Model Learning: Closing the Teacher Diversity Gap – Brown Political Review

Model Learning: Closing the Teacher Diversity Gap – Brown Political Review
Brown Political Review
In 2014—for the first time ever—pupils of color accounted for more than half of the pupils in public schools.  This demographic shift, however, is notably absent in the teacher workforce. In the 2015–16 school year, 80.1 percent of public school teachers identified as white. There are 8.1 white students for every white teacher, compared to …