Only 11% of teachers in Washington State are people of color. Dahlia Bazzaz wanted to get to the bottom of why and in doing so did one of the best local education reporting projects in recent memory. Dahlia is an education beat writer for the Seattle Times. She previously appeared on episode 31 of the podcast.
Her project on teacher diversity was done in cooperation with Katie Gillespie in Vancouver. Give them both a follow.
Going Further/Mentioned in the Show
The Seattle Times Teacher Diversity Project
Seattle Times: A white teacher said she felt unsafe and called the police on a black fifth-grader
Nate’s 2016 Teacher Diversity Panel at Harvard
The Socials
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