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SHI FELLOW Brandon Jenkins on Strengthening Teacher Workforce Pathways
On September 20, 2022, Summer House Institute fellow Brandon Jenkins testified at a joint hearing of the Texas House Committees on Public Education and Higher Education. An aspiring Black male educator, Brandon offered concrete policy recommendations to improve the teacher workforce based on his pathway to certification as a paid paraprofessional working in the elementary school he attended as a child.
Summer house institute responds to the national teacher shortage
At Summer House Institute, we believe that the issues with our US public schools can not be resolved overnight, but as with anything, change takes a collective investment. There needs to be an increased focus on investing in more teacher pipelines like ours at Summer House.
SHI 2020 COHORT
We’re so excited to launch our Summer 2020 cohort today! Over the duration of the next 4 weeks, we’ll be spending time with some dynamic young men as we introduce them to the possibilities of a career in Public Education.
A Brotherhood of Educators Grows in the City of Brotherly Love
In Philadelphia, Black male educators are vastly underrepresented in the city’s schools. Two friends are working to build a teaching corps that better reflects the population it serves.