This case was written to help prepare teacher-leaders, principals, and central office administrators, particularly those in rural and economically marginalized settings, who are expected to lead teachers and stakeholders in their community through increasingly stressed economic conditions. The intent of the case study is for educators to examine…

Different approaches to multiethnic education were used and evaluated in middle class secondary schools in the northeastern United States. Experimental approaches included teaching about individuals renowned in professions not usually identified with their ethnic origins and analysis and confrontation of the problem of stereotypical thinking. (PP)