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Facts In Action
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Facts to Clip and Quote:
Racial
and Ethnic Profile of Preschool Teachers and Students
A
recent national study examined the racial and ethnic profile of
preschool teachers and the children they teach:
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Race
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Teachers
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Students
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White
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78.4%
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65.8%
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Black
or African American
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10.2%
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15.1%
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Hispanic
or Latino
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5.7%
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8.7%
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Mixed,
Other
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3.8%
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5.0%
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Asian
or Pacific Islander
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1.1%
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3.5%
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American
Indian or Native Alaskan
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0.9%
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1.3%
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Source:
"Demographic Characteristics of Early Childhood Teachers and
Structural Elements of Early Care and Education in the United States,"
G. Saluja, D. M. Early and R. M. Clifford, Early Childhood Research
and Practice, Spring 2002.
For
more information:
Llook online at ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/saluja.html.
Facts in Action, January/February 2003
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