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Middle and high school students, regardless of their race and ethnicity, have more favorable perceptions of their Black and Latino teachers than of their White teachers, finds a new study.
>Middle and high school students, regardless of their race and ethnicity, have more favorable perceptions of their Black and Latino teachers than of their White teachers, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
>The demographic divide between teachers and students is of growing public concern. Racial and ethnic minority students make up the majority of students in public schools, especially in urban areas. In contrast, less than 20 percent of teachers are racial or ethnic minorities.
People typically view the demographic divide through longstanding racial achievement gaps, and scholars have argued that teachers of color may work particularly well with students of color. This concept of race matching – where, for instance, Black students prefer or perform better with Black teachers – has been shown to boost student achievement.
>The researchers found that students perceived Black and Latino teachers more favorably than White teachers. These patterns remained largely intact, particularly for Latino teachers, even after considering factors such as student performance, teacher working conditions, and other measures of teacher efficacy. Latino teachers were better perceived across all measures, while students perceived Black teachers (more than their White peers) to hold students to high academic standards and support their efforts, to help them organize content, and to explain ideas clearly and provide feedback.
>Interestingly, the researchers found mixed evidence of race matching among students of color: Latino students did not have particularly favorable perceptions of Latino teachers, but Black students did have positive perceptions of Black teachers – and Asian American students preferred Black teachers even more than did Black students.
I thought that this may interest some people here since it not only helps to enforce the notion that groups prefer their own, but also that whites aren't nearly as racist as people claim they are. However, this is also a sketchy finding since the study does say: "The researchers focused on data from 1,680 teachers in 200 urban schools, along with their more than 50,000 students in grades six through nine."
Thoughts other than OP is a fag, probable shill, and naturally Jewish?
