Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2000-01

Schools for a New Majority: The Role of Teacher Education in Hard Times

“…In 2001, there were 47.2 million students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States, a 14.6 percent increase since 1991, with much of this increase due directly to growing immigration (Young, 2002).…”

CHAPTER 2: Preparing Urban Educators for the Twenty-First Century

“…teachers are white, middle-class women who do not reside in urban centers. In striking contrast, 37% of the students are children of color who exist in poverty (Children's Defense Fund, 2001;Young, 2002;National Center for Education Statistics, 2005). Hence, cultural incongruence may impact the instructional programs of many urban schools.…”

Evaluation of Teacher Attributes as Predictors of Success in Urban Schools

“…Currently, there are significant differences between teachers and students in the United States in race, gender, socioeconomic status, and native language. The majority of kindergarten through Grade 12 teachers are White, middle-class women from rural and suburban areas (National Education Association, 1997) whereas 37% of their students are children of color, many of them living in poverty in urban centers (Children's Defense Fund, 2001;Young, 2002). In addition, less than 15% of teachers consider themselves fluent in another language (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1990), yet in 2000 there were more than four million limited-English-proficient students enrolled in kindergarten through Grade 12, and the number is increasing due to increased immigration (Jamieson, Curry, & Martinez, 1999;Kindler, 2002).…”