Education

In 1995 45% of chicago teachers were black.

today, 19%.

42% of chicago public school students are black, and 87% of cps students are poor.

and that new disparity between the students and the teaching staff is 100% due to the education policies being promoted by this administration, birthed in chicago.

not to mention that African americans are more likely to work in the public sectors/union sector than the average american worker -- and both groups are being targeted.

The black upper class is doing well under obama; the middle and lower classes, not so well.

Just the same as with white workers.

it ain't all about racism against the president.

How D.C. Mayor Fenty lost the black vote - and his job

Although blacks and whites recognize the importance of the public schools as a vehicle for educating their children, blacks also see the school system as a primary employer, providing jobs to thousands of teachers, school bus drivers, administrators and secretaries. When Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee laid off hundreds of teachers, many blacks saw something more than a simple purge of poorly performing educators. They saw an assault on economic opportunity.

"He fired those teachers, that did it for me," said Wilson Givens, a retired, black equipment operator who lives in Anacostia, in Southeast, and voted for Fenty in 2006. "Does he understand that a job is a family's livelihood...? That was it for me. Would never trust him again."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/18/AR2010091804286.html


Stop and Reverse the Loss of Teachers of Color

According to Department of Education statistics... teachers hired in school year 2000-01 were 25.5 percent black and 16.3 percent Latino, a total of almost 42 percent. In 2006-07, 14.1 percent of new hires were black and 11.7 percent were Latino, for a total of 25.8 percent, a dramatic decline in only six years...

Notwithstanding the welcome election of President Obama, “The Disappearing of Black and Latina/o Educators” ...is movement in the opposite direction, a reversal of the gains of the civil rights era. Whether by design, blind indifference, or a combination of factors “The Disappearing of Black and Latina/o Educators in the NYC-DOE” is a systemic failure at the school level to advance to a racially just society.

The United Federation of Teachers does not hire or fire. However, as educators and unionists, we have a keen and vested interest in the promotion of positive role models for the youth and working-class solidarity in New York City. We must establish a close collaboration with the parents and communities of color whose children comprise over 80 percent of the student body in the New York City public school system.

http://teachersunite.net/node/406


CORE In Chicago Sued Duncan Over Loss of Black Teachers

Although he didn't spell it out on Friday, Duncan's campaign to recruit more black teachers may be driven by research that found improved test scores for black students who spend at least a year with a black teacher. In past speeches he's mentioned that black teachers are more likely than their white peers to want to work in high-poverty, high-needs schools, the front line for closing what he calls the nation's "insidious achievement gap" between white and black students.

Well, I have a "theme " for you, Arne - why don't you look for some of those black teachers in your own #%&*! back yard, where you buried them?

During his time as CEO of CPS, Duncan oversaw the loss of nearly 2500 African-American teachers, while the numbers of CPS teachers in all other racial groups increased. Take a look at this PURE chart from 2009....

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2010/05/core-in-chicago-sued-duncan-over-loss.html
http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2010/05/core-in-chicago-sued-duncan-over-loss.html