Buffalo looks to own students to diversify teaching force

A growing chorus of educators reaffirms that diversity in the teaching ranks benefits all students.

There's just one problem: Even as student populations become more diverse, the teaching force remains stubbornly homogeneous. In the Buffalo Public Schools, for example, although 67 percent of students are black or Hispanic, 85 percent of teachers are white.

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