It is unfortunate that America just has a few good teachers who actually are teaching in today’s public and private school systems. It is even sadder to know that America will continue to have just a few good teachers, as long as the “average” teachers don’t learn their disciplines very well, don’t become passionately committed to their teaching profession, don’t learn how to teach their disciplines to every kind of learner, don’t promote (along with the “best and the brightest” teachers) the teaching of multiple languages, and don’t become (along with the “best and the brightest” teachers) committed to teaching pluralism.

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