Teacher diversity Coverage

Cooper stresses workforce preparation, diverse educators in national group address

The governor told the Reagan Institute Summit of Education that schools need more resources and that teachers can't do everything.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

NCCU student wants to be 'pillar' for young Black students as their teacher

Although more than one-third of public school students nationwide are Black, less than 2 percent of teachers are Black men. North Carolina Central University wants to close that numbers gap.

NCCU program aims to get more Black men into teaching

Although more than one-third of public school students nationwide are Black, less than 2 percent of teachers are Black men. North Carolina Central University wants to close that numbers gap.

Lora Lavigne, WRAL Durham reporter

MARY ANN WOLF: A qualified, well-prepared teacher in every classroom

Monday, March 1, 2021 -- Teachers provide our children with the academic, social and emotional learning opportunities they need to become global citizens with the tools to succeed in college and career. Research confirms teachers are the number one school-related factor impacting student learning outcomes. We must ensure that we have a qualified and well-prepared teacher in every classroom, and provide teachers with the working conditions and resources they need.

Internet access, teacher recruitment and student well-being top list of state group's education priorities

Broadband internet access is one of North Carolina's top education issues, according to the Public School Forum of North Carolina's annual list released Thursday.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

MARY ANN WOLF: Identifying and keeping an effective and diverse teacher workforce

Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 -- National Board Certification can play an important role in bolstering the recruitment and retention of teachers and the diversity of our teaching force. This is true for educator growth and retention and our student outcomes.

Teacher diversity gap persists in NC

More than half of North Carolina's public school students are minorities, but only 20 percent of its teachers are.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Education Matters: Improving Teacher Diversity in North Carolina

Research says students experience significant academic and emotional benefits from having teachers of color, yet in North Carolina the educator workforce comprises a disproportionately low percentage of teachers of color. At a summit hosted this week by the Office of Governor Roy Cooper and partnering organizations, educators and policymakers tackled this issue by brainstorming a new landscape for recruiting and supporting a more diverse teaching workforce. Today we will hear from leaders in the field who participated in that summit and who are directly working to improve educator diversity, support future educators of color and ensure that all new educators are prepared to support a diverse range of students in a culturally competent classroom.

Commission moves forward with new rules for NC educator preparation programs

North Carolina's Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission signed off on a new plan for evaluating educator preparation programs Thursday.

Alex Granados, EducationNC senior reporter

Governor: Bring HBCUs into Teaching Fellows program

Cooper administration plans push on teacher diversity.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

TeachNC campaign aims to recruit more people to teaching profession

State education leaders on Wednesday unveiled a new campaign aimed at recruiting more people to the teaching profession. TeachNC is the "largest statewide initiative of its kind," according to State Superintendent Mark Johnson, and will focus on increasing the number of high-quality, diverse and dedicated North Carolinians entering the teaching professiom, especially in hard-to-staff areas such as science, math and special education.

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter

'Nothing's really changed': NC Teaching Fellows still enrolling mostly white female students

A North Carolina program that recruits top students to become teachers by providing college tuition help has once again enrolled mostly white, mostly female students for the 133 spots this year, according to demographic data reviewed by WRAL News.

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates to headline 'Color of Education' event in Raleigh

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates will headline "Color of Education 2019" in Raleigh this October, a summit focused on race, equity and education in North Carolina.

Diversity in Teaching

North Carolina's public schools are becoming increasingly diverse with students of color now making up more than 50 percent of total enrollment. The state's teaching workforce, however, does not reflect that diversity, with about 80 percent of teachers both white and female. Does it matter, and if so what do we need to do about? WRAL's anchor/reporter Lena Tillett and education reporter, Kelly Hinchcliffe, share their extensive examination of this issue.

Editorial: Fix N.C. public schools' lack of teacher diversity, turnover now

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 -- Rather than looking for ways to close troubling gaps in diversity between public school students and teachers along with increases in teacher turnover, the N.C. General Assembly has taken a cleaver to the efforts to fix them and done little or nothing to replace those programs. Particularly troubling, is that much of this was done out of pure ideological spite.

Wake lawmaker: NC Teaching Fellows program needs more diversity

A Wake County Democratic lawmaker is asking Republicans to join her in supporting legislation that she believes would help North Carolina recruit more teachers of color.

Wake lawmaker calls for increased diversity in NC's Teaching Fellows program

A Wake County Democratic lawmaker is asking Republicans to join her in supporting legislation that she believes would help North Carolina recruit more teachers of color.

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter, and Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

WRAL anchor Lena Tillett investigates diversity in NC's colleges of education

In North Carolina, nearly 50 colleges - both public and private - offer teacher preparation programs. They serve as the major supplier of teachers for this state. Their undergraduate programs range in size from just a few students to more than 1,000, but no matter the size, many of the colleges share something in common - they enroll mostly white, mostly female students.

Diversity Gap: Lena Tillett's complete two-part package

While North Carolina's public schools are growing increasingly diverse, the state's public school teachers remain overwhelmingly white and female. The state's colleges of education are committed to addressing the problem, but their enrollment figures show they have a long, long way to go.

"NC Teacher Diversity Gap" -- Lena Tillett's complete two-part report

Matthew Blue: 2004 NC Teaching Fellow

Matthew Blue: 2004 NC Teaching Fellow

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter

Former NC Teaching Fellow says low wages, heavy workload made him leave teaching

For nearly 25 years, the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program recruited high-performing students who wanted to become teachers. Dion Beary was one of them.

Yesenia Jones, WRAL.com intern

Former NC Teaching Fellow 'felt alone' in college as only black male education major

Eric Hart originally wanted to be a pediatrician, but he decided to put that dream aside when he found out North Carolina was offering college tuition help for students who wanted to become teachers.

Yesenia Jones, WRAL.com intern

North Carolina Teaching Fellows men of color: Where are they now?

WRAL News reached out to dozens of men of color who were part of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program to find out why they applied, what the experience was like and whether they have stayed in education.

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter

Dion Beary: 2008 NC Teaching Fellow

Dion Beary: 2008 NC Teaching Fellow

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter