... and accessible to all students" (Gorski). By first requiring teachers to take a class on multicultural education so that they understand its goals, and then putting the curriculum into their hands that they need to work towards these goals with their students, teachers will be able to provide a multicultural education to their students, while at the same time teaching the reading ... 's opinion was forever changed when a teacher compared her students to the rotten blueberries he discards. "We can never send back our blueberries. We take them big, small, rich, poor, gifted, exceptional, a...

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... testing affected curriculum. A synthesis of 49 studies found a strong relationship between high-stakes testing and changes in curriculum. At the elementary level time spent on physical education, the arts, and hands on science have been almost eliminated. Compare the amount of recess time allotted in Asian countries to recess time in America. It is five to one according to Diane Ravitch ... society in which it exists. "Teaching to the test" altered the way in which teachers teach resulting in lower standards. According to the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, the pre...

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