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There's an interesting story and graphic (above) in the Post today about public school teachers. Though the city has been attempting to hire more minority teachers, very few minorites are teaching students. Over 71% of public school students are black or Hispanic, but only 33% of the teachers are black or Hispanic. And recruitment of black and Hispanic teachers has dropped in the past years. Why is this a problem? Well, a 2004 National Collaborative on Diversity in the Teaching Force study finding: "Students of color tend to perform better – academically, personally and socially – when taught by teachers from their own ethnic groups."

After tackling behavior modification schools for teenagers yesterday, the Times turns its attention to nude summer camps for teens. American Association for Nude Recreation runs a variety of teen nudist camps and according to the article, "The nudist association, the larger of two nationwide, sees this as a place to train 'youth ambassadors' to what nudists call the 'textile' world." Reporter Kate Zernike and the AANR go to great lengths to tamp down suspicions that it's a love-in (it's a way to feel empowered about your imperfect body) or that it's dangerous (people keep an eye on out on "newcomers" and camps have a fair amount of security) but when one 18 year-old says, "At school, if you see a person, you just see their clothes. Here you have to actually get to know the people," Gothamist can't help but wonder if it means know in the biblical sense as teens are all about the hormones from 13-18.