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[quote=Anonymous]Whose fault is that?

You're saying only blacks can teach blacks?  that only Hispanics can teach Hispanics?  Asians with Asians?

I think diversity is valuable, and as a white female who's the minority in my school, I would welcome an increase in rigor and expectations across the board for ALL students.  But what I tend to see instead are teachers grumbling about low skills, handing out worksheets, and giving way too much seat work. This laziness stems from ignorance, as I've seen very few over the 20-some years I've taught who truly understand good planning.

And guess where many of my brilliant colleagues are now?  in schools where there are few to no FARMs, where they can teach w/o killing themselves - I, in fact, am at that point in my career, as I've seen no change in instruction and few attempts at planning while keeping rigor at the center.

Five good teachers cannot transform a school.  And while they may make a difference for a short period, once those kids leave them and enter classrooms where expectations were low, all that hard work amounts to nothing.  I've seen it again and again and again.

So your statement is very simplistic.

Teaching is complex, and while I do believe institutionalized racism exists, there are still teachers of minority status who are also to blame for ignoring rigor, for giving out too much seat work, and for handing out worksheet after worksheet.

It all boils down to expectations.

[quote=Anonymous]It is not suprising in America there is a disproportionate impact of discipline on minorities in public school. [b] The teachers in American public school systems (e.g., MCPS) do not come close to representing the diversity of the students they teach.  [/b]This rings true in almost every sector of American society.  Study after study confirms inherent biases towards minorities after all is controlled for from health care disparities, public school discipline and public stops and searches.  This dates back to teh post-recontruction period in her brief history.[/quote][/quote]

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