Can ‘Cultural Proficiency' Among Teachers Help Close Student Achievement Gap?
PBS NewsHour
Narrator PBS NewsHour
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Summary
Racial disparity in academic achievement remains a leading problem in American education, both at the K-12 and the college levels. A number of studies show greater diversity in the teaching profession can address some of those concerns. Hari Sreenivasan has a look at a teacher training program that is aiming to increase diversity in the classroom and improve results all the way through college.
Duration: 6 minutes (00:05:55) Publishing date: 2019-05-28; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —