What do we know about education and diversity, and how do we know it? This two-part question guided the work of the Multicultural Education Consensus Panel, which included the eight scholars named above. The panel's work was sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington and the Common Destiny Alliance at the…

Multicultural philosophies, issues, content, materials, and techniques must be infused throughout the entire teacher-education program. This paper discusses sociocultural developments that substantiate the need for multicultural education in teacher education, essential components of multicultural education that must be included, and how and where…

Promotes the improvement of school success for ethnically diverse students via culturally responsive teachers and the preparation of preservice teachers with necessary knowledge, attitudes, and skills to do this, highlighting: development of a cultural diversity knowledge base; design of culturally relevant curricula; demonstration of cultural…