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As Dr. Ladson-Billings explored the idea of teachers understanding who their students are, she described several factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, disabilities and economic needs that shouldn’t be overlooked. In one example, Dr. Billings explained that most schools tend to undervalue the skills second language learners bring to the classroom.

“This is the only society I know where knowing more is treated like knowing less,” Dr. Ladson-Billings said. “If your school offers Spanish as a world language course and you have Spanish speakers, why wouldn’t you tap them to help students learning the language pronounce things correctly?”

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