Fellowship Introduces Young Men of Color to Teaching

There are very few men of color in education. In fact, they only make up about 7% of pre-K through 12th grade teachers. The Leading Men Fellowship is trying to change that by recruiting and training a diverse group of young men to be early childhood literacy teachers. Jamari Scott is a Leading Men fellow, training at Benteen Elementary in Atlanta. Correspondent Laura Chavez visits the school to see how the program is introducing him to a career path he had never considered and bringing more representation to the classroom.

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