Conceptualizing a Black Female Teacher Pipeline

From Recruitment to Retention to Retirement

Bibliographic Data

ID4254875
AuthorsAbiola Farinde-Wu (0000-0003-0741-8218, University of Massachusetts Boston, corresponding author), Bettie Ray Butler (0000-0002-6814-2756, Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education, Cato College of Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA), Ayana Allen-Handy (0000-0002-8910-6957, Drexel University)
Year2020
Volume59
Issue4
Pages337-347
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory Into Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00405841.2020.1773160
OpenAlexW3034700254
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited37

Considering Black women's historic contributions and enduring legacy in education, their continual disproportionate underrepresentation in US public schools is severely problematic. The absence of Black women in many public schools nationally is disconcerting given their potential to improve school outcomes for students of Color. Despite this finding, teacher education programs and school districts struggle to effectively recruit and retain Black women. Employing Black feminist epistemologies, this paper conceptualize a Black female teacher pipeline (from recruitment to retention to retirement) within a cultural-ecological framework to uncover deeper understandings of the systemic processes that hinder access of Black female teachers in K-12 classrooms. The paper then provides a discussion of specific practice and policy recommendations and concludes with implications for Black women educators and the diversification of the US teacher workforce

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