![Marcus Walker is a teacher at Fenway High School, where he teaches an 11th-grade humanities class.](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/marcus-walker-teacher-fenway-high-school-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
Black male teachers can make a big difference in the lives of their students — why are they so rare?
Statewide, just 1 percent of public school teachers are Black men. Even in Boston, which has the highest number of Black male educators, the proportion is just 7 percent. By Christopher…