Other Local Issue Briefs that Inspired the Creation of the Coalition

 

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MNEEP) has been the leading organization focused on this work in Minnesota for more than a decade.  They authored a policy brief in 2015 with important recommendations that gave rise to the Coalition.  Read it HERE.  See also a subsequent report: https://mneep.org/resource/the-tale-of-two-states-2018-how-policy-and-funding-affect-efforts-to-diversify-the-teaching-corps-in-oregon-and-minnesota/

 

Educators for Excellence also published a recent report in 2015 “Closing Gaps: Diversifying Minnesota’s Teacher Workforce” which provides important information and key recommendations that also inspired the Coalition's creation.

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State Reports & Interactive Tools

• MN Teacher Supply and Demand Report (2021, PELSB)

• 2020 Collaborative Urban and Greater MN Educators of Color Report (PELSB)

• MN Teacher Supply and Demand Report (2019, PELSB)

• US Interactive Map of the Showing the Shortage of TOCAIT and how MN lags behind other demographically similar states (Learning Policy Institute)

• StarTribune Tool:  How has your school fared?
  Within the article, there is an interactive tool where you can type in your school to see how the number of teachers of color have changed since 2006-07 relative to the % of students of color, and how it compares to the rest of the state.