….And Then There Were None: Reversing the Exodus of Black Women from the Teaching Profession

75 Years of Transforming Teacher Education

“…The late 1940s represented a somewhat hopeful time in the United Sates-World War II was in the nation's rearview mirror as teachers and teaching received little agitation from the public. Meanwhile, Viola Duval Stewart in Charleston, North Carolina (Felder, 2012) and Lillie Carroll Jackson in Baltimore, Maryland (Hill-Jackson, 2017, p. 17, 2019 were challenging pay inequity between Black and White teachers. Since its founding, AACTE was concerned with issues of diversity, multiculturalism, and globalism.…”

(Re)Constructing Teacher Knowledge: Old Quests for New Reform

“…It was not difficult for teachers from the colonial period through the mid-1950s to teach to the homogenous middle and be somewhat effective. A nearly 100-year apartheid educational system separated learners in schools by ethnic differences and protected educators from any accountability to teach those not in the mainstream (Hill-Jackson, 2017). With the appearance of the Civil Rights movement and new immigration laws in the mid-20th century, the diversity among P12 learners in the U.S. would significantly increase.…”

Mentoring Experience for Career Advancement: The perspectives of Black Women Academic Nurse Leaders

“…The literature is replete with papers discussing the value of mentoring in the career development of teachers ( Bressman et al, 2018 ; Hill-Jackson, 2017 ), nurses ( Anderson et al, 2019 ; Wilson et al, 2006 ), higher education ( Arnesson & Albinsson, 2017 ; Mcilongo & Strydom, 2021 ), People of color and Black women leaders ( Beckwith et al, 2016 ; Holder et al, 2015 ; O’Bryant, 2015 ), Women of color in Science, Technology, engineering, and Mathematics ( Alfred et al, 2019 ; Ehlers et al, 2018 ; Main et al, 2020 ) and promoting gender diversity in executive and corporate leadership ( T. N. Allen & Lewis, 2016 ; Johns, 2013 ). Most literature on diversity improvement measures in nursing and nursing programs included mentoring as a major component ( Brooks Carthon et al, 2014 , 2015 ; Cary MP et al, 2020 ; Murray, 2015 ).…”