![Education – PBS NewsHour show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/037/022/small/education-coverage-pbs-newshour-podcast-pbs.jpg)
Summary: Why are there so few black male teachers? Chris Emdin of Columbia University suggests that a cycle of failure haunts students and their teachers. Students act out, so teachers tighten the rules; more restrictions combined with dull and irrelevant curricula cause students to fail, and teachers quit -- thinking it’s their fault. Emdin raps his Humble Opinion on why the system needs to be changed.