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“A Tale of Two Schools” is available from the Education Trust West. California teachers serving poor communities with high percentages of minority residents are paid less than their
counterparts in affluent areas with low minority populations within the same school district, a study concludes. Produced by the Education Trust West, the Oakland, Calif.-based affiliate of
the Education Trust, a national research and advocacy organization based in Washington, the study examines teacher pay in 12 districts in California. For example, within the 43,000-student
Oakland Unified district, teachers at Lockwood Elementary School, which educates mostly Latino, African-American, and low-income students, are paid an average of $8,049 less per year than
teachers at Thornhill Elementary, where the percentages of low-income and minority students are much lower. The report said one of the major reasons for the pay inequity is that veteran
teachers tend to move to schools in more affluent communities because those schools have fewer problems and better working conditions.
