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Li, Guofang; Jee, Youngeun – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background: Nationally, there is an overwhelming body of research that has revealed a systemwide underpreparedness of both pre- and in-service teachers who are predominantly White and monolingual for teaching English language learners (ELLs) throughout the United States. Despite various responses to address preservice teachers' underpreparedness…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Experience, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Chapman, Thandeka K.; Antrop-Gonzalez, Rene – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: The lack of court-ordered support for race-based policies that maintain and create integrated schools has forced communities of color to seek other avenues to obtain equitable education, such as school choice. Individual states and the federal government, as seen in grant provisions through the American Reinvestment and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Race, School Choice
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Akiba, Motoko – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Educating pre-service teachers to develop multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills for teaching diverse students is a major responsibility of teacher education program coordinators and teacher educators. Numerous studies have discussed and explored the characteristics of teacher preparation that improve pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Field Experience Programs, Student Diversity
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Heilig, Julian Vasquez – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: The prevailing theory of action underlying No Child Left Behind's high-stakes testing and accountability ratings is that schools and students held accountable to these measures will automatically increase educational output as educators try harder, schools will adopt more effective methods, and students will learn more. In…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Minimum Competency Testing, High Stakes Tests, Grade Repetition
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Zirkel, Sabrina – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: How best to serve a racially and ethnically diverse student body has been a topic of intensive theory development for the past 30 or 40 years. We have strong theoretical models regarding the need for and practice of multicultural education, the goals of which include both increased educational achievement for students of color and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Models, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
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Zindler, Rachel – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: This study is based on prior research regarding the need for explicit social instruction for children with special needs, cooperative educational models, and the goals and relative successes of inclusive educational practices. The author refers to several studies on these subjects, including those by Kavale and Forness; Salend;…
Descriptors: General Education, Social Life, Physical Disabilities, Educational Practices