep Teachers in Our Most Vulnerable Schools?

June 6, 2019
by Zachary Wright
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A recent article from the Philadelphia Inquirer revealed truths that, while saddening, troubling and infuriating, were not exactly surprising. High teacher turnover hurts kids and diminishes their likelihood of...

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Three Ways to Diversify the Teaching Profession (If We Really Wanted To…)

May 9, 2019
by Dan Weisberg
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Recently, Dan Weisberg, CEO of TNTP, spoke at a hearing on teacher diversity hosted by the New Jersey Senate Education and Higher Education committees. He discussed the urgency of diversifying the teaching profession, and...

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Plugging Leaks in the Teacher Supply Pipeline to Increase Diversity

February 22, 2019
by Steven Malick
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A growing body of research is beginning to confirm what many stakeholders in the mid-Atlantic region already recognize: teacher diversity matters. Research shows that increasing the racial diversity of teachers benefits...

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READING LESSON #1—TEACH THE TEACHERS

December 11, 2017
by Hilderbrand Pelzer
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How can all students learn to read by 4th grade if so many teachers struggle with teaching reading? This piece first appeared in The Philadelphia Citizen, where Hilderbrand Pelzer III contributes regular columns during the school...

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