This collection of papers describes exemplary programs in teacher education that attempt to address issues of diversity and the achievement gap between different groups of students. After "Introduction: Teacher Preparation for Diverse Settings," (Dennis M. McInerney and Shawn Van Etten), the 10 papers are: (1) "Can Teacher Education Close the Achievement Gap?" (Martin Haberman); (2) "Practice Matters: Reflections on the Importance of Teacher Educators' Practice" (Jennifer A. Whitcomb); (3) "Standards in American Indian/Alaskan Native Education: Preparing Native and Non-Native Teachers for Variable Contexts" (Denis Viri); (4) "Partnership and Partnership Change in Teacher Education" (Elwyn Thomas); (5) "Hopi Teachers for Hopi Schools: Collaborating to Seed Educational Change" (Carolyne J. White, Diane Nuvayouma, and Harvey Paymella); (6) "Making Teaching Cultures Visible: The Value of Comparative Research" (Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt); (7) "Training Jewish and Arab School Counselors in Israel: Exploring a Professional Identity in a Conflicted Society" (Hanoch Flum and Avi Kaplan); (8) "Shaping a Glad Tomorrow: Mandatory Indigenous Studies Teacher Education Courses as an International Educational Priority!" (Rhonda G. Craven); (9) "Self-Regulated Learning and the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Norwegian Teacher Education" (Ivar Braten, Helge I. Stromso, and Bodil S. Olaussen); and (10) "Teacher Development through Communities of Learning" (Richard Walker). (Papers contain references.) (SM)