From 1987 to 2012 the number of U.S. minority teachers more than doubled, growing faster than nonminority teachers and minority students¶

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Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2022: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Between 1987–88 and 2011–12, minority teachers increased by 104% while nonminority teachers increased by 38%. → Ingersoll 2017 q2 i? Minority teacher growth outpaced minority student growth (93%) over the same period. → Ingersoll 2017

Evidence¶

Ingersoll 2017¶

Ingersoll, R., May, H., & Collins, G. (2017). Minority teacher recruitment, employment, and retention: 1987 to 2013. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/minority-teacher-recruitment

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Trend analysis of NCES Schools and Staffing Survey data across seven survey cycles from 1987–88 to 2011–12, reported in Table 1 and Figure 1. The analysis found "the number of minority teachers increased by 104%" versus 38% for nonminority teachers, with minority teachers rising from about 325,000 to 666,000.

"While the number of nonminority teachers increased by 38%, the number of minority teachers increased by 104% (see Figure 1)—at about the same rate as the growth in the nation's minority population"

Discussion¶

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