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Peer reviewedDelpit, Lisa D. – Theory into Practice, 1992
Teachers must acknowledge and validate minority students' home language without using it to limit their potential. Educators who are committed to teaching all students can help such students transcend their home language, acquire a secondary discourse, and succeed in mainstream schools without losing respect for their home culture. (SM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Consciousness Raising
