Widening the Doors of Opportunity

  • UIC Brothers Teaching initiative aims to diversify pool of teachers

    Jun 17, 2024 1:45 pm
    Decoteau Irby talks about the new Brothers Teaching initiative with educators, business and nonprofit leaders and financial supporters May 22. Irby, associate professor of educational policy studies in the College of Education, is the initiative’s director. (Photo: Tim Lemberger/University of Illinois Chicago)

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    • Decoteau Irby talks about the new Brothers Teaching initiative with educators, business and nonprofit leaders and financial supporters May 22. Irby, associate professor of educational policy studies in the College of Education, is the initiative’s director. (Photo: Tim Lemberger/University of Illinois Chicago)

    A new initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago — Brothers Teaching — is expanding the UIC College of Education’s approach to supporting men of color as they pursue undergraduate and advanced degrees in education and become teachers.