A new study published in the American Educational Research Journal finds Black teachers significantly less likely to identify students—and particularly low-income Black boys—for special education.

(AP) — Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures ... only 7% of teachers are Black, compared with 15% of students.

Eighty percent of the nation’s 3.8 million public school teachers are white, but over half of their students are Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American and mixed races. The small slice of Black ...

For some of these legislators, Black and ... crack down on teachers in this anti-CRT moment.” But, she adds, “my goal as a Chicana educator has always been to disrupt the ‘grand narrative,’ to be ...

The Black Educator Teacher Residency (BETR) is aimed not only at recruiting Black teaching candidates like her but at transforming the education system for Black students. Black students often have ...

is pioneering efforts to teach Black history to young students through picture books. James, a former kindergarten teacher, is a graduate fellow at UB's Center for K-12 Black History and Racial ...

Above the pictures of the Black leaders ... bulletin board a couple of days earlier." As an ESE teacher, James was employed to teach students ranging in age from kindergarteners to fifth-graders.

Black boys make up about 15 percent of the district’s students — while Black men make up only about 7 percent of the teachers. Black men currently working in the district, and advocates ...

A Pennsylvania school district is accused of racially discriminating against two Black brothers, a federal lawsuit said. Getty Images ... anger at teachers, administrators and fellow students ...