Black Female Teachers - Diversifying the United States' Teacher Workforce (Hardcover)

With the emergence of a diverse public school student population, existing literature affirms the existence of a Black teacher shortage and the low representation of teachers of color in U.S. public schools. Although there are over 3 million public school teachers, African American teachers only comprise approximately 8 percent of the public school teaching workforce. In fact, the education field is dominated by White, middle-class teachers, particularly, White female teachers. While the retention of all teachers of color is a pertinent issue, an examination of Black female teachers who can assist in diversifying the teaching field is timely and warranted. Despite Black females' historic role in public education and that teaching is a female-dominated profession, Black female teachers represent only 7.7 percent of the American teaching force, while students of color represent almost 49 percent of the total student enrolment. This important, timely, and provocative book places recruitment and retention of Black female teachers at the center. The contributions address not only the recruitment of Black female teachers but also discuss mechanisms necessary to retain them. Thus, this collection not only focuses on recruiting and retaining Black female teachers for the sake of having their representation in schools; rather, authors consider some of the implicit (and overt) nuances that these teachers experience in schools across the United States.

General

Imprint:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Abiola Farinde-Wu • Ayana Allen-Handy
Volume editors:	Chance W. Lewis
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-78714-462-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	1-78714-462-3
Barcode:	9781787144620

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