The current make-up of Minnesota's teacher workforce doesn't accurately reflect the diversity of the student population 37% of students identify as Black, Indigenous or people of color, compared to just 6% of the state's teachers.
(St. Paul, MN) State lawmakers are advancing a bill to get more teachers of color into Minnesota schools. Currently, nearly 40-percent of students identify as people of color, compared to just six-percent of the state's teachers. The proposed policies would strengthen parts of the Teachers of Color Act and would earmark one-hundred-million-dollars in grants and scholarships
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