u003cmainu003e u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003e u003ch3u003eEpisode Summaryu003c/h3u003e u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eSharif El-Mekki, CEO of The Center for Black Educator Development, joins us to discuss the evolution of The Center, the quest to rebuild the Black teacher pipeline, and the state of education.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003eu003chru003e u003ch3u003eEpisode Notesu0026nbsp;u003c/h3u003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(1:20- 12:10)u0026nbsp;u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eSharif shares his history and how he came into teachingu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(12:20- 20:10)u0026nbsp;u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eWhy Sharif (and Shayna) created The Center for Black Educator Developmentu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(20:30- 33:20) u003c/spanu003eHelping young people find their purposeu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(33:30- 45:20)u0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eWhat could education look like for Black children in this countryu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(45:30- 49:00)u0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eWhat could the profession look like for Black teachersu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(49:10- 1:00:45)u0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eTop 3 policies that could change the game for teacher diversity, black male teachers and teacher shortage u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003cp style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e(1:00:46-u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003e1:10:45)u0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eGiving thanksu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e u003ch3 style=u0022font-weight: normal;u0022u003eSocial Handlesu003c/h3u003e u003cpu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eTwitter:u003c/spanu003eu0026nbsp;u003cstrong style=u0022color: #000000; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.2px;u0022u003e@CenterBlackEd, @selmekki, @ShaynaTerrell, @edu_postu003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eInstagram:u003c/spanu003e u003cstrong style=u0022color: #000000; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.2px;u0022u003e@edu_post, @CenterBlackEdu003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003e u003chru003eu003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003eu003cstrongu003eShow Contributors:u003c/strongu003eu003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eSharif El-Mekkiu0026nbsp;u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eShayna Terrellu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003c/mainu003e