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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the teacher demographics at WL? Are there roughly the same numbers of teachers of color as the student population?[/quote]

Probably not, though their principal is. A lot of their teachers are ivy and baby leaguers. Are there roughly the same number of people of color in the ivy league who go into teaching as students of color in Latin? Maybe they should reach out to TFA?[/quote]

You don't need to have gone to an Ivy to teach at a school like Latin. And yes, teachers of color are in high demand.

But recruiting them is worthwhile and should be a priority. There is plenty evidence to show that students of color are more successful when there are more than a few teachers who look like them in their schools. Those teachers are less likely, although not immune, from carrying internal biases about capabilities and behavior. Doesn't have to be a majority but they shouldn't be 1 out of 7 each year. Same for any support staff that work closely with students, from psychologists and social workers to asst principals.

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/16/05/where-are-all-teachers-color
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/education/minority-teachers-students-same-race-research/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775715000084[/quote]

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