RT Article
T1 The Whitening of the American Teaching Force: A Problem of Recruitment or a Problem of Racism?
JF Social justice
VO 32
IS 3
SP 89
OP 102
A1 Epstein, Kitty Kelly 1946-
LA English
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747157783
AB Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. A reexamination of the problem of the whitening of the U.S. teaching force reveals that the true cause is not a recruitment problem among minorities but a racially skewed set of criteria for the initial selection of teachers. The results of a selection system based on white racism, both institutional and ideological, are much more damaging than is generally acknowledged, especially for urban students. Those who are adversely affected face a struggle to create an equitable and educationally successful system in which candidates are chosen first on the basis of classroom effectiveness and then required to add to their knowledge base elements that are missing in their undergraduate education.
K1 United States. Dept. of Education
K1 Teaching
K1 African American teachers
K1 Hispanic American students
K1 African American students
K1 Students -- United States
K1 White teachers
K1 Teachers -- United States
K1 Teacher recruitment
K1 Minority teachers