Multicultural Alliance Program

Six years ago, San Francisco State University professor Kevin Franklin set out to address what he considered "a national crisis"--a shortage of minority teachers in a country where students are more likely than ever to be black, Latino or Asian American. Since then, his Multicultural Alliance has produced more than 200 new teachers--dispatched to classrooms across the country--through a combination of teaching internships, college scholarships, mentoring and personal support.

Six years ago, San Francisco State University professor Kevin Franklin set out to address what he considered "a national crisis"--a shortage of minority teachers in a country where students are more likely than ever to be black, Latino or Asian American. Since then, his Multicultural Alliance has produced more than 200 new teachers--dispatched to classrooms across the country--through a combination of teaching internships, college scholarships, mentoring and personal support.