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THE FACE OF PUBLIC P-12 EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA:
RODNEY ELLIS, CLASS OF 1999 PRESIDENT, NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS The teaching force in the United States – and in the state of North Carolina – is primarily female and white.
According to the
U. S. Department of Education (2012), although more than 35% of students in public schools in the United States are African American or Latino, less than 15% of teachers are African American or Latino. Less than two percent of teachers in the nation are African American males. Moreover, black males are
disproportionately
repre-
sented among students who are suspended and expelled from school, assigned to special education classes, and classified as dropouts.
According
to The 2012 Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, nationally in 2011, continued on page 18
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