Black students assigned one Black teacher in grades K–3 are:
7% more likely (than same-school peers) to graduate high school.
13% more likely to enroll in college.
Black students who have two Black teachers in grades K–3 are:
32% more likely to enroll in college.
Source: Gershenson, S., Hart, C. M. D., Hyman, J., Lindsay, C., & Papageorge, N. W. (2018). "The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers." Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved from https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/11/12/black-students-black-teachers-college-gap/
