This study explores 16 novice, urban-trained teachers' evaluations of their current schools. Findings suggest that teachers used the perceived behaviors, values, and beliefs of students to measure how urban a student was and, therefore, to guide their expectations and satisfaction of their placements. The less urban the students were perceived to…

As minorities become attached to majority values and culture, they are viewed as part of the larger group, and they share its opportunities. A prolonged effort to teach cultural pluralism may not be in minority students' best interests. If America's problems are to be solved, consensus values must be rediscovered and taught. (PP)