Boaler’s co-faulty member in the Stanford Education dept is credited with the “research” that minority students can only learn from teachers who share their skin color/ identity. Through layers of idea laundering, it is now considered “best practice,” and many many K-12 school districts have developed strategic plans to make the staff “reflect student diversity” Except, his dissertation research is based on a super flawed 1980s TN research project that in no way reflects his conclusions.