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- Title
The Importance of Minority Teachers.
- Authors
Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian; Halpin, Peter F.
- Abstract
The demographic divide between teachers and students is of growing public concern. However, few studies have explicitly addressed the common argument that students, and particularly minority students, have more favorable perceptions of minority versus White teachers. Using data from the Measure of Effective Teaching study, we find that students perceive minority teachers more favorably than White teachers. There is mixed evidence that race matching is linked with more favorable student perceptions. These findings underscore the importance of minority teacher recruitment and retention.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MINORITY teachers; WHITE teachers; TEACHER-student relationships; EDUCATIONAL change; TEACHER retention
- Publication
Educational Researcher, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 7, p407
- ISSN
0013-189X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/0013189X16671718