Table 5 Differences in STEM teacher characteristics and qualifications between majority White and racially minoritized schools.

From: The supply and quality of STEM teachers

 

Wave: 2012

Wave: 2021

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

 

Majority White schools

Minoritized schools

Diff

Majority White schools

Minoritized schools

Diff

Intent to stay

0.424

0.432

0.007

0.306

0.377

0.071**

Leave teaching asap

0.014

0.021

0.007

0.026

0.022

−0.004

Female

0.627

0.651

0.024

0.632

0.633

0.001

Black

0.017

0.132

0.115**

0.014

0.123

0.109**

Asian

0.014

0.071

0.057*

0.022

0.08

0.058**

American Indian

0.009

0.01

0

0.011

0.026

0.014**

Hispanic

0.018

0.135

0.118**

0.014

0.111

0.098**

White

0.951

0.669

−0.282**

0.941

0.664

−0.277**

Teacher age

41.756

40.485

−1.27**

42.768

43.001

0.233

Novice teacher

0.07

0.122

0.052**

0.067

0.08

0.013

Graduate degree

0.594

0.51

−0.084**

0.659

0.57

−0.089*

No certification

0.005

0.009

0.004+

0.015

0.023

0.008+

STEM qualification

0.711

0.685

−0.026

0.75

0.73

−0.02

Salary ($1000)

61.774

61.223

−0.551

60.788

61.805

1.017

Observations

7220

4480

  1. Nationally representative weights are employed. Observations have been rounded to the nearest 10 per IES compliance. Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), and National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS).
  2. +p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
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