February 22, 2021
The Minnesota Academy of Science (MAS) recently announced its endorsement of the "2021 Increasing Teachers of Color Act." According to the "Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota," this package of bills was designed to create comprehensive systemic change needed to address opportunity and achievement gaps for students while strengthening existing programs and creating new efforts needed to attract, prepare, license and retain an increased percentage of teachers of color and American Indian teachers in Minnesota. In their letter to the Members of House and Senate Education and Higher Education Committees, the MAS (one of Minnesota’s oldest nonprofits committed to advancing STEM and STEM education) referenced the Smithsonian Science Education Center "Fostering Change" playbook indicates, “Diverse teachers serve as role models for students who wish to pursue careers in the STEM fields.”
Read more at: https://www.mnmas.org/news/mas-endorses-the-2021-increasing-...