Check out this Article posted in the NYT – Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women. FLI is here to support. Reach out to us to learn more!
“Research has found that boys, and particularly black boys, are more affected than girls by disadvantages, like poverty and racism, and by positive influences, like high-quality schools and role models. Yet they are least likely to have had a teacher that looks like them.”