Diversity in the Plainfield Public Schools professional staff

Screenshot of Plainfield's diversity data.

New Jersey Spotlight published a statewide study of diversity in the professional staffs (teachers and administrators) of New Jersey's public schools (see here).

I have pulled the Plainfield data out for closer examination (see graphic above). Sorry, but the way the map works, I could only get the Plainfield data in the screenshot if I mostly obliterated Plainfield's map, which is underneath -- and mostly obscured by -- the text box.

A second screenshot (below) shows Plainfield and several surrounding districts. You will note that Watchung and Clark score very low in diversity of professional staffs, while North Plainfield, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Piscataway, and Edison compare favorably to Plainfield.

Watchung and Clark compare poorly in diversity of staffs.

Sadly, and I think this is because of how the state keeps (sorts) data, there is no indication of where Latino professionals are added in.

To lump everyone who is not white in one category betrays a "whitist" attitude that the state sorely needs to get over. That attitude is exposed again in the summaries of the student bodies as "white" and "non-white".



At any rate, it is an important and useful indicator of how well the Plainfield district is doing in building a truly diverse team of teachers and professionals to lead a diverse district.

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  -- Dan Damon [follow]

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