Who wants to be a teacher? Episode 4: This very leaky pipeline

Today, more Black and Hispanic teachers enter the classroom through alternative pathways than through traditional teacher degree programs. The number of teachers of color in the United States has more than doubled since the 1980s in large part due to the growing number of preparation and certification pathways and recruitment efforts from the federal level down. But there's a catch: Many of these teachers won’t stay for long, further undermining efforts to get diversity in the teacher labor force to reflect the diversity of students in the United States. Learn more: Who wants to be a teacher?

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Who wants to be a teacher? Episode 4: This very leaky pipeline is an episode from Educate by APM Reports.

This episode is 00:20:22 long.

This episode was published on Jul 28, 2021.

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