As the nation's K‐12 classrooms become increasingly more racially, culturally, and
linguistically diverse, it is incumbent upon the science community to seize opportunities to …

Teacher educators must prepare preservice teachers (PSTs) to become equitable
practitioners who honor the voices and experiences of their future students. In this article, we …

Teacher education has long been critiqued for failing to adequately prepare teachers to
teach historically marginalized youth; thus, many have called for teacher education's …

Black women teachers carry a powerful legacy of teaching philosophies and practices that
center liberation, anti-racism, and resistance in their classrooms. Teacher education …

Existent literature purports that providing White teacher candidates with increased exposure
to urban schools in order to create culturally competent educators has failed. These findings …

This study explored the lived experiences of eight pre-service teachers, specifically their
understandings of teaching Common Core-aligned English language arts (ELA) and their …

Meaning haunts me. At once its foundations are nebulous and its consequences profound,
as bodies are broken and raised on its surface. An artifice that cuts deeply, meaning and its …

Twenty-first century educators are faced with new dilemmas, as well as new opportunities. In
response to the increasing racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity of students, some school …

Teacher candidates assumptions about urban students shape their expectations and
approaches to teaching them. In this chapter I document how a community of teacher …

The number of students from ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse backgrounds in
K–12 public education settings has increased in the past two decades. However, 80% of …