{"product_id":"9780998064505","title":"Why Nobody Wants To Teach Black Kids: Beyond Blaming Bad Teachers, Traditional Racism, And Black Students Themselves","description":"Teachers in schools with a predominantly African-American and high-poverty student body are generally not trained, equipped, paid, or implicitly motivated enough to deal with the unique burden of teaching African-American students from high-poverty backgrounds. Consequently, there's a literal race to flee these schools. And new research confirms it. A recent study in the Journal of Labor Economics boldly asserted that American teachers generally do not favor teaching African-American students from high-poverty backgrounds and as soon as there is an influx of these students into their school they leave (at least those teachers competitive enough to secure employment in a Whiter and\/or more affluent, higher achieving district). As a result, schools with large percentages of Black and poor students tend to have lower quality teachers and find it more difficult to attract new high-quality teachers. Of course, few educators-if any-would ever be so candid to admit openly such a thing, particularly in allegedly post-racial America (assuming we're still bothering to make this allegation post-Trump election). But as has universally been the case, actions continue to speak louder than excuse-based facades. And their actions are saying that very few teachers (with \"better\" options) genuinely want to teach Black kids. Even the notion of \"better options\" implies teaching at a Whiter, more affluent school. As soon as an opportunity to not teach Black kids comes about, very few teachers (regardless of race) reject said opportunity. Most teachers seem trapped by tenure-inflated salaries in quasi-suburban or even rural school districts that perhaps once were far \"less Black and poor,\" but after unique demographic shifts have become much more \"urban-like.\" Others appear stuck in one of too many urban charter schools that promised something patently different only to deliver the same exact emotional tone common to urban public schools: a stagnant mix of disappointment, frustration, and hopelessness amidst a sea of young, destitute Black faces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJoseph R. Gibson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKitabu Publishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eJul 03, 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e259 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e0998064505\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9780998064505\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kitabu Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48448868024625,"sku":"9780998064505","price":24.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/products\/9780998064505.jpg?v=1709838306","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/products\/9780998064505","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}