This study analyzed cultural conflicts of Latina educators as reflected in descriptions of literacy learning at home and school and of their teacher education experiences. Tensions are examined in terms of conflicts between authoritative discourses and various strategies for negotiation that these educators used. The study was part of a larger project involving teachers and paraprofessionals at two large, urban California elementary schools with predominantly...

This report discusses factors affecting the decisions of minority groups to become teachers in gifted education. Forty-four minority teachers participated in this study. While 42 percent of the teachers reported that they currently work with gifted students, few shared their reasons. More teachers discussed why they had not become teachers of gifted students. Two themes related to social reasons and two related to personal reasons. Social reasons...

This report examines demand and supply of minority teachers in Texas. Researchers investigated what defined at-risk districts; how those districts differed from those not at risk; and what was known about the likely future demand and supply of minority teachers. Information came from a longitudinal data file on public school teachers in Texas from 1979-1996 obtained from the Texas Education Agency. Results indicate that three-quarters of all Texas...

Confronting Racism in Teacher Education aims to transform systematic and persistent racism through in-depth analyses of racial justice struggles and strategies in teacher education. By bringing together counter narratives of critical teacher educators, the editors of this volume present key insights from both individual and collective experiences of advancing racial justice. Written for teacher educators, higher education administrators, policy makers,...

The summer 1993 Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (sedl) "Networkshop" focused on the need for teacher education programs to prepare future teachers to work with and teach effectively increasingly diverse student populations, and the need to increase the number of minority teachers. A major focus was on how policy and decisionmakers can recruit, prepare, and retain students from different ethnic or language groups in teacher education programs...

This report describes the Organizing for Diversity Project, which generated professional development modules to prepare teachers to work more effectively with diverse students. Prototype modules were developed in collaboration with teacher volunteers, then field tested. The final 11 modules, which included 33 hours of training, were designed for implementation over 9 months. They emphasized: the importance of effective intercultural communication...