Black teachers improve outcomes for all students, but the profession remains largely white

Having Black teachers and other educators of color improves students' classroom experiences, research shows. They often serve ...
New Haven Independent

NHPS Aims For 1/3 Teachers Of Color

Schools officials unveiled a plan to increase the number of educators of color in New Haven classrooms by 15 percent in three years. Superintendent Madeline Negrón and Coordinator of Recruitment and ...
Marin Independent Journal

State reports increase in Marin educators of color

Marin public schools have increased the percentage of educators of color hired over the last seven years, according to new state data. The state Department of Education said 13% of credentialed ...
NJ.com

N.J. promised to hire more non-white teachers. Critics say it’s not nearly enough.

High school junior Kylie Louissaint spent her summer working as a teaching assistant and earning college credits toward a teaching degree. Kylie, who is Black and attends Dover High School in Morris ...
WGAL

Burnout, low pay and politics are driving away teachers. Turnover is soaring for educators of color

Rhonda Hicks could have kept working into her 60s. She loved teaching and loved her students in Philadelphia's public schools. As a Black woman, she took pride in being a role model for many children ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Report: Widening “diversity gap” between students and teachers of color

Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker highlighted goals for the state Department of Education for the upcoming 2023-24 academic year at a back-to-school event with superintendents and ...
Penn Live

More teachers are quitting their jobs. Educators of color often are more likely to leave

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Rhonda Hicks could have kept working into her 60s. She loved teaching and loved her students in Philadelphia’s public schools. As a Black woman, she took pride in being a role ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

Plenty of studies have shown that both students of color and white students benefit from having teachers of color. However, there really aren’t near enough teachers of color in the classroom, and ...
Newsday

NYS schools need to do more to retain teachers of color, advocates say

Nakeshia Smith-Farnum has spent more than two decades in the Valley Stream Central High School district, working her way up from math teacher to department chair — to being named a districtwide ...