OPINION: We need more teachers of color. Getting there requires ambitious equitable solutions
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 28, 2021
To make ends meet, she also worked over the summers and during school breaks at a child care center, earning $10.25 Yet research tells us that exposure to a Black teacher in elementary school can reduce the high school dropout rate for low-income Black male students by 39 percent.
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