How to diversify California’s educator workforce [edsource.org]
By Travis J. Bristol, Photo: Allison Shelly/American Education, EdSource, March 30, 2022 T here is a demographic mismatch between teachers and students across California’s public schools. The most recent data from the California Department of Education indicated that while 77% of students are Asian American, Black, Latino, and/or Native American, only 39% of their teachers are. Why should we care about teachers of color in our California classrooms? A compelling body of research continues to...