Document Type

Report

Publication Date

12-2018

Publisher

Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

18

Abstract

This policy brief examines the racial and ethnic diversity of the public teacher workforce in five Mountain West states, drawing on survey data from 1993 to 2016. We find increases in student diversity are generally outpacing teacher diversity in the region, though important differences in teacher-student parity and access to nonwhite teachers across states are also evident. In addition, we demonstrate the recruitment and retention of nonwhite teachers in these states lag considerably behind the rest of the U.S. This brief concludes with recommendations to help Mountain West states and districts promote greater racial and ethnic diversity among their teacher workforces.


Keywords

Teacher Diversity; Teacher Pipeline; K-12 Education Policy; Mountain West; Public Policy

Disciplines

Education | Education Policy | Public Policy | Urban Studies and Planning

File Format

PDF

File Size

949 Kb

Language

English

Comments

Michael Hansen is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the director of the Brown Center on Education Policy.

Diana Quintero is a Research Analyst in the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution where she studies K-12 education policy with an emphasis on the teacher workforce and improving the educational outcomes of disadvantaged students, including English Language Learners.


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