This study examines how standardized testing for teacher certification affects teacher supply and demand in inner-city schools. Results indicate that most of the teachers who fail the California Basic Educational Skills Test are minority teachers. Minimum cutoff scores must be set within the framework of balancing teacher quality with teacher…

A narration of teaching experiences in an inner-city school in California is the basis for a proposed democratic educational platform that suggests ways to move beyond the despair and frustration of inner-city teaching without losing sight of the painful realities. Implications for teacher education are discussed. (SLD)

How students' ethnicity perceptions affect the educational process is ethnographically studied through interviews of about 50 students attending a multiethnic high school in a California city. Ethnicity's relevance varies depending on social situations and students' interpretations of events. Denial of one's ethnic identity centers around…