Not exact matches
Currently, 44 percent
of students in Washington public schools are students
of color, but only 8 percent
of teachers in Washington are
teachers of color.
«While it's true that
currently the students opting out are disproportionately white, to portray opting out as a white people thing is to make invisible the important leadership role that people
of color have played around the country,» writes
teacher and activist Jesse Hagopian in an article he wrote to push back against the perceived wisdom that high - stakes standardized testing will somehow right the wrongs done to generations
of children.
Currently, the highest performing, most qualified
teachers in New York City are disproportionately teaching in the city's wealthiest neighborhoods and schools, while schools serving low - income and students
of color are disproportionately assigned the least qualified, lowest performing
teachers.
Relay
currently promotes itself as a solution to
teacher shortages, especially shortages
of teachers of color.