Notably, black students did not seem to benefit much more from having more than one black teacher in grades 3 - 5 as compared to having just one — even
a single teacher of the same race seemed to make a big difference.
Early in the 20th century, opposition to overt discrimination and demand for greater
teacher skills led to the current
single - salary schedule, which pays the
same salary to
teachers with the
same qualifications regardless
of grade level taught, gender, or
race.