This article is a follow-up to the last editor's perspective article about supporting new alternative certification teachers as they teach students from underrepresented groups in mathematics (Evans, 2013). The focus for this article narrows the scope to emphasize support needed for female mathematics students. Alternative certification teachers…

The research investigated the extent to which social studies methods instructors had knowledge of and used "New Social Studies." Results show that methods instructors had little knowledge of the "New Social Studies" materials and rarely used these materials in their teaching. (Author/RM)