Bill aims to strengthen teacher diversity by weakening seniority rights
Advocates say measure would help retain teachers of color amid layoffs
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THERE IS STRONG research evidence that minority students benefit from being in a classroom with a teacher of their background, but Pavel Payano says he knows it from on-the-ground experience. As an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who arrived in Lawrence at age 6 with his parents, he saw the difference Hispanic teachers made for(...)