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A Culturally
Diverse Country
The United States is composed of a mixture
of various cultures. The public-school
education system best represents the What are students trying to
country’s cultural makeup. The diversity of communicate to teachers and
the United States is one of most attributed educators?
assets, however it is also raises the
controversy of the education of children
who are culturally and/or linguistically
diverse.
General education teachers who are of the
dominant culture or are not familiar with
its cultural practices are more likely to
refer students who are slightly different for
special education services or identify them
What are some of the in a stereotypical box.
contributing factors that may
be leading the to the It is important that all educators and
school professionals think freely and not
educational decisions that are be so quick to identify students as having a
made for your children based significant learning or behavioral problem.
on their background?
