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The failure cycle causing a shortage of black male teachers PBS NewsHour https://youtu.be/fM55iLZxSY0
Published on Jan 6, 2017 PBS NewsHour Subscribed324,023 Add to Share More 3,000 views 89 40 Why are there so few black male teachers? Chris Emdin of Columbia University suggests that a cycle of failure haunts students and their teachers. Students act out, so teachers tighten the rules; more restrictions combined with dull and irrelevant curricula cause students to fail, and teachers quit -- thinking it’s their fault. Emdin raps his Humble Opinion on why the system needs to be changed. |