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Glancing back and looking forward: The role of education policy in creating pathways to the workforce for Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

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https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.8552

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Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers, federal and state teacher education policy, educator diversity policy, educator diversity

Abstract

The Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers charts the landscape of the educator diversity research base by focusing on 11 domains of inquiry. Policy, one of the domains of inquiry in the Handbook, is instrumental for advancing educator diversity. This paper is anchored in the lessons from the policy domain, and extends this scholarship by briefly synthesizing the historical origins of educator diversity policies, and examining present-day manifestations of these efforts in the sociopolitical context of state and federal level policy trends. The manuscript concludes with a set of policy recommendations.

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Conra D. Gist, University of Houston

Dr. Conra D. Gist is a professor in the College of Education at the University of Houston. Her research focuses on understanding the various types of programs, policies and practices that support the development and advancement of underserved teachers in education systems.

Wesley Edwards, University of North Texas

Dr. Wesley Edwards is an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of North Texas. His research interests include teacher and school leader career trajectories, school organizational work environments, and the politics and policy of educational leadership.

Amaya Garcia, New America

Amaya Garcia is the Director of PreK–12 Research and Practice with the Education Policy Program at New America. She leads New America’s Grow Your Own Educators National Network, a professional learning community for GYO programs across the country. She also conducts research and analysis on English learner policy, bilingual teacher preparation and career pathways, bilingual education, and early education.

Anthony L. Brown, University of Texas

Dr. Anthony L. Brown is a professor of curriculum & instruction in social studies education. He also is an affiliated faculty in the areas of cultural studies in education, the John Warfield Center of African and African American studies and the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies. His research agenda falls into two interconnected strands of research, related broadly to the education of African Americans. His first strand of research examines how educational stakeholders make sense of and respond to the educational needs of African American male students. The second strand examines how school curriculum depicts the historical experiences of African Americans in official school knowledge (e.g. standards and textbooks) and within popular discourse.

Keffrelyn Brown, University of Texas

Dr. Keffrelyn D. Brown is the Suzanne B. and John L. Adams Endowed Professor of Education and Distinguished University Teaching Professor of Cultural Studies in Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is the co-founder and co-director (with Dr. Anthony Brown) of the Center for Innovation in Race, Teaching, and Curriculum. She also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and the Center for Women and Gender Studies. Her research and teaching focuses on the sociocultural knowledge of race in teaching and curriculum, critical multicultural teacher education and the educational discourses and intellectual thought related to African Americans and their educational experiences in the US.

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Published

2024-09-17

How to Cite

Gist, C. D., Edwards, W., Garcia, A., Brown, A. L., & Brown, K. (2024). Glancing back and looking forward: The role of education policy in creating pathways to the workforce for Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 32. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.8552

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Vol. 32 (2024)

Section

Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

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