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HCEA committee, teachers and students urge HCPSS to boost recruitment and retention of educators of color
Summary
Members of the HCEA Human and Civil Rights Committee, current and former educators, students and parents urged the board to adopt measurable steps — hiring partnerships, mandatory anti‑bias training and retention supports — to increase and keep educators of color in HCPSS.
Representatives of the Howard County Education Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee and a series of students, parents and teachers addressed the Board of Education on April 29 to press for a concrete, measured plan to recruit and retain educators of color across the system.
Nikia Darden, a reading specialist who chairs the HCEA Human and Civil Rights Committee, told the board that the committee has repeatedly presented research‑based recommendations since 2023 and that the district’s public diversity materials remain “vague and noncommittal,” lacking specific goals, timelines or measurable outcomes. Darden said HCPSS web links to an educators‑of‑color advisory group were broken and that the…
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