Minnesota schools struggle with widening racial gap between students and teachers

Across Minnesota, as the student population becomes more racially diverse, the number of teachers of color is not keeping pace.

Since the 2006-07 school year — when this year’s high school graduating class was in first grade — the number of K-12 students of color has exploded, while that of teachers of color has barely budged, a Star Tribune analysis of state education data reveals. The disparity is even more pronounced in some rural and suburban school districts.

http://www.startribune.com/as-minnesota-students-become-more-diverse-teachers-remain-mostly-white/498947601/