An organization called 'Black Men Teach Cleveland' recently teamed up with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to help encourage Black men and other races to become teachers.
An organization called 'Black Men Teach Cleveland' recently teamed up with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to help encourage Black men and other races to become teachers.
Box Tops for Education Partners With Black Men Teach
By Hanna Johnson
Black male teachers have an immense positive impact for all students in the classroom, yet they are significantly underrepresented, according to research from the Institute of Labor Economics.
Only 2% of teachers in the U.S. are Black males. In Minnesota, the gap widens to just 0.5%.
To help bridge that gap, Box Tops for Education is partnering with Black Men Teach, a nonprofit organization located in Minneapolis with a mission to recruit, prepare, place, and retain Black male teachers in elementary schools.
Over the next four years, Box Tops will provide $500,000 to fund scholarships, loan forgiveness and programming to help the organization’s mission of increasing the number of Black male teachers in their eight Minneapolis-area partner schools to 20% by 2025.
Black Men Teach hopes to change MN education disparities, one teacher at a time.
A local non-profit wants to create a pipeline of black men entering the teaching profession. Here s why. Author: Kent Erdahl Updated: 7:32 PM CST February 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS This week, the Minnesota Legislature will begin addressing a series of proposals related to education and equity across the state.
It s part of a comprehensive effort to reduce troubling achievement gaps between white students and students of color that have plagued the state for decades.
Among the proposals, an effort led by a small nonprofit called Black Men Teach, to create a pipeline of black male teachers at a time when they are increasingly hard to find anywhere in the state.