PeopleAdmin is a leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions designed to help K-12 school districts attract, recruit, develop, and retain a diverse staff. Their talent management suite has helped thousands of schools hire the best candidates and manage personnel records. Research shows there is a diversity disparity between the racial and ethnic makeup of students and teachers in U.S. schools. While students are about 50% white and 50% minority, only 10% of teachers are minority and 40% of schools don't have a single teacher of color. True diversity means having teachers and staff from various races, ethnicities, and backgrounds to reflect the student population.

1. – Helping build and keep a diverse, qualified staff
PeopleAdmin is the leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions designed to empower K-12 school districts to find, recruit, develop
and retain teachers and staff from diverse backgrounds. Our talent management suite has helped thousands of schools attract and hire the best talent,
evaluate performance in partnership with employees, and manage and process personnel records. To learn more, visit www.peopleadmin.com.
Sources
Albert Shanker Institute, The State of Teacher Diversity in American Education, 2015
National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2013
Alliance for Excellent Education, On the Path to Equity: Improving the Effectiveness of
Beginning Teachers, 2014
University of California Santa Cruz, New Teacher Support Pays Off, 2007
Educationnext.org, The Race Connection, 2004
The Century Foundation, A New Wave of School Integration, 2016
National Education Association, Increasing Racial Diversity in the Teacher Workforce:
One University’s Approach, 2015
MetLife, 29th annual Survey of the American Teacher, 2013
Center for American Progress, 2011-2012 Schools and Staffing Survey, 2013
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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS
TIP: To
expose students to
diversity, consider the
racial and ethnic makeup
of your student body and
community. Diversity
hiring isn’t necessarily
minority hiring.
A NEW OUTLOOK:
Diversity is more than
minority recruiting
As the U.S. population becomes more diverse, it’s no wonder that students perform better when their
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But true teacher and staff diversity means filling classrooms and campuses with numerous employees
from various races, ethnicities and backgrounds — not just recruiting more minority candidates.
Here’s what research says about the benefits and challenges of K-12 diversity...
• From 1987 to 2012, the number of minority teachers
increased by 5%, but they tend to be concentrated in urban schools
serving high-poverty, minority communities.
• Minority teachers are hired at similar rates as white teachers but they
leave at a higher rate — surveys suggest this is largely related to poor
working conditions in high-poverty schools.
Hiring
more
minority
teachers
isn’t the
answer.
Diversity
enriches
education.
• In Tennessee, same-race pairing of students
and teachers increased students’ math scores
by 3-4 points and reading by 1-2 points —
that’s about a third of the achievement gap.
• Analysis of more than 500 studies from 1940 to 2000 showed
greater contact between groups led to lower intergroup prejudice.
• Students in racially diverse schools have improved critical thinking
skills, reduced prejudice, and are more likely to live and work in
integrated environments later in life.
Improving teacher
satisfactioncan
expand diversity
representation.
• High-quality new teacher induction programs
reduce attrition rates from 41% to 18%.
• Dissatisfied teachers are more likely to work in
schools with less professional development.
• Job satisfaction
goes up after
teachers complete
their first year.