A diverse and capable teacher workforce benefits all students. Unfortunately, diversity and academic aptitude are often seen as conflicting goals in teacher preparation. However, research shows that increased admissions standards to teacher preparation programs also saw increased diversity of undergraduate education majors.
In a unique undertaking, this study rates teacher prep programs on the extent to which they are contributing to the diversity of their state’s teacher workforce, rates prep programs on how selective they are in program admissions, and dispels a myth that these goals are in conflict by highlighting the many programs that have successfully achieved both.
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