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
File Size
949 Kb
Language
English
Repository Citation
Hansen, M.,
Quintero, D.
(2018).
The Growing Need for Diverse Teachers in the Mountain West.
1-18.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_pubs/51
Included in
Education Commons, Education Policy Commons, Public Policy Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons
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.