A Natural Fit: Supporting After-School Staff of Color in Teacher Pipelines

The need to provide a strong and diverse teacher workforce for all students is particularly relevant now as school and district leaders are developing plans to address unfinished learning and help students catch up after the disruptions due to COVID-19. Yet, only 20% of teachers in the U.S. are teachers of color. Moreover, the lack of diversity of the teacher workforce relative to the student population (more than half of all students in the national public school population identify as a person of color) is one of the key drivers of inequity in education, even as states and districts continue to invest in strategies to increase the racial diversity of their workforces.

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