Existing education research literature addresses problems and solutions concerning Black women teacher retention; however, few studies examine the issue of Black women administrator retention, specifically the retention of Black women principals. Using qualitative semi-structured interviews, this phenomenological study of 22 current and former…

As a thirty plus year Black American educator in the Midwestern United States, I have experienced racial bias. I felt it affected my career advancement. As a current educational administrator, I wondered if others have experienced racial bias and if they felt it affected their career as well. In this phenomenological study, the voices of…