Teacher shortages fall disproportionately on high-poverty and high-minority schools, which had four times as many uncertified teachers in 2013–14¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2021: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In 2013–14, schools in the top quartile of minority enrollment had four times as many uncertified teachers as schools in the bottom quartile. → Sutcher 2016 q2 i? Underprepared teachers were 61% more likely to be employed in high-poverty, high-minority schools than in low-poverty, low-minority schools (8.3% vs. 5.2%). → Sutcher 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Sutcher 2016¶

Sutcher, L., Darling-Hammond, L., & Carver-Thomas, D. (2016). A coming crisis in teaching? Teacher supply, demand, and shortages in the U.S. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/coming-crisis-teaching doi:10.54300/247.242

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Analysis of the Civil Rights Data Collection, a universal survey of all public schools and districts, found "schools in the top quartile of minority student enrollment had four times as many uncertified teachers as schools in the bottom quartile," with gaps of 12, 8, and 5 times in Maryland, Louisiana, and Colorado.

"In 2013–14, on average, schools in the top quartile of minority student enrollment had four times as many uncertified teachers as schools in the bottom quartile of minority student enrollment."

Sutcher 2016 (2)¶

Sutcher, L., Darling-Hammond, L., & Carver-Thomas, D. (2016). A coming crisis in teaching? Teacher supply, demand, and shortages in the U.S. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/coming-crisis-teaching. doi:10.54300/247.242

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Nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey (2011–12) analysis: "underprepared teachers were 61% more likely to be employed in a high-poverty, high-minority school than in low-poverty, low-minority schools (8.3% vs. 5.2%)"; inequities were more intense in cities.

"The combined categories of underprepared teachers were 61% more likely to be employed in a high-poverty, high-minority school than in low-poverty, low-minority schools (8.3% vs. 5.2%)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In 2016, schools with high enrollment of students of color were four times as likely to employ uncertified teachers as schools with low enrollment of students of color — related
• State-level disparities in access to certified and experienced teachers vary greatly, with some states showing two to three times as many uncertified or inexperienced teachers in high-enrollment schools — related
• U.S. teacher shortages are nationwide and worsening, with over 300,000 positions unfilled or filled by uncertified teachers in 2023 — related
• Black students in Louisiana are disproportionately in schools with high percentages of novice and uncertified teachers — related
• California students in low-SES schools are about ten times as likely as students in high-SES schools to be taught by uncertified teachers — related
• Minority teachers are disproportionately employed in high-poverty, high-minority, urban public schools — related
• Turnover is about 70% higher in schools serving the most students of color, with even larger gaps for math/science, special education, and alternatively certified teachers — related
• Across rural, suburban, and urban locales, schools with high student of color enrollment have higher percentages of uncertified teachers than schools with low enrollment — related