Black children are more likely to be misdiagnosed with attention-deficit disorder, and are less likely to receive treatment, leading to disproportionate discipline in schools and a lack of resources and counseling for the disorder.
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Black teachers matter–why aren’t schools trying to keep them?
Black teachers are leaving schools at high rates due to a lack of retention strategies, and the Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium has developed a toolkit to provide school and district leaders with assessments, exercises and practical information to help retain them.
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Black teachers help keep Black boys out of special education
Black male elementary school students matched to Black teachers are less likely to be identified for special education services, underscoring the need to increase recruitment of Black male teachers to reduce the schools-to-prison pipeline.