Can Latine Teachers Support Better Outcomes for Black and Latine Students?

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Abstract

As public education advocates, practitioners, and researchers commit themselves to efforts committed to improving student outcomes for underserved students, the teaching force is central in ensuring success in our schools. The opportunities that exist for our students require a renewed and focused strategies for a teacher force that repairs some of the gaps in public schools that continue to underserve Black and Latine students. It is critical to interrogate how variations in student teacher matches and school settings moderate student outcomes. This paper will discuss student reading outcomes when Black and Latine students are paired with Latine teachers in Texas and explore the cross-ethnic and racial matching of teachers and students as a contributor to student success.

Author

• Priscilla Aquino Garza, Educate Texas