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Last Stand for Children First: Duncan and Obama Call for More Black Men to Become Teachers

Last Stand for Children First: Duncan and Obama Call for More Black Men to Become Teachers

Duncan and Obama Call for More Black Men to Become Teachers


At Morehouse College two days ago, Arne Duncan and filmmaker Spike Lee issued a call for more black men to become teachers. Duncan told the town hall audience that more than 1 million educators are expected to retire in the coming decade and that federal officials are hoping to harness that opportunity to create a more diverse teaching work force, noting that less than 2 per cent of the nation's 3 million teachers are black men and with