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“We need more Black teachers in Colorado”: Effort to diversify educators includes $10,000 stipend

A majority of Colorado school districts don’t even have one Black educator, according to the Sachs Foundation

Kyra Solomon, an educator at Stedman ...
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Kyra Solomon, an educator at Stedman Elementary in Denver, teaches in this undated photograph. Solomon is part of a new program that is aiming to increase the number of Black teachers in Colorado.
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 03: Denver Post reporter Jessica Seaman. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
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A new initiative between the Sachs Foundation, which provides scholarship programs for Black Coloradans, and Teach for America Colorado is aiming to “build a community of Black educators” by supplementing their salaries for at least the first three years of their career and providing other support, according to an announcement by the organizations.
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