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Article: Increasing the supply of Latino bilingual teachers for the Chicago public schools.(Report)
- Article from:
- Teacher Education Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
- Author:
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I did not believe I would be the "great Latino savior." I would be me. I decided to teach in the public school system where I felt the students would need someone like me. As it turned out, I ended up where I belonged, in the Mexican community, helping nurture young minds and giving comfort and confidence to those that need it. In a way, I am ... a "savior," but to myself, not the students. (Retana, 1997)
The prevailing situation in which students of color represent over one-third of school enrollments, yet teachers of color represent merely one-tenth of the nation's teacher force (Clewell & Villegas, 2001b; Ladson-Billings, 2005), is an important yet rarely ...