Teacher Racial/Ethnic Diversity: Distribution of Special and General Educators of Color across Schools

Autor/inn/en	Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Bettini, Elizabeth A.; Williams, Thomas O.
Titel	Teacher Racial/Ethnic Diversity: Distribution of Special and General Educators of Color across Schools
Quelle	In: Remedial and Special Education, 40 (2019) 4, S.199-212 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-9325
DOI	10.1177/0741932517733047
Schlagwörter	Regular and Special Education Relationship; Special Education Teachers; Minority Group Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; National Surveys; Ethnic Diversity; Racial Relations; Diversity (Faculty); Racial Composition; Students with Disabilities; Public School Teachers; Disproportionate Representation; African American Teachers; Hispanic Americans; Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	Students benefit from a teacher workforce that represents the full racial/ethnic diversity of the United States. We examine racial/ethnic composition of general education teacher (GET) and special education teacher (SET) workforce using the Schools and Staffing Survey. We find that the teacher workforce continues to be primarily White. In 2011-2012, 18% of SETs and GETS were people of color; however, 47% of students with disabilities were students of color. Among teachers of color, the majority identify as Black or Hispanic, with a smaller proportion of Hispanic SETs than GETs. Early career SETs are racially/ethnically similar to experienced SETs, while early career GETs are somewhat more diverse. There were dramatic differences across regions, type of districts, and schools; higher percentages of teachers of color taught in high-poverty and urban schools as well as in schools with higher enrollments of students of color. Results have important implications for education policy and teacher preparation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01