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© September 17, 2011

A growing body of evidence suggests students do better in school when they learn from someone of the same race, yet teacher demographics in South Hampton Roads do not come close to mirroring student populations. According to 2010-2011 enrollment and employment numbers, black men and Hispanics in particular are underrepresented at the head of the classroom. (Related story)

Choose a school division below to compare administrators and teachers with students.

SOURCES: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Virginia Department of Education

Note: The EEOC does not include a category for employees who identify as more than one race.

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you need to look deeper Pilot

Submitted by Ed Lead on Fri, 10/28/2011 at 8:32 am.

This makes it look like the school systems are not hiring enough black males - in reality black males that are attending college are not choosing to go into education as a major; most are choosing other degrees. If the candidates are not there, you can't hire them.