“School districts, charter schools and teacher unions should use contract negotiations as a vehicle for increasing teaching diversity, incorporating programs and features…that serve to increase teacher diversity."
- Page 109
State of Teacher Diversity
ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE
Teacher Diversity is Labor Solidarity
A 42% decline in the hiring of Black teachers occurred during the Bloomberg administration years. This damaging practice has not been reversed under Mayor deBlasio's administration.
About Us
We are UFT members, parents, public education advocates and community activists committed to addressing and reversing the disappearance of Black & Latino teachers in NYC public schools.
— ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE —
"In New York City, the rate of new Black hires in district schools was substantially below the Black share of the workforce in the previous year, which was the primary driver in the shrinking share of Black teachers in the district."
— NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION —
"[Nationally]...the percentage of African American male students is more than three times the percentage of African American male teachers; and the percentage of Hispanic male students is almost seven times the percentage of Hispanic male teachers. Asian males represent less than 0.5 percent of the teaching force. The research also implies that same-race teachers are more effective in teaching students of their respective race."
READ THE CURRENT RESEARCH FINDINGS
The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
page 7
The danger
is that
demographic mismatch
generates low expectations
that become
self-fulfilling prophecies.
page 35
For the most disadvantaged Black males, conservative estimates suggest that
exposure to a
Black teacher
in
primary school
cuts
high school
dropout rates 39%.
