The purpose of this article is to explore the issue of the English Language Learner as it is presented in teacher education textbooks developed for pre-service teachers. Rather than identify "typical" teacher education texts, the authors elect to review a selection of the most influential and widely used texts. Monument Information Resource (MIR) (http://www.mirdata.com/) maintains a database of top selling titles for specific college courses from market share information provided by college bookstores across the United States. MIR lists the top selling textbooks for different subject areas in alphabetical order rather than in sales order, therefore the textbooks randomly chosen for review in this study are among the top 25 best sellers in their respective academic disciplines. Five textbooks are chosen to review from each of the following areas: (1) introduction to education/foundations of education; and (2) teaching methods in the content areas of: (a) language arts; (b) mathematics; (c) science; and (d) social science.