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white teachers, teacher preparation for diversity  

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  • This entry summarizes the challenges of a predominantly White teaching force in the context of the increasing racial diversity in U.S. public schools, and provides an overview of efforts to address these challenges. Racial Demographics and Their Implications in U.S. Schools Despite Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended legal racial segregation in education, schools in the United States are becoming substantially more segregated rather than less. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; White Teachers, Teacher Preparation for Diversity]

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