African-American teacher educator describes her educational experiences. Though elementary school peers and teachers were predominantly African-American, there was no focus on African-American history and diversity. Her secondary and postsecondary years in predominantly white schools showed her the need for multicultural education and helped shape…

Senator Paul Simon discusses the importance of a global, humanistic, multicultural approach to education. He presents insights to help make teachers better educators, stressing the importance of making education a priority (particularly for minorities) and enhancing the quality of teaching. (SM)

Current teacher education programs do not provide appropriate knowledge for teaching minority students. The article focuses on American Indian students as an example. It discusses the value of using students' home language and culture at school, particularly in the early years, and stresses the value of responsive teaching methods. (SM)

Although the population of K-12 students in public schools is becoming increasingly multicultural, the population of preservice teachers is increasingly monocultural. Responses to these conditions include recruiting and retaining larger numbers of preservice teachers from diverse groups and better integration of multicultural education into…