Printer-friendly versionBackground on the educators participating in this interview.
Celine is African American and teaches elementary school on the East Coast. She has been teaching for 10 years.
Kate is an African American teacher in the Southwest. She has taught all grade levels in her 15 years as an educator.
Lauren identifies herself as biracial and Asian American. She is a middle school teacher in the Midwest, where she has been teaching for 10 years.
Paul is Jewish and has been teaching for 17 years. He also teaches middle school in the Midwest.
Ray is African American and has taught middle school for five years on the West Coast.
Sherry is White and has taught elementary school in the rural South for four years.
Ted is a White former Mormon who has taught middle and high school in the Northwest for 23 years.
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