Title: Dream Not of Other Worlds
First published: April 1, 2007
Description: Recounts the author's first job teaching fourth-graders in a segregated black school in rural Virginia during the early 1970s. As the students' first white teacher, Diehl shares how the children connected with her and describes their courage and resiliency in the face of poverty and bigotry.
Subjects: First year teachers, Segregation in education, Case studies, Education, African Americans, African americans, education, African americans, virginia