Many studies have shown that racially, culturally, and
economically diverse school settings are strongly associated with a range of short and long term benefits for all racial groups.
With residencies, states are revising and strengthening preparation to ensure they attract and retain high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds to work
in diverse school settings.
Supporting the school boards, one amicus has assured us that «both early desegregation research and recent statistical and econometric analyses... indicate that there are positive effects on minority student achievement scores arising
from diverse school settings.»
One solution that has been tried and suggested by other states before is the development of Charter schools in populations with a greater white population and allowing students from the cities to enroll and be bussed in, making a more
racially diverse school setting.
In our CACREP - accredited master's program in School Counseling, you'll gain the preparation you need to work in
diverse school settings, with hands - on training in actual K - 12 classrooms, and valuable networking opportunities via community and professional organizations.
Through the voice these school leaders learn how they are catalysts for change in
diverse school settings.
Exposure to
diverse school settings, then, is not just an encounter with the other, but also involves an encounter with the self and the traditions with which preservice teachers identify.