A Question of Quality: Minority Teachers Are a Missing Ingredient. Carmen J. Lee.
by Lee, Carmen J; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 4Institutions. Publisher: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): African American teachers | Diversity in the workplace | Minorities -- Employment | Minority teachers | Nepotism | School boards | Teachers -- Selection and appointmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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