Exposure to teachers of same race benefits low-income children New York Times features work by CPR Faculty Affiliate Cassandra Hart
September 10, 2018
CPR Faculty Affiliate Cassandra Hart’s work on
teacher-student race and academic outcomes featured in the New
York Times. From the article:
“When black children had a black teacher between third and fifth
grades, boys were significantly less likely to later drop out of
high school, and both boys and girls were more likely to attend
college….The effect was strongest for children from low-income
families.”
Cassandra Hart is associate professor of education policy. She
evaluates the effects of school, state and national education
programs, policies, and practices on overall student achievement,
and on the equality of student outcomes. Hart’s recent work
has focused on school choice programs, school accountability
policies, early childhood education policies, and effects on
students of exposure to demographically similar teachers.
She is also interested in the effects of virtual schooling on
student outcomes, both in K-12 and post-secondary settings.
