It's All About Education: Can You Dig It?

Why are there so few black male teachers? Chris Emdin of Columbia University suggests that a cycle of failure haunts students and their teachers (click below to enlarge):

Students act out, so teachers tighten the rules; more restrictions combined with dull and irrelevant curricula cause students to fail, and teachers quit -- thinking it’s their fault.

In the video above, Prof. Emdin raps his Humble Opinion on why the system needs to be changed. Prof. Emdin also has a book out titled For White Folk That Teach in the Hood...And, the rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education that's a very good read.