Stand And Deliver: Movie Analysis

African American students account for the larger majority of minorities in public schools in the United States. Most areas in the northern part of the United states and coastal areas are ethnically diverse. However, down south this is not the case. Students of color will experience a harder time in the education system. African American students meet the obstacle of educators who will not want them to succeed based on a preconceived thought. In fact, Caucasian teachers make up for 85% of all

African Americans are not the only ethnicity group to be singled out with behavior. Racial and ethnic minority students report experiencing low teacher expectations, having less access to educational resources, being placed on lower educational tracks, and being steered toward low-paying employment (Kozol, 1991; Olsen, 2008).This low expectation is causing

To understand the lack of African American teachers, an exploration of Black teacher’s reasoning and experience when going into teaching can be beneficial. A study conducted by Farinde, LeBlanc, and Otten (2015) sought to understand what contributes and hinders Black females from pursuing a career in education. They found an assortment of factors positive and negative that lead to their decision to becoming a teacher. However one of the most hindering factors contributing to a lack of diversity came at an institutional level. From a policy standpoint, more institutional support within teacher education programs is needed in order to increase the pool of Black female teachers, lack of institutional support…obstructs the pipeline from teacher education program to K-12 classroom, with little or no support in higher education, the number of Black female teachers will either remain constant or will gradually decline (Farinde, LeBlanc, & Otten,

Williams (2012) conducted a study which explored the perceptions and lived experiences of African American male teachers. Using purposeful sampling, the researcher conducted interviews with 15 African American male teachers from elementary teachers through high school in a southeast Georgia school system having 19,000 students. The ethnic diversity of the school system included about 50% African American, 40% Caucasian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 1% Asian students. Fifty-six percent of these students were considered economically disadvantaged and received free or reduced lunches. About 35% of the school 48 teachers in this system were African American which is five times higher than the national average (Synder, 1999 as cited in Williams,

Children are expected to sit quietly at their desks for long periods of time, raise their hands to ask questions, and follow the rules. Girls are generally patient, organized, and hardworking and fare well in these classroom settings. Boys, on the other hand, can be restless, speak out of turn, and often become unfocused in these environments. Christina Hoff Sommers touches on this in her article when she says, “Teachers of classes as early as kindergarten factor good behavior into grades — and girls, as a rule, comport themselves far better than boys.” Teachers are known to reward good behavior, leaving boys with overall lower scores than

Due to the mismatch of race from teachers to students in schools, the minority students have a harder time receiving a higher education.“When minority students see someone at the blackboard that looks like you, it helps you reconceive what’s possible for you,” said Thomas S. Dee, a professor of education at Stanford University. By having a teacher with the same race as the student, creates a bond in knowledge of the barriers that minorities have to jump through. It also lets students see that even though they might be in a tough situation, they are able to receive a high level of education and may be able to reach their dreams. In an article in the Nea Today titled When Implicit Bias Shapes Teacher Expectations, they explain that the opinion

Black male students also acknowledged that many of their best educators demonstrate support daily. This includes educators who academically challenge them, provide evidence of how education is linked to their future goals, and show genuine interest and care for their students. Allen (2015) found that caring for students specifically included making students feel welcomed within the classroom environment. One of Allen’s

Given the changing racial demographics of our nation’s schools (with the white population increasingly becoming the minority) and that the main role of our teachers, most of whom are white, is shaping the education of our students, the question is: How can white teachers effectively teach students of color? Although little is known about the effectiveness of white teachers and achievement in students of color, there definitely is an underlying philosophy of multicultural education that students benefit from being taught by someone of similar race and cultural background. That being said and understood, the question remains: With the majority of teachers (those already teaching and those in college to become teachers) being white, how can

“It is early indeed that children show an awareness of the message that… females are generally less interesting and important than males are… The (often inadvertent) bearers of this message include parents, peers, and teachers.” (Lips, 1979, p. 128.) The absence of gender equity can be damaging to both males and females. Surprisingly most of the teachers and administrators are unaware of this problem. Organizations such as the American Association of University Women (“Gender equity,” 2003.) strive to create programs that will improve equality within schools. The purpose of this research paper is to identify gender equity issues in the classroom and explore strategies for teachers to incorporate equitable

color were just 18% of the teaching profession (Boser, 2014). That is a 1-percentage point increase from 2011 to 2014. The significant diversity gap between students and teachers is a problem for students, schools, and the public at large.

It is argued that some boys feel that women teachers give girls preferential treatment. This is supported by the research carried out by the Sackville GCSE Sociology Group. Of a 10% representative

This article is similar to the first article in my bibliography because it lists some of the same factors like salary and status as deterrents for minorities choosing teaching as a career. Although this article was written back in 1988, much of the information remains true today and it can be used a a reliable source in order to analyze the factors of the minority teacher shortage. The author wrote an objective article that would hopefully help anyone looking to gain knowledge on the lack of minority teachers. The goal of this article was to open the minds of readers a give them a broad view into better practices to interest and potentially hire more minority teachers, while outlining the causes of the shortage through relevant

An experiment at the University of California, Los Angeles proved interesting when a machine taught both boys and girls. The boys ended up scoring higher than when a woman taught them. I am wondering if girls scored higher than the boys did when male teachers teach them? I also wonder how the girls scored when taught by a machine; maybe they scored higher, too. At the secondary school level boys do perform better on technical or scientific subjects. Now this goes back to the first assumption that our brains work differently, or is it because more male teachers may teach these subjects? According to Mooney, teacher of the similar sex may have the "instinctive understanding that an adult will enjoy with a child who is going through a process which he or she went through too" (122). In other words, they can relate better with a child of the same sex. I am a female kindergarten teacher and also have a daughter who is six years old. I have no problem relating to the boys in my class. I think I can relate to any child who is five or six years old.

Continued racism in schools causes problems for students and can cause depression thus making them feel rejected. In 2011-2012, the U.S. Education Departments conducted a survey collecting data on Civil Rights. They found that minority students are given less access to experienced teachers than other ethnicities. Seven percent of black students attend schools that include 20 percent of teachers that fail to meet requirements such as their license’s and certification. Teachers in one out of four school districts are getting paid $5,000 more in less-diverse high schools

A teacher is an important key element in the educational system as well as a role model. Some teachers hold traditional gender stereotypes about their students’ views of what is expected of them. Many children develop social