by Thrive Chicago | May 23, 2022 | Data, My Brother's Keeper
The powerful benefits of elevating representation in teaching It’s long been known that teaching is primarily a white and female profession. In Chicago, like many other urban centers throughout the country, the gap between the races of students and their teachers is a...
by Thrive Chicago | May 11, 2022 | My Brother's Keeper, Opportunity Youth, Uncategorized
Wednesday, April 6, was already shaping up to be a memorable day when students from Thrive Chicago’s “Intro to Urban Education” (IUE) pilot program arrived at the United Center for a very special evening. IUE is part of Thrive’s larger “Male Educators of Color”...
by Thrive Chicago | Mar 1, 2022 | My Brother's Keeper
“Black and Brown students have already learned school isn’t made for them. Students who were already being pushed to the fringes are not attending classes and losing learning.”A Design Session Participant In the discourse around increasing the...
by Thrive Chicago | Feb 10, 2022 | My Brother's Keeper, Narrative Change
Posters created through the “My Brother’s Teacher” project include, from left, “Strength in Numbers” by Devon Blow (curated by students at Butler College Prep), “Powerful” by Teddy Phillips/Stat the Artist (curated by students...
