There is abundant literature on
the best practices for teaching students of diversified
populations. There is overwhelming evidence on what
works and what does not work in the public schools.
The positive and overwhelming evidence is readily
available to the practicing teacher-both experienced
and inexperienced. A review of the exemplary practices
is depressing and causes great grief to the student
of pedagogy because of these great truths:
First: The abundance
of the research is qualitative and is therefore
discernable of a very tiny population of all teachers;
Second: No matter
what the best practices offered are, the present
crop of teachers are not really interested in improving
their practice;
Third: The educational
leadership in the schools is not open to different
types of exemplary practices; and
Fourth: There is
an urgent need to immediately improve the educational
system for all children, diversified and otherwise,
rural, suburban, urban, wealthy and impoverished
school systems, all across America and all across
the world.
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