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Teachers Paid Less in Higher-Minority Schools
By Stephen Sawchuk
source: Education Week
Tuesday September 27, 2011
In many ethnically diverse school districts across the country, teachers in schools that serve the top quintile of African-American and Latino students are paid significantly less—approximately $2,500 per year—than the average teacher in such districts, according to an analysis released today by the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights.