Discover curated resources for teachers of color and all educators aiming to foster diversity and inclusivity within their teaching communities.
For thriving, empowered students of all backgrounds—we need thriving, empowered teachers of all backgrounds. That means teachers who reflect the diversity of their larger communities—Black teachers, brown teachers and anti-racist white teachers.
5% of students identify as Black.
Only 15% of educators are non-white.
35% of students identify as Latinx.
In Colorado, 49% of the state's 881,000 public school students are non-white.
Students of color may seldom – or never – have a teacher who looks like them.
Representation among school leaders and teachers is important for the students they teach.
As an African American girl growing up in a predominately white, affluent, New York suburb, I know first hand the long-standing, negative impact of not being represented in the classroom culturally, and being the only or "the other.” When I first became a teacher, I continued to witness the impact of traditional schooling on underrepresented students and became devoted to changing the narrative.
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