The Washington School Board decided this week to send a hiring team to predominately minority colleges to recruit qualified teachers. The team will have the authority to hire immediately. Currently, more than 30 percent of Washington students are minority, most of them are black. Seven of the district's teachers are minority and one of those is retiring. Board members say it would help students to see more teachers who look like them in the front of the classroom. Some posters commented on the story I wrote that race shouldn't play a role at all. Another poster said the district should be recruiting qualified teachers of all races.
What do you think?
"Board members say it would help students to see more teachers who look like them in the front of the classroom."
ReplyDeleteI'm a white guy... and honestly, NONE of my teachers ever remotely looked like me...
BTW, here is me:
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i love how the race card played in REVERSE somehow seems more acceptable. what about the people that applied as teachers? were their applications not good enough, or their color too light?
ReplyDeleteThere are two kinds of teachers in my book, good teachers and bad teachers. Hire the good ones, no matter what color they are.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Cher and Brant. I have have been experiencing a similar problem with students attending colleges. Very capable highly advanced students are completely overlooked, to fulfill a college diversity profile.
ReplyDeleteMany 'minority' students are also accepted to excellent schools. Does this mean those 'minorities' that did not go to 'minority colleges', will be overlooked for teaching positions?
What ever happened to hiring the most qualified applicant, regardless of race? The students deserve good teachers no matter what minority status!