Teacher diversity is teacher quality, and students of color especially benefit by having teachers who look like them, says Michael Hansen, co-author with Seth Gershenson and Constance A. Lindsay of Teacher Diversity and Student Success: Why Racial Representation Matters in the Classroom, published in March by Harvard Education Press. Hansen, who is the Herman and George R. Brown Chair and director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, and also a senior fellow in Governance Studies, explains why promoting racial diversity among the teacher workforce disproportionately benefits students of color and helps narrow longstanding achievement gaps.
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PodcastWhy teacher diversity benefits students of color
Michael Hansen and
Michael Hansen
Senior Fellow
- Brown Center on Education Policy,
The Herman and George R. Brown Chair
- Governance Studies
@DrMikeHansen
Fred Dews
Fred Dews
Managing Editor, Podcasts and Digital Products
- Office of Communications
@publichistory
April 2, 2021