Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America

 

 

Wanted: More black male teachers
Jim Cook, Dothan Eagle, 2/27/13

Phillip Burns jokingly banters with his students as they leave his music class on Wednesday afternoon, but when it counts, the students know who is boss.

Burns is one of a vanishing breed – black male teachers. The number of black male teachers has declined in recent decades. According to the Journal of African American Males in Education, the number of black males in education has dropped by 66 percent since 1954. A recent report by the U.S. Department of Education says only about 2 percent of the nation’s teachers are black men. About 35 percent of students in U.S. public schools are black or Hispanic.

Read more at Dothaneagle.com

 

OTHER NEWS:

 

UNM working to increase black student enrollment
Staff writer, SF Gate, 2/25/13

 

Latino & Black Students Prisoners of Dem-Run L.A. Schools
Arnold Ahlert, Free Press, 2/26/13

 

Black men increasingly hard to find in medical schools
Kevin O’Reilly, Amed News, 2/27/13

 

Why So Few Black Students Graduate From College
Daniel Luzer, Washington Monthly, 2/27/13

 

Youth Slayings Spur Community Meeting
Teria Rogers, Afro News, 2/28/13

 

Lives of Black Youth Are Disposable in America
Staff Writer, The Pioneer, 2/28/13

 

Sexting high among black, Hispanic teens; experts disagree on impact
Suzanne Choney, NBC News, 3/1/13

 

Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Aims to Retain Students
Mary Beth Cleavelin, The Caller, 3/2/13

 

California’s Black Educators Come Together to Make a Difference for African-American Students
Staff Writer, Black Voice News, 3/3/13