There are thousands of Latino students in classrooms across the Kansas City region, but most aren’t taught by educators who look like them.
A new study from the Latinx Education Collaborative shows that’s steadily changing. The report, set to be published this week, found that the percentage of Latino teachers in the region has nearly tripled since 2019, reaching 2.7 % in the 2024-25 school year.
The number of educators of color has also increased to 12% in the 2024-25 school year, up by two percentage points from the 2022-23 school year…