Center for Racial Equity in Education - CREED

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Currently, Black women make up approximately five percent of the teaching workforce, yet the turnover rate for Black women educators is 21.8 percent.

This trend suggests that there are myriad issues and challenges Black women in education face that impact their ability to teach and engage students in the classroom. As extant literature suggests, the departure of Black women from the education profession has and can lead to a number of negative consequences beyond a sheer drop in the education workforce, including a lack of representation for students at a time when students in the classroom are more diverse than ever.

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Exploring the Classroom Experiences of Black Women Educators Currently, Black women make up approximately five percent of the teaching workforce, yet the turnover rate for Black women educators is 21.8 percent.

Having Black teachers and other educators of color improves students’ classroom experiences, research shows. They often serve as role models, set high academic expectations and teach material that connects to students’ lives outside of schools.

Yet over the past four decades, the teacher workforce has barely become more diverse, even as the student population has changed.

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Black teachers improve outcomes for all students, but the profession remains largely white Many Black teachers were pushed out of classrooms from the 1950s through ‘70s. Despite new recruitment programs, the teacher workforce remains mostly white.

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