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Recruiting Teachers Who Look Like America

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Texas schools have one of nation’s largest diversity gaps – meaning students of color are rarely taught by teachers who look like them. Michael Hansen, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about the effect this gap has on students – and about what it will take to narrow the divide.

Also: Read the Brookings Institution report about diversity in education.