ERIC Number: EJ1328552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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Deurbanization and the Struggle to Sustain a Black Teaching Corps: Evidence from Michigan
Educational Researcher, v51 n1 p27-39 Jan-Feb 2022
From 2005 to 2015, the number of Black teachers in Michigan dropped by 48%, substantially exceeding declines in the corresponding K-12 Black student population. These teacher losses are an acute phenomenon within a broader national context of deurbanization of K-12 student populations away from those districts with the largest and most established faculties of color. Districts receiving large numbers of incoming Black students hired few Black teachers over the period, leading to marked declines in Black student exposure to Black educators, and Black employment gains since 2016 have generally been in areas where Black teachers were already employed. We discuss the historical conditions under which Michigan's Black faculties were established and multiple forward-looking challenges to building and sustaining Black faculties in geographically diffuse populations.
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Persistence, African American Students, Urban Schools, Teacher Recruitment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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