Provo • Even though Latino students make up the largest ethnic minority group in Utah, teachers and administrators of the same group are rare in the state’s schools, making up 2.5 percent of educators compared to 17 percent of the state’s student body.
Latinos in Action and the Utah chapter of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents say only two of the 130 schools in the Utah County have a Latino principal.
The Daily Herald reports Latino educators make up the third largest group of educators in Utah, beaten by the 4 percent of educators who declined to say what they identify as.