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Do elementary school students do better when taught by teachers of the same race or ethnicity? New research finds: Not that much

Do elementary school students do better when taught by teachers of the same race or ethnicity? New research finds: Not that much

U.S. elementary school students do not particularly benefit from being taught by teachers of the same race or ethnicity. That’s the major finding from our new study, published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. We analyzed a nationally representative sample followed from the start of kindergarten to the end of fifth grade. Our findings indicate that calls to diversify the […] … learn more→