The colors of excellence
Subtitle: hiring and keeping teachers of color in independent schools
By: Pearl Rock Kane, Alfonso J. Orsini, editors.
Contributors: Kane, Pearl Rock.; Orsini, Alfonso J.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Minority teachers -- Employment -- United States; Private schools -- United States -- Faculty; Faculty integration -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction,; title: Answering the call -- Pearl Rock Kane; title: Need for teachers of color in independent schools -- Pearl Rock Kane and Alfonso J. Orsini; title: Silent years -- Chad Cooper; title: Dirty knees -- Shafia Zaloom; title: Context for understanding faculty diversity -- Alfonso J. Orsini; title: My chance encounter with independent schools -- Dennis Bisgaard; title: Gifts from the Great Spirit -- Melanie Sainz; title: Findings from a national survey of teachers of color and from analysis of the NAIS database -- Pearl Rock Kane and Alfonso J. Orsini; title: Struggles and rewards -- Reveta Bowers; title: Excess baggage -- Alexis Wright; title: Best practices : an analysis of teacher diversity in eleven New York City independent schools -- Kate Knopp ... [et al.]; title: Should I stay or should I go now? -- Lisa Arrastia; title: How did I end up here? -- Erik Resurreccion; title: Three case studies : the Wingate School, the Quaker School, and Heights Academy -- Dennis Bisgaard ... [et al.]; title: Journey of an Indian American student and teacher -- Pia Awal; title: Affirming Hispanic co-workers in a school community -- Susana Epstein; title: Challenge of diversifying independent schools-- Pearl Rock Kane and Alfonso J. Orsini.