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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to the article,[b] black teachers are underrepresented and black administrators are overrepresented.  [/b]Since principals have absolute authority over hiring teachers in their schools, there could be bias at the individual school/principal level.  The difference between underrepresentation and normal representation is only a couple percentage points, so it could just be coming down to the applicants to the particular schools, rather than solely due to bias.

Taking hiring authority away from principals may solve that problem but would definitely create others.  Interesting study with interesting results.  [/quote]

This has been our experience in McLean where 2 of the four schools my DCs attended had AA Principals ( AP was AA in a third) and the cluster head was AA, but virtually all of the teachers were white and prodominantly female.   [/quote]

And at FCPS schools what is the age of the staff?  Any spreadsheets on that per school along with race, sex, length of service?  The salary scales have a lower amount at hiring for those with less experience and without masters:
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY17-194day-teacher.pdf

Now if you are a parent with a kid [education career pending]in college don't pay the tuition in full-   "individuals who teach full-time for five complete, consecutive academic years in certain elementary schools, secondary schools, and educational service agencies that serve low-income families and who meet other qualifications may be eligible for loan forgiveness through the U.S. Education Department’s (USED) Federal Student Aid program. "   I know people whose kids are in military [damn should have done ROTC] or teaching and paid tuition and there are no go backs on that money.

Above from jobs listing  at https://www.fcps.edu/careers/career-opportunities/instructional   The jobs for teachers are less than 100 in this massive school division.  Many are foreign language teachers inc MS Italian, Korean Immersion [when did that get funding?], Chinese. Very few elementary classroom teacher openings.  [/quote]

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