Alabama Officials Predict Fewer Minority Teachers
FLORENCE, Ala.
Education officials are predicting that there could be fewer minority teachers in schools if the trend continues.
Of the 1,000 students majoring in education at the University of North Alabama, 8 percent are nonWhite.
That figure is in keeping with the average percentage of certified minority employees in the Shoals school districts.
Mark Edwards, dean of the college of education, says his program isn’t pulling in Black students or the international students who primarily pursue a business degree.
The result of those low minority numbers in his education program can only mean fewer minority teachers in the Shoals, he says.
