When one group of students continuously thrives significantly better over another group of students, there is an achievement gap. Often reform has included cultural inclusivity. It persists due to a failure to address racial social and economic injustices. Thus, the problem addressed was teachers' perceptions and awareness of how their own cultural identity affects teaching and learning, and teachers' perceptions of student ability to receive information affect student achievement. The purpose was to take an in-depth look at teacher's perceptions of students' receptiveness of information in reading when engaging students of different cultures by asking the following questions: (a) How do teachers perceive their knowledge of a global context? (b) What are the teachers' current understandings of culture and different cultural groups, and how do they promote their classrooms' cultural inclusivity? (c) How do teachers view their cultural identity? (d) How do teachers perceive their current intercultural communication skills? (e) How do teachers perceive the receptiveness of information? The study's guiding theoretical framework was Gay's culturally relevant theory and Acar-Ciftci's multicultural education theory. A demographic profile, an open-ended questionnaire and the My Cultural Awareness Profile (MyCAP) were completed by five K-3 teachers of general studies at a charter school. Google Forms analyzed the MyCAP data and Delve software analyzed the questionnaire. The study findings indicated that teacher perceptions were affected by culture and teachers agreed that students had a better understanding and reception of information when they could relate to topics culturally. Three themes emerged (1. student engagement and reception of information, 2. cultural inclusion, 3. acknowledgment of cultural identity). It is recommended that policy makers incorporate multiculturalism into professional development to broaden teachers' knowledge base in choosing content and resources that are empower students to identify their own cultures. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]