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Title: What Can California, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Teach Us about How to Diversify the Teacher Workforce?
Language: English
Authors: National Council on Teacher Quality
Source: National Council on Teacher Quality. 2025.
Availability: National Council on Teacher Quality. 1420 New York Avenue NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-393-0020; Fax: 202-393-0095; Web site: http://www.nctq.org
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Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Racial Composition, Adults, Minority Groups, Minority Group Students, Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Disproportionate Representation, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Certification, Evidence Based Practice, Data, Career Pathways, Personnel Selection, Economics
Geographic Terms: California, District of Columbia, Texas
Abstract: In the final month of 2024, a Newsweek article celebrated an apparent victory in the Lone Star State: "Texas' Teachers Are More Diverse Than California's." In Washington, D.C., the press was slightly more subdued, but still proud: "Teacher diversity is slowing down, but D.C, offers a bright spot." These and many other headlines emerged as reporters dug into National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) new Teacher Diversity Dashboard, and the corresponding brief, "A New Roadmap for Strengthening Teacher Diversity." The dashboard revealed a troubling national trend: The diversity of the teacher workforce is slowing down compared to the diversity of adults with degrees. Yet California, Texas, and D.C. stand out for bucking the trend. In each of these two states and D.C., the teacher workforce is more diverse than the population of college-educated adults. More precisely, compared to their populations of working-age adults with degrees, the teacher workforce in California, Texas, and Washington, D.C., has a greater share of adults from historically disadvantaged groups. The finding about California, Texas, and D.C. is important because research shows that teachers of color matter for all students, especially students of color. The benefits of having a same-race teacher for a student of color include improved academic, social-emotional and behavioral outcomes. Teachers of color are more likely to have high expectations for students of color and create classrooms where they feel like they belong. So, on the surface, the data from California, Texas, and D.C. seems like cause for celebration, but what story lies behind those numbers? In this brief, NTCQ taps into the Teacher Diversity Dashboard along with other external sources to explore what factors contribute to the relatively high rates of teacher diversity in California, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Is their success sustainable? What can other states learn from these places about increasing the diversity of the teacher workforce, and what potential hazards may still lie concealed?
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