Title: Racial bias in the classroom :
Authors: Leiding, Darlene,
Date: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education,
Physical description: xvii, 299 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: "The accelerating demographic and economic changes within our society, deepening racial divide, and elusive quest for equality and justice make multicultural education and understanding the culturally diverse student imperative in the 21st century. The gap between the rich and poor has widened, and visible signs of the racial crisis have become stark. Racial Bias in the Classroom: Can Teachers Reach All Children? includes a history of multicultural America and features discussions on the issues and perspectives of multicultural curriculum, language diversity, and proven teaching strategies invaluable for all teachers, parents, and students."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Immigration : shattered dreams -- A history of multicultural America -- Multicultural education : curriculum, issues, and perspectives -- Language diversity and education -- American Indian students : the invisible minority -- African American students : a castelike minority -- Hispanic/Latino American students : an ethnolinguistic group -- Asian American students : the model minority -- Hmong/Southeast Asian students : spirits of tomorrow -- Arab students : surviving the storms -- Somali and 21st-century African students : drums of the future -- Strategies aimed toward culturally diverse students.
Subject headings (LCSH): Case studies.; Discrimination in education--United States.; Minorities--Education--United States--Case studies.; Minorities--United States--Case studies.; Multicultural education--United States.