TheConversationUS , 23 days ago 70 years after the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools. Before Brown, Black teachers were 35% to 50% of the teacher workforce in segregated states. Today, Black people account for just 6.7% of America’s public K-12 teachers. https://theconversation.com/how-black-teachers-lost-when-civil-rights-won-in-brown-v-board-229687 #History #Histodons @histodons @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
70 years after the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools. Before Brown, Black teachers were 35% to 50% of the teacher workforce in segregated states. Today, Black people account for just 6.7% of America’s public K-12 teachers. https://theconversation.com/how-black-teachers-lost-when-civil-rights-won-in-brown-v-board-229687 #History #Histodons @histodons @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
the5thColumnist , 22 days ago @TheConversationUS @histodons @blackmastodon because "black kids in my kid's class is one thing, black teachers teaching them is another".
@TheConversationUS @histodons @blackmastodon because "black kids in my kid's class is one thing, black teachers teaching them is another".
WmShakesp3are , 23 days ago @TheConversationUS seems like we can’t do anything right, huh?@histodons @blackmastodon @bmacDonald94
@TheConversationUS seems like we can’t do anything right, huh?@histodons @blackmastodon @bmacDonald94
jgordon , 23 days ago @TheConversationUS @histodons @blackmastodon How much of that percentage reduction came from black women having other options (medicine, engineering, finance, academia, etc?)
@TheConversationUS @histodons @blackmastodon How much of that percentage reduction came from black women having other options (medicine, engineering, finance, academia, etc?)