Sentences with phrase «increase numbers of minority teachers»

That runs against efforts to increase numbers of minority teachers.

Dandy explained that the obstacles to increasing the number of minority teachers include their ability to get into college and to afford to complete a college education.

By 2025, the MDE has set a goal of increasing the number of minority teachers in critical shortage school districts by 25 %, better reflecting the student population in these districts.

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The Court of Appeal acknowledged that the challenged statutes increase the number of ineffective teachers in California schools and that low - income and minority students in California are disproportionately taught by less effective teachers.

This brief summarizes the results of a study of the recruitment, employment, and retention of minority k - 12 teachers, examining the extent and sources of the minority teacher shortage and offering evidence - based solutions to addressing the low proportion of minority teachers in comparison to the increasing numbers of minority students in the school system.

In Improving Schooling for Minority Children: A Research Agenda, August and Hakuta (1997) state that one research need is «to learn how to increase the number of teachers skilled in working with English - language learners» (p. 269).

• AB 1078 (Assembly Minority Leader Kristin Olsen, R - Riverbank) would have increased the number of ratings teachers could be assigned and would require educators to be evaluated in part based on student test scores.

Although the number of students of color increases year after year, the number of minority teachers fails to keep pace.

Moreover, «[w] hile there has been a dramatic increase in [the number of] minority teachers, this growth has not been equally distributed across different types of schools,» the report continues.

The win for struggling students: Alternative certification — or alt cert, in the argot of policymakers — is designed to increase the number of minorities, career - changers and teachers with specialized training in instructional strategies to close the achievement gap.