Student and Teacher Diversity in the Mountain West

Authors

Marie A. Falcone, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Guadalupe De La Rosa, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

8-6-2021

Publication Title

K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 4

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

4

Abstract

This fact sheet highlights public K-12 teacher and student diversity in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. We explore data from Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero’s “Mountain West states face growing teacher diversity gaps” a 2018 Brookings Institution report. Specifically, we explore the teacher and student population in Mountain West states by race, revealing a disproportionate gap between students of color and teachers of color.

Keywords

Education; Teachers; Diversity; Nevada; Mountain West

Disciplines

Education | Education Policy | Elementary Education | Public Policy | Race and Ethnicity

File Format

pdf

File Size

483 KB

Language

English

Comments

This document was updated 3/16/22 with a correction in Figure 1 & 2.

Publisher Citation

Falcon, M.A., De La Rosa, G., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2021). Student and Teacher Diversity in the Mountain West. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute & Brookings Mountain West. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 4, 1-4.

Repository Citation

Falcone, M. A., De La Rosa, G., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2021). Student and Teacher Diversity in the Mountain West. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 4 1-4.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_k12/4