As the American population becomes more diverse, so does the population of school-aged children. However, teacher diversity is not keeping up, and the diversity gap between students and teachers ...

Now more than ever, the impact of not having enough minority schoolteachers is part of the conversation, with efforts focused on undoing systemic disparities. “For so long, I think people have been ...

The legal activist behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to affirmative action in college admissions is now taking on an Illinois minority scholarship program for aspiring teachers.

Eufaula City Schools board president Otis Hill and board member Louise Connor are concerned about the racial gap of teachers in core classes. “We’re concerned about the lack of African American ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed continuing funding for a program aimed at getting more minority teachers in classrooms as a conservative legal strategist challenges the programs ...

Ethnic minority students have been offered £5,000 more to become teachers in Wales as part of an 'anti-racist' scheme. All training teachers are eligible to receive a £15,000 grant from the Welsh ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Matthew Glenn was 10 years old when he realized that he wanted to be a teacher when he grew up. A Boy Scout, he participated in a leadership program that year that allowed him to serve ...

The teacher diversity gap—the percentage point difference between the share of students that are non-white and the share of teachers that are non-white—continues to widen. Minority teachers not only ...