During my first two years of teaching, I dealt with many situations that left me feeling downtrodden, broken and totally drained. For example, one day, I was sitting in my classroom in full panic mode ...

Teacher retention is in crisis. Teachers of color leave the classroom at a higher rate than their white counterparts (19 percent vs. 15 percent, respectively), and students need to have more black and ...

It is the weekend before my students arrive for the new school year. I am in my classroom listening to Lofi beats, pondering what has been and what is to come. All around my room are reminders of my ...

Having Black teachers and other educators of color improves students' classroom experiences, research shows. They often serve as role models, set high academic expectations and teach material that ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota is pushing to build a diverse teacher workforce to better match its student demographics, with the goal of increasing the number of teachers of color by 2% per year. That ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the national population of students and college-educated adults diversifies, the pool of K-12 teachers across the country has ...

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday sued the Rhode Island Department of Education and Providence Public Schools over a loan-forgiveness program aimed at enticing teachers of color to work in the ...

High school junior Kylie Louissaint spent her summer working as a teaching assistant and earning college credits toward a teaching degree. Kylie, who is Black and attends Dover High School in Morris ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. For 33 years, the Minority Teachers of Illinois ...

“Improving teacher diversity can help all students. Teachers of color are positive role models for all students in breaking down negative stereotypes and preparing students to live and work in a ...