Existing programs will likely see a boost, with equal emphasis on recruitment and retention. Author: Kiya Edwards Updated: 10:28 PM CDT July 1, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. The new budget puts around $1B into Minnesota schools a 6% rise in education funding overall.
According to education finance chair, State Rep. Jim Davnie, (DFL) District 63A, $10M is for school districts in need of special education support. And for the first time in at least 12 years, there is also new money for English Language Learner services.
Funding also addresses Minnesota s lack of teachers of color.
Markus Flynn grew up in Chicago, where many of his teachers were black. Today he is executive director of Black Men Teach Twin Cities, which estimates about half of 1% of all teachers in Minnesota are Black men.
Thetis White is a 5th grade teacher at Monroe Elementary School in the Anoka-Hennepin School in Brooklyn Park and his students surprised him with a massive check both in size and value as part of Teacher Appreciation Week. The total of the check was for $50,000!
White was working for UPS and also was a football coach for many years when he decided to take his career in another direction to help kids in his community and became a teacher. The money was donated from General Mills Box Tops For Education and Black Men Teach. White s reaction was that this was an awesome gift and now he has less to worry about moving forward since he can use this money to pay off his student loans.
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.
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