Early childhood classrooms are far from homogeneous. Today, 43 percent of children in the United States under age five are of a race or ethnicity other than White. While the demographic characteristics of young children have become more diverse, their teachers have not. The vast majority of teachers (68 percent) are White as is 80 percent of higher education faculty in early childhood programs. A study published in the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education and named the "Distinguished Article of 2005" examines how early childhood personnel preparation programs are preparing professionals to develop a much-needed cultural competency. The study, "Diversity competencies within early childhood teacher preparation: Innovative practices and future directions" examined the literature on innovative models focusing on cultural and ability diversity. The authors, Chih Ing Lim and Harriet Able-Boone from FPG Child Development Institute, identified promising practices that could be adapted by other teacher educators in the field. This report presents a summary of their findings. [This FPG Snapshot was produced by the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.]