The students in my co-taught tenth-grade classroom are an ethnically, linguistically, and racially diverse group of learners. Our school is a large, urban, Title I high school in Arizona -- often a politically contentious environment in which to teach and learn. Oddly enough, our school functions almost as an island in that larger political hotbed.
At our school, extraordinarily privileged, predominately white students sit next to extraordinarily economically disadvantaged, ethnically and linguistically diverse students. An extraordinarily bright student who reads far above grade level sits next to a student who reads at a third-grade level. Often, students are flagged with ELL, Learning Disability, Emotional Disability, Title-1 Math, and Title-1 Reading designations simultaneously. Other students letter in three varsity sports on state-championship teams, take all AP classes, and spend semesters abroad.
Our diversity challenges us to learn and grow in exciting, positive ways.
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The students in my co-taught tenth-grade classroom are an ethnically, linguistically, and racially diverse group of learners. Our school is a large, urban, Title I high school in Arizona -- often a politically contentious environment in which to teach and learn. Oddly enough, our school functions almost as an island in that larger political hotbed.
At our school, extraordinarily privileged, predominately white students sit next to extraordinarily economically disadvantaged, ethnically and linguistically diverse students. An extraordinarily bright student who reads far above grade level sits next to a student who reads at a third-grade level. Often, students are flagged with ELL, Learning Disability, Emotional Disability, Title-1 Math, and Title-1 Reading designations simultaneously. Other students letter in three varsity sports on state-championship teams, take all AP classes, and spend semesters abroad.
Our diversity challenges us to learn and grow in exciting, positive ways.
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