(NAME-MCE) Here's a Public Agenda study that asks "Are New Teachers Ready for Diverse Classrooms?"

[Bill Howe]

http://www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/lessons_learned_3.pdf

Here's a Public Agenda study that asks "Are New Teachers Ready for
Diverse Classrooms?"

Public Agenda's "Education Insights" newsletter offered these
observations about the report.  The study found that 76 percent of new
teachers said that teaching in an ethnically diverse student body was
covered by in their teacher preparation training, but only 39 percent
said that the training helped them in actual practice.

One of the surprising findings noted was that new teachers in
affluent/suburban communities often felt less prepared and were more
anxious about teaching diverse groups than their counterparts at "high
needs" schools.