Working With Diverse Learners

Each student brings into the classroom a unique set of beliefs or circumstances; and with each indiosyncracy and nuance builds a class of diverse learners.


This site has been designed to open the doors of high poverty schools, providing a number of resources  essential to understanding and working in low-income communities by offering best practices, research, examples and models of success, and organizations and initiatives dedicated to improving student achievement in high poverty schools.
Background information about the history and culture of students is a valuable resource for teachers making instructional and classroom management decisions for the students in their class.  It is our hope that the information found on this web page will help to eliminate the stereotypes or misconceptions that teachers have about groups, while opening communication between teachers, their students, and parents.
Teachers are facing a new issue in their classrooms that may cause some great concern: how to teach the increasing number of students with limited English proficiency (LEP) and English speakers of other languages (ESOL).  With the number of these students growing nationally, it is important to evaluate the methods used to teach these students so they can be successful.  This site offers suggestions and gives tips on how to do just that.
High Poverty
Schools
Culture and Religion
English Speakers of Other Languages

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Site created by Laura Berkowitz, Ben Cawley, Evelyn Kay, Jamie Moler, Charlene Read, and Heather Troutman: Fall 2002