White teachers in an urban classroom:What they need to know/overcome to reach the youth

White teachers in an urban classroom : What they need to know

overcome to reach the youth

A Research

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April 2008

Abstract

There are many out-of-school youth nowadays . Even though there is racial diversification in urban schools now , African-American and Latinos comprise a number of out-of-school youth . This disengagement in school has many factors racism by the white teachers . This will deal on what the white teachers in urban classroom need to know or overcome to reach the youths of today . The discussed the researches which dealt

on urban teachers ' racism , researches on how to improve urban education , and on how to prepare white teachers on the on going racial diversification in many urban classrooms nowadays . And based on these researches , it can be said that for a teacher to be able to educate effectively , one must always remember that the main job of a teacher white or nonwhite teacher , is to educate the youth , whether they are nonwhite or white students . Thus , white teachers should reduce or eliminate racism against nonwhite students to perform their job effectively and encourage more youths to go to school . And this can be done by understanding the cultural background of the child , let the parents of these nonwhite students to develop trust on urban teachers by valuing and respecting their child , and to be able to understand the dominance of white , to understand ones ' culture or white teacher identity

Thesis statement : White teachers in an urban classroom need to know that their main job is to teach students , whether their students are black or white , and overcome racism to reach the youth

Supporting points

Teachers , in any culture , are the main educators or instructors of the hope of each country , the youth

According to the Center of Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University , one out of every four African-Americans and one out of five Latinos are not in school , jobless , and were on the street

According to the three professors from Georgia State University , it was found out that during the late 90s , white teachers in Georgia 's elementary schools were more likely to quit at schools with higher proportions of black students . This could lead to demand of teachers for the students

Education of urban minority students remains inferior to education of white students because of racism that the white teachers have

School enrollment in recent days is undergoing a vast racial and ethnic transformation , thus , teachers should be prepared with this transformation to teach the youth effectively

Introduction

The youths are the hope of each country . Educating them is one of the important things to build a progressive country . According to Orfield and Lee (2007 , school enrollment in recent days is undergoing a vast racial and ethnic transformation . Diversity of culture /race in schools now is increasing . Ten states reported a majority of nonwhite students is becoming a trend that will reflect soon in the nations ' school enrollment . Reported by Orfield and Lee (2007 , Latino students now...