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Do metro Atlanta schools need more black male teachers?

Chemistry teacher Ronald Saint-Preux passes out a periodic table with additional information on it that his students can use on their test at Dunwoody High School. . TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

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Chemistry teacher Ronald Saint-Preux passes out a periodic table with additional information on it that his students can use on their test at Dunwoody High School. . TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM
By Marlon A. Walker
April 8, 2016

A good man is hard to find, they say, and metro school systems can vouch for that in recruiting teachers.

Educational research says one thing that can be a big help to youngsters in school, particularly male minority students, is a man in the classroom. Yet most teachers in metro Atlanta, like the rest of the country, are not men.

A few good men regard teaching as a privilege, yet the proportion of men who join or remain in the ranks of teachers remains small. Find out why in our story here, on myajc.com.

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Marlon A. Walker is an education reporter covering DeKalb County.

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