Black male teachers make up roughly 2% of all public school teachers in the country. One Maryland college professor and former Prince George’s County Public School teacher has been working tirelessly for years to change that.
Curtis Valentine, Founder of Real Men Teach, a group founded to help recruit and retain male educators of color told WTOP that the data is clear.
“When Black students have a Black educator, their student achievement goes up, graduation rates go up, discipline goes down (and) special education placement goes down,” he said.
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