The proceedings presented consist of summaries and reports of the presentations given during a summer institute on teaching linguistically and culturally diverse learners. Summaries of the following papers are provided: "Education 2000 and Beyond: The Challenge of Our Culturally Diverse Students" (Eugene Garcia); "Second Language Learning in School Settings: Lessons from Immersion" (Fred Genesee); "Elementary Teaching Strategies" (Erminda Garcia, Pola Espinoza, Noni Mendoza Reis); "Effective Programs for Language Minority Students" (Donna Christian, Hugh Mehan, Roland Tharp); and "Learning from Households: Tapping into Funds of Knowledge" (Norma Gonzalez); Interactive Reading Instruction; Instructional Conversations (Jane Echevarria); Teaching Academic Language in Content Areas (Nancy Rhodes and others); The Social Organization of Teaching and Learning (Roland Tharp); Organizing Classrooms for Diversity (Stephanie Dalton and Noni Mendoza Reis); and Language Assessment of Bilingual Children (Barry McLaughlin). (VWL)