ATTENTION: Board of Education, administrators, teachers, educators, textbook creators, parents, students, and anyone who doesn't know about this issue

Solution

The Board of Education needs to recognize the problem in the education system.

•   once the problem is recognized and the need for change in seen, changes will occur

Solution

Teachers need to become more diverse.

·         teach them different teaching styles that fit all types of students

·         give teachers more thorough background info on each kid

·         teacher education programs need to include classes on different races, ethnicities, and backgrounds

•         teacher education programs need to include more specific class on helping students of color and minorities

Solution

Teachers of all backgrounds, race, and ethnicity should talk freely on how to best educate the different types of students.

• in teacher education programs
• in school faculty meetings

 
 
 
 

Solution

Teachers need to accommodate and modify their teaching styles for their different students needs instead of just teaching to fit middle class whites.  

• restate their instructions so everyone clearly understands what's expected

• personalize with the students more and find out where they come from

• teachers need to be able to relate to the cultures of their students

WHY THIS MATTERS

Huff Post education,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/high-school-dropout-rates_n_1022221.html, writes that high school dropout rates are significantly higher for minorities than of whites.  This education issue is important because non-white students are dropping out of high school more frequently.  High school dropouts aren't available for 90% of the jobs, minorities dropping out of highs school is crucial for the economy.  

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/etc/gap.html proves that SAT scores between whites and students of color and minorities differ.  Whites receive higher SAT scores.  Not only does race and background factor into scores, but also income of your parents and how they were raised.  

 

This is a problem for students, schools, and the public at large. Teachers of color serve as role models for students, giving them a clear and concrete sense of what diversity in education—and in our society—looks like. A recent review of empirical studies also shows that students of color do better on a variety of academic outcomes if they’re taught by teachers of color.2

Having Teachers that are Culturally Relatable to Students is Key

 

http://fusion.net/american_dream/story/student-diversity-teachers-white-11783

There are rules to the culture of power.  Most white people are unaware that they are born into the privileges of the culture of power by knowing all the rules.  People not born into the culture of power, people of different races and backgrounds, will have negative experiences trying to achieve success.   

There aren't enough teachers of color

Classrooms are diverse, but the teachers are not diverse

This image is a classroom picture selected from google.com Although the classroom is multicultural, the majority of the students are white. In addition, to the students the majority of the teachers are also white.  Their should be teachers from different backgrounds included in the education system, so that all students feel included and welcomed. If there were multicultural teachers in classrooms, than every student in a class can find a teacher they can relate and connect to.