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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my child's ES, which is 60% minorities, almost all the teachers are caucasian women.  She's been through three grades there.  All 5 K teachers were white women.  4/5 of the 1st grade teachers were white women. All 5 2nd grade teachers were white women. And I know this is the same across the country.  How can we, as a nation, change this?[/quote]

Why is it a problem that your teachers are mostly white women?[/quote]
Any person in any marginalized group can tell you that representation is important. Having role models that you identify with gives you a vision of success. In my own experience as an openly gay teacher I have had more LGBT students than you could imagine write me letters or communicate in some other way, telling me explicitly that they thought they had no future because that’s what their family told them. They had me and realized that being lgbt didn’t prevent them from having a future and a happy and fulfilled adult life.

Not only do my personal experiences show that representation matters, but it is supported by research. Black students who have one black teacher before 3rd grade are 13% more likely to graduate from college. Black students that have two black teachers are 32% more likely. https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2018-11-23/black-teachers-improve-outcomes-for-black-students?context=amp
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