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The colors of excellence : hiring and keeping teachers of color in independent schools

Title
The colors of excellence : hiring and keeping teachers of color in independent schools / Pearl Rock Kane, Alfonso J. Orsini, editors.
Publication
New York : Teachers College Press, c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Kane, Pearl Rock.
  • Orsini, Alfonso J.
Description
viii, 166 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Minority teachers > Employment > United States
  • Private schools > United States > Faculty
  • Faculty integration > United States
  • African American teachers
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.
Contents
Introduction, Answering the call / Pearl Rock Kane -- Need for teachers of color in independent schools / Pearl Rock Kane and Alfonso J. Orsini -- Silent years / Chad Cooper -- Dirty knees / Shafia Zaloom -- Context for understanding faculty diversity / Alfonso J. Orsini -- My chance encounter with independent schools / Dennis Bisgaard -- Gifts from the Great Spirit / Melanie Sainz -- Findings from a national survey of teachers of color and from analysis of the NAIS database / Pearl Rock Kane and Alfonso J. Orsini -- Struggles and rewards / Reveta Bowers -- Excess baggage / Alexis Wright -- Best practices : an analysis of teacher diversity in eleven New York City independent schools / Kate Knopp ... [et al.] -- Should I stay or should I go now? / Lisa Arrastia -- How did I end up here? / Erik Resurreccion -- Three case studies : the Wingate School, the Quaker School, and Heights Academy / Dennis Bisgaard ... [et al.] -- Journey of an Indian American student and teacher / Pia Awal -- Affirming Hispanic co-workers in a school community / Susana Epstein -- Challenge of diversifying independent schools / Pearl Rock Kane and Alfonso J. Orsini.
Call Number
Sc E 03-578
ISBN
0807742821 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002032081
OCLC
50755865
Title
The colors of excellence : hiring and keeping teachers of color in independent schools / Pearl Rock Kane, Alfonso J. Orsini, editors.
Imprint
New York : Teachers College Press, c2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.
Added Author
Kane, Pearl Rock.
Orsini, Alfonso J.
Research Call Number
Sc E 03-578
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