Black teachers have the highest borrowing and repayment rates of all subgroups studied, with 31.4% still owing their entire balance — nearly 3 times the share of all teachers¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2028: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? About 71% of Black teachers have ever borrowed and almost 60% still owe some or all of their loans; the disparity persists across experience levels. → García 2023 q3 i? At 26–30 years of experience, Black teachers are nearly 4 times as likely as the average teacher to still owe some or all of their student loans. → García 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

García 2023¶

García, E., Wei, W., Patrick, S. K., Leung-Gagné, M., & DiNapoli, M. A., Jr. (2023). In debt: Student loan burdens among teachers. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/497.986

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NTPS 2020–21 analysis by race and ethnicity (Figure 5) shows "about 71% of Black teachers have ever taken out student loans"; 31.4% owe their entire balance, close to 3 times the 11.5% share among all teachers.

"about 71% of Black teachers have ever taken out student loans, regardless of repayment status. Teachers who identify as two or more races also have relatively high rates of student loan borrowing (66.1%)."

García 2023 (2)¶

García, E., Wei, W., Patrick, S. K., Leung-Gagné, M., & DiNapoli, M. A., Jr. (2023). In debt: Student loan burdens among teachers. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/497.986

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The experience breakdown (Figure 6) shows the Black–all-teacher disparity persists across the career: "at 26–30 years of experience, Black teachers are nearly 4 times as likely as the average teacher to still owe some or all of their student loans."

"at 26–30 years of experience, Black teachers are nearly 4 times as likely as the average teacher to still owe some or all of their student loans."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Black teachers were more likely than other teachers to have borrowed for their education and to report high stress from student loan debt — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Special education teachers are the most likely of all subject-area teachers to have borrowed (65.2%) and to owe their entire balance (15.4%) — related
• Beginning teachers borrow at much higher rates than experienced teachers, with about 65% of teachers in their first 10 years having ever borrowed versus 41.4% of those with more than 30 years — related
• Twelve years after starting college, Black women owe 13% more than they borrowed while White men have paid off 44% of their debt — related
• Over a third (36.7%) of borrowing teachers have worked multiple jobs because of student loans, and the share rises with monthly repayment amounts — related
• About 60% of teachers repaying student loans report high or very high loan-related stress, which is correlated with overall job-related stress — related