Is there a lack of Black male representation in K-12 education?

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But more men are going into teaching. There was a 22 percent increase in the number of male teachers between 1988 and 2012. The increases were especially large among Hispanic and Asian men. However, the increases have been more modest among black men. And an important note: The size of the teaching force in America increased 46 percent between 1988 and 2012. So, a 30 percent increase in black men isn't even keeping pace with overall growth.

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Why are black teachers disappearing? There was an overall reduction in the teaching force in response to the recession in 2009. Some of the reduction in black teachers came as part of mass layoffs or school closings. The data suggest there's been a slowdown in the hiring of black teachers, too.

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Now, why do black teachers quit? It seems to have something to do with the schools where they work. Teachers of color are two to three times more likely than white teachers to work in high-poverty, urban schools.

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Kyle Boyer quit his job at one of those schools. He says teachers were given little autonomy to run their classrooms the way they thought best. And there was lots of pressure to raise test scores.
"When you're constantly under the pressures of data and assessment [and there's no] freedom and trust to innovate, I think it leads folks to not really be happy with their jobs," he said.
On surveys, 50 percent of teachers of color who leave their jobs cite job dissatisfaction. Here's a graph that shows what they are dissatisfied with.

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