Allegheny County School District launches program to increase diversity in classrooms

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STOWE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s student population is growing more diverse and a local school district just launched a program to make classrooms more inclusive.

A recent study from the group “Research for Action” found that 94% of kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers in Pennsylvania are white. 40% of students in Pennsylvania are minorities or people of color.

Channel 11′s Nicole Ford sat down with Sto-Rox School District to find out about the program they launched this year to help increase diversity.

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