A long time ago, you were much more reliant upon what you got from home, what the teacher said to you, what you may have gotten from television. Today, the children can get information from everywhere more quickly. Transportation is such that people can get from one corner of a city to another fast. We're living in a different culture. Communication is heightened.
People are more mobile.
Development is occurring. Therefore, the schools directly reflect these concurring dynamics right now. When I came to Montgomery County in 1979, there were predominantly Caucasian students, black students, and a sprinkling of Hispanics and Asians. Now, looking at this school, with homes built around it, it is diverse in many ways. We're talking about being able to teach all children, given their modalities of learning, their different levels of intelligence, their experiential backgrounds.