Black female teachers : diversifying the United Sates teacher workforce /

• Other Authors: Lewis, Chance W. 1972- (Editor), Allen, Ayana, (Editor), Farinde-Wu, Abiola, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
• Series: Advances in race and ethnicity in education ; v. 6.
• Subjects: Teachers, Black > United States.; African American teachers > United States.; Multicultural education > United States.; Education > Multicultural Education.; Multicultural education.
• Online Access: Access Fulltext via EzAccess

With the emergence of a diverse public school studentpopulation, existing literature affirms the existence of a Black teachershortage and the low representation of teachers of color in U.S. publicschools. Although there are over 3 million public school teachers, AfricanAmerican teachers only compris...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Reflecting back while gazing forward: black female teachers and the diversification of the united states' teacher workforce
• The historical/contemporary landscape of black female teachers
• Scholarly examination of black female teachers
• Retention of black female teachers
• About the book editors
• About the chapter authors
• About the series editors
• Afterword: about the book series
• Epilogue: engage in a solution: #dothework
• Index.