Taylor McNeill

Mrs. Thomas

UWRT 1104

29 March 2017

1) Graham, Edward. "NEA Report: Lack of Teacher Diversity Jeopardizes Student

Achievement." NEA Report: Lack of Teacher Diversity Jeopardizes Student Achievement (2014):

n. pag. Web. 4 Apr. 2017.

2) The article is question is written by an NEA Today journalist, Edward Graham. The

article discusses how despite schools recently being predominantly occupied by minority

students, the teacher that work there remain to be primarily from European backgrounds. The

author states that in the past there were efforts to hire teachers from more diverse backgrounds,

but in recent years there has been a decline in the attention that this issue has received. The

author claims that two decades ago, 26% of the teaching population included teachers of color.

As of 2014, that number has declined to 18%, despite there being a drastic increase of minorities

in the student populace.

3) I think it is important to recognize that our teachers are primarily of European descent.

This is worth recognizing because it is hard to give children a multicultural education when the

ones who are teaching them come from a similar background. I think ideally we not only have

more minorities teaching, but people who are native born to other countries. This will open the
flood gates for multicultural education, allowing our children to learn from people who have first

hand experience other cultures and be able to learn from their point of views.