VIDEO | Youth group recommends ways to improve teacher diversity in Delaware

On June 18, 2018, WDEL published a video and corresponding article by Joe Irizarry on the Youth Advocacy Council and its latest report on teacher diversity:

Teacher diversity in Delaware is woefully lacking, according to the Youth Advocacy Council, which has made it their goal to diversify Delaware’s classrooms.

“The most underrepresented group of educators in America are black males, and that hits at about 2 percent,” said Madeline Schneider, a recent graduate from Sussex Tech.

The group of students, including her, made five recommendations to improve teacher diversity in the First State.