Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

We interviewed 30 Black public school teachers in Philadelphia to understand why so many are leaving the profession

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par Lynnette Mawhinney, Professor of Urban Education and Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Academic Initiatives, Rutgers University - Newark
Leana Cabral, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology and Education, Columbia University

Tracey, a high school teacher in the Philadelphia School District, remembers the hurtful comments she heard from parents when she started her career over a decade ago as a young Black teacher in what was then a predominantly white area of southwest Philly.

“I can recall white parents making comments saying, ‘Oh, this young Black teacher who doesn’t have children herself – how is she supposed to teach my child?” she said. “And I’m like, what does my race and the fact that I don’t have children…

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