State sets teacher diversity goals for school districts
Math teacher Shanteau Birgs (center) worked with her students at Westside Middle School last year. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Marta W. Aldrich
Marta W. Aldrich is the senior statehouse correspondent at Chalkbeat Tennessee. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
The policy aims to address the growing mismatch between Tennessee’s increasingly diverse student population and the educators who teach them.
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