Research shows students benefit when they have access to diverse educators. This session focuses on lessons gleaned from six school districts across the country that have designed and implemented strategies for improving the recruitment, support, and retention of educators of color. We will start by gaining a better understanding of why educators of color leave schools based on evidence collected by a team of researchers and educators. Participants will consider school/district-focused solutions for better supporting and retaining educators of color and learn how a cohort of district teams nationally are taking a learning sciences approach to addressing educator diversity. Participants will have the opportunity to analyze these research-based processes and engage in small group discussions on how to better support educators of color. Learning takeaways from an upcoming publication will also be shared! Our goal is to share effective tools and strategies for our learning environments.