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RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS

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Clotfelter, CT; Ladd, HF; Clifton, CR
Published in: Education Finance and Policy
September 1, 2023

Access to high-quality teachers in K–12 schools differs systematically by racial group. This policy brief reviews the academic research documenting these differences and the labor market forces and segregation patterns that solidify them. It also presents new analysis of differential exposure in North Carolina of white, black, and Hispanic students to teachers with different quality-related credentials across five grade–subject combinations. White students are most often in classrooms taught by teachers with strong credentials and least often by those with weak credentials, not only across the state as a whole, but also within most of the state’s counties, especially those whose schools are most segregated by race. To address such disparities, decision makers at all three levels— state, district, and school—have various policy options to consider, with each level having an important role to play.

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Education Finance and Policy

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1557-3079

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1557-3060

Publication Date

September 1, 2023

Volume

18

Issue

4

Start / End Page

738 / 752

Related Subject Headings

  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
 

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Clotfelter, C. T., Ladd, H. F., & Clifton, C. R. (2023). RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS. Education Finance and Policy, 18(4), 738–752. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00402
Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and C. R. Clifton. “RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS.” Education Finance and Policy 18, no. 4 (September 1, 2023): 738–52. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00402.
Clotfelter CT, Ladd HF, Clifton CR. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS. Education Finance and Policy. 2023 Sep 1;18(4):738–52.
Clotfelter, C. T., et al. “RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS.” Education Finance and Policy, vol. 18, no. 4, Sept. 2023, pp. 738–52. Scopus, doi:10.1162/edfp_a_00402.
Clotfelter CT, Ladd HF, Clifton CR. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS. Education Finance and Policy. 2023 Sep 1;18(4):738–752.
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Published In

Education Finance and Policy

DOI

EISSN

1557-3079

ISSN

1557-3060

Publication Date

September 1, 2023

Volume

18

Issue

4

Start / End Page

738 / 752

Related Subject Headings

  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment