Posted on 10/09/2016 12:25:23 PM PDT by BBell
American school kids prefer teachers of color, a new study shows.
As the demographic make-up of US students has tipped toward a minority-majority, much has been made of the contrast seen in the nation's predominantly white body of teachers. For the first time, educators now have a glimpse of what that racial imbalance might mean to middle and high school students, thanks to new analysis conducted by researchers at New York University.
Using survey data compiled by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the researchers canvassed the thoughts of more than 50,000 students about 1,680 teachers.
The survey data included students' rankings of their teachers based on "7Cs" – Challenge, Classroom Management, Care, Confer, Captivate, Clarify, and Consolidate. Importantly, the researchers note, students were asked to give feedback on specific teachers, not the overall teacher workforce at their school. This meant researchers could control for other reasons students may prefer certain teachers.
Among key findings, the research suggests that students feel they relate to teachers of color better than their white counterparts, and that, in turn, this may create an environment more conducive to learning.
"This study provides empirical evidence that at least from the student perspective, there is something really different going on," study author Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng, an assistant professor of international education at NYU, told the New York Daily News.
Currently, the American teacher workforce is overwhelmingly white. In 34 states, the demographic gap between minority students and their white teachers is more than 20 percentage points, and some studies suggest this gap is growing. The gap is particularly pronounced in urban centers like New York. The Big Apple has an 85 percent racial/ethnic minority public school population, but only 40 percent of its teachers are non-white – a 45 percentage-point differential.
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They are RACISTS if they can’t learn well from competent teachers of any color or ethnicity.
I tend to doubt the validity of this survey.
Of course the most racist or race-centric students will say this, as a way to excuse a lack of accomplishment, or as a way to silence anyone who disagrees.
Np problem. Go to the nearest street corner and round up a bunch of unemployed teachers standing around.
Are they trying to bring bsck forn of segregation?
Stupid liberals allowed our country to be colonized by foreigners and now they’re gonna lose their jobs, too.
Oh goody then you get school districts like LAPS and Atlanta....perhaps some remember the cheating scandal
I remember the cheating scandal.
Funny, I just wanted teachers who could TEACH. Could not have care less about their race or sex.
But I’m an evil white male conservative — who happens to run three businesses because of the teachers (including my parents and brother) I’ve had.
But yeah, focus on race.
Is this a setup for the next attack on Trump since the last one is not working? (Not accusing you, accusing the source.)
Go back to your own country and you’ll have them.
Racist rants need to be punished.
I do too...
I don’t trust any survey. I know too many people like me who make it a habit to lie to all surveyors.
Ahh such nice little racist hypocrites
Nice work leftists, Obama
Christian students prefer Christian teachers. Should the government comply?
That is a good part of what is condemning them to a poor education.
Sad but true—a good number of highly qualified but pale inner city teachers and principals were nudged out of the system over the last few decades.
Of course, the average new teacher isn’t any great shakes academically—but the average new black teacher is a cut or two below that.
I would’ve settled for teachers who can speak like us.
Those math/science foreign teaching assistants, whew.
“And our own water fountains...”
They’re trying to bring back the old segregation, just with the roles reversed, that’s all.
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