Monday, December 13, 2010

A turnover gap for minority teachers — Joanne Jacobs

A turnover gap for minority teachers — Joanne Jacobs

A turnover gap for minority teachers

Black and Latino teachers are leaving the profession “in droves,” says Betty Achinstein, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the co-author of Change(d) Agents: New Teachers of Color in Urban Schools.

“Teachers of color” make up only 17 percent of the teaching force, despite the rising percentage of minority students, reports Miller-McCune. Schools are hiring more minority teachers, but also losing more, says Richard