Teacher Diversity and Student Success: Why Racial Representation Matters in the Classroom

by Seth Gershenson, Michael Hansen, Constance A. Lindsay

Teacher Diversity and Student Success makes a powerful case for diversifying the teaching force as an important policy lever for closing achievement gaps and moving schools closer to equity goals.

Written by three leading scholars, the book provides nuanced solutions on how to diversify the teaching force, increase student exposures to same-race teachers, and improve teacher training for a culturally diverse student body. They argue...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682535819
• ISBN13: 9781682535813
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Harvard Education PR
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"