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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"African American educators"”.
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Factors That Overcome Barriers For African American Educators In Educational Leadership
… Of the 171 school districts, there are only 6 African American Superintendents or 3.5% of the total superintendent population. This data leads me to question the causes related to this underrepresentation, and what are the factors these educational leaders had to overcome to move into …
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African American Educators: Why They Teach in Rural Georgia School Districts and Why They Remain There
… majority of the teacher population while African American teachers represent approximately only 8% of the field. This study explores the African American educators' experiences of teaching in rural Georgia school districts. This study is being conducted to identify what factors influence …
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If You Can't Find Me in the School Room: Oral Histories of African American Educators and Students During the Albany Movement
… are key to the education and liberation of African Americans. I hope we will learn from the experience of my participants during the Albany Movement. I hope that educators and students build allies with parents, administrators, and other educational workers to organize freedom movements to …
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Hire Outcomes: The African American Educator Experience of Equity and Diversity in Education
<p>African American educators have remained significantly underrepresented in U.S. public schools, a reality shaped by systemic racism, exclusionary hiring practices, and the dominance of white cultural norms in education (Anderson, 1988; Farinde-Wu et al., 2020; Fenwick, 2022). These barriers …
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An Examination of African American Male Educators' Perceptions of Relationships and Discrimination
<p>In the field of education, African-American men are greatly underrepresented across all school settings. In the state of Illinois of nearly 130,000 certified educators, there are less than two thousand (2,000) African American males across the state. Through a critical race theory lens, the …
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Lessons from the Segregated Classroom: An Oral History of the Experiences and Practices of Three Retired African American Teachers
… to generate controversy and discomfort for many African Americans. In fact, issues of segregation, racism and racial inequality in both schools and society are constantly being raised and voiced within the African American community. Today, the nation is engaged in a great discussion about the …
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A Knock at Midnight: A Pedagogy of Womanist Spirituality
<p>African Americans, who have a spirituality rooted in African American religious traditions, often tend to thrive in life in spite of adversities (Billingsley, 1999; Raboteau, 2001; Ross, 2003, West, 1999; Williams & Dixie, 2003). The voices of African American women, nevertheless, remain …