Having one Black teacher in elementary school can have lasting
effects on high school dropout rates and student intentions on attending
college, according to a new study.
After looking at data from public school systems in North Carolina and Tennessee, the study, The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers,
found that having one Black teacher in grades 3-5 reduced the
probability of a low-income Black male student dropping out of high
school by 39 percent. For Black males and females, the intent of
attending a four-year college went up by 19 percent. When isolating
Black males only, this effect was stronger, with the intent increasing
by 29 percent.
Nick Papageorge, assistant professor of
economics at Johns Hopkins University and co-author of the study, is
still looking into why this may be the case. He and co-author Seth
Gershenson looked into the concept of "teacher expectations" in a different paper two years ago, where they found some interesting results.
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