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Studies show Black students learn best with teachers who look like them, yet in Philly — where they’re the majority — only 4% of teachers are Black men. Panelists and moderator Dr. Na’ilah Nasir (far ...

Two Black male teachers with a group of male students at Dunbar High School in Washington, DC – the first public high school for African Americans *Washington, DC — Over the past seven years, DCPS (DC ...

"We're skipped over -- point-blank, period," one instructor said. Educator Marvin Burton Jr. is a self-described renaissance man. "You have to be that type of teacher now," Burton Jr. told ABC News, ...

As the nation celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week, one school in West Philadelphia is offering a powerful lesson in how representation in the classroom can reshape a student's future. At Overbrook ...

During sessions of “The Girls Room,” which I established during my first teaching job as a safe space for high school Black girls to be seen and celebrated, we read novels like “The Skin I’m In” by ...

Teachers say recent legislation puts Black History Month lessons at risk. Recent attacks on race education, via the targeting of "critical race theory" in schools, have put Black educators -- and the ...

Donald Trump's multiple threats to eliminate the Department of Education concerns teachers in states with a well-documented history of inequitable funding and racial disparity. Donald Trump’s repeated ...

New research reveals how desegregation displaced Black teachers and led many to Navajo Nation schools, shaping Indigenous ...

The Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) will host the 2025 Black Men in Education Convening (#BMEC2025) in Philadelphia, November 20–22, bringing together educators, advocates, and thought ...

BE NOLA has spearheaded the efforts to strengthen and retain Black educators in Crescent City. In a city still treading the impact and history of Hurricane Katrina, Black Education for New Orleans is ...