The percentage of African-American teachers in many of the nation’s largest public school districts is declining, and policymakers must redouble their efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse ...

Researcher: Parents want more programs, smaller class sizes; that requires more staff An updated longitudinal study on the K-12 teaching force shows a surprising trend over the past three decades.

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California has a far more racially and ethnically diverse teaching force than it had 20 years ago — and a more diverse one than is the case nationally. About about 1 in 3 of the state’s 305,000 ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — The teacher shortage in Colorado and across the nation is dire. Unfilled teaching positions increased 64 percent at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, according to the ...