Students of color in New Jersey often don't see their own backgrounds reflected among the teachers responsible for educating them. Catherine Carrera, bureau chief at Chalkbeat Newark, and Talia Wiener, education reporter at Montclair Local, spoke to WNYC's Michael Hill about their reporting on the experience of students of color in Essex County.

Chalkbeat Newark, Montclair Local and WNYC are all part of a collaborative of newsrooms exploring race, diversity and segregation in New Jersey. See their stories at segregatednj.org.