UIC’s Brothers Teaching program prepares men of color to be impactful teachers

As the young men walked into a conference room at the UIC College of Education, they were met with the words “Welcome! Brothers Teaching” projected on a screen.

The men are students in the college’s new Brothers Teaching initiative, which aims to boost the number of certified male teachers of color working in Illinois schools.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the need to develop more male teachers of color is great. Only 4% of the approximately 135,000 teachers in Illinois are men of color. What’s more, research shows that when students have Black or brown men as their teachers or in their schools, there are tremendous academic outcomes for them.

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