help us build the diverse, highly-effective teacher corps our students deserve.

The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice is a professional membership and activist organization dedicated to advancing the recruitment, development and retention of Black male educators in schools throughout Greater Philadelphia. Because all students benefit from the opportunity to learn from highly-effective, conscientious Black male educators.

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teaching partners present Black male PD SERIES

The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice has teamed up with Teaching Partners to provide a 10 part professional development series on resources, tools and supports for Black male educators. Apply for membership today to get more details on the kick off virtual conference starting December 6, 2018.

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BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ONLINE CONVENING
Join our membership for an online convening with Teaching Partners to discuss the personal and professional challenges facing black male educators in schools across the country and proven supports that are most effective in finding and retaining highly effective black male classroom leaders.

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Oct 30, 2018

Teaching high schools get a boost as New York City works to diversify its educator corps

Oct 30, 2018

Programs aimed at cultivating high school students interested in making teaching a career are undergoing a significant expansion in New York City, in the city’s latest effort to diversify its teaching force.

The city is set to go from five teaching-themed high schools two years ago to 25 schools with courses or clubs meant to set students on a path to heading their own classrooms.

Oct 30, 2018

Oct 29, 2018

Research on Teachers of Color

Oct 29, 2018

Teachers of color are under-represented in public schools across America, yet research over decades has indicated their positive impact on students. A first-of-its-kind research handbook, set to be published in 2020, will address key issues and obstacles to ethnic and racial diversity in the teaching ranks such as recruitment and retention, professional development and the role of minority-serving institutions.

Oct 29, 2018

What We're Reading

“Most scholarships are given to students in recognition of accomplishments such as good high school grades. But a new $25 million scholarship, announced Thursday, will reward students simply for taking steps to get ready for college."

New Scholarships Rewards Complete Road-to-College Steps
By Catherine Gewertz
Education Week
October 18, 2018

“I teach because I want to be the face in the classroom that I didn’t see growing up.”

— Sterling Grimes, High School English, Mastery Charter School Pickett Campus

“I look up to these brothers for their continued dedication inside the classroom and out in the community.”

"I had someone to relate to, and I didn't feel like the elephant in the room. It was a relief."

—Tamir Harper, Science and Leadership Academy

“I was in criminal justice for the first half of my career, but I realized that the best place to fight for equality was the classroom.”

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