Research illustrates the importance of supporting a pipeline of teachers of color at every stage of the teaching career, from preservice to veteran teaching status. While more teachers of color are being recruited than in years past, their turnover rates are high, in part due to inadequate preparation and mentoring, poor working conditions, and displacement from the high-need schools they teach in, where accountability strategies can include reconstituting staff or closing schools rather than investing in improvements. Increasing the number of teachers of color in the workforce requires both intentional preparation and hiring and provision of ongoing support to overcome the barriers to recruitment and retention described in the literature review. Fortunately, programs and initiatives across the country provide evidence that an intentional and sustained approach to recruiting and retaining teachers of color can be successful. This document describes policy strategies for state and local education agencies aimed at overcoming barriers to recruiting and retaining teachers of color. [For the accompanying literature review, see ED582730. For the accompanying summary, see ED629103.]