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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.
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