Mapping the Teacher Diversity Gap

(from Brookings) Minority teachers are underrepresented across much of the United States, including in areas populated heavily with students who tend to benefit most from having minority teachers — students of African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander heritage. The "diversity gap" exists in regions where minority students constitute a far greater share of the population than minority teachers. In much of the Western U.S., for example, there is a moderate or large Hispanic diversity gap. Generally, diversity gaps parallel demographic patterns. For instance, black diversity gaps are largest across the South, Mid-Atlantic and in major urban centers in the broader Rust Belt region.

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