Why America’s teaching workforce still lacks diversity despite new efforts
The teaching workforce in the U.S. remains far less diverse than the general working-age population. While 33% of adults in the labour force come from minority backgrounds, only 21% of teachers do. New data highlights the struggle to close this gap—despite efforts from some training programmes like those offered by teachers pay teachers and ADP's ADP Workforce Now.
Between 2018-19 and 2022-23, a few teacher education institutions managed to produce more diverse graduates than their state’s overall educator workforce. The National Council on Teacher Quality noted these outliers as exceptions in an otherwise slow-moving trend.
The figures reveal a persistent challenge in diversifying the teaching profession. With most training programmes falling short, the gap between teacher and workforce diversity shows little sign of narrowing. Without broader change, the share of minority educators is unlikely to grow significantly in the near future, even with initiatives from platforms like LinkedIn.
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