Lee, Carmen J.,
A Question of Quality: Minority Teachers Are a Missing Ingredient. Carmen J. Lee. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 4, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: A Question of Quality: Minority Teachers Are a Missing Ingredient, Feb. 5, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Even if they endorse the idea of having a diverse teaching staff, most districts do not have special recruiting programs to find minority teachers, and often don't think they need to....The result in Pennsylvania is that only 6.4 percent of all public school teachers are minorities, compared with 22.3 percent of the student population." (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE) This article notes the advantages of having a diverse teaching staff and profiles "the few districts that do have minority recruitment programs." A sidebar on the role of nepotism in school hiring is included.
1522-3256;
African American teachers
Diversity in the workplace
Minorities--Employment
Minority teachers
Nepotism
School boards
Teachers--Selection and appointment
AC1.S5
050
A Question of Quality: Minority Teachers Are a Missing Ingredient. Carmen J. Lee. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 4, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: A Question of Quality: Minority Teachers Are a Missing Ingredient, Feb. 5, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Even if they endorse the idea of having a diverse teaching staff, most districts do not have special recruiting programs to find minority teachers, and often don't think they need to....The result in Pennsylvania is that only 6.4 percent of all public school teachers are minorities, compared with 22.3 percent of the student population." (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE) This article notes the advantages of having a diverse teaching staff and profiles "the few districts that do have minority recruitment programs." A sidebar on the role of nepotism in school hiring is included.
1522-3256;
African American teachers
Diversity in the workplace
Minorities--Employment
Minority teachers
Nepotism
School boards
Teachers--Selection and appointment
AC1.S5
050