The Culturally Responsive Teacher
@article{Villegas2007TheCR, title={The Culturally Responsive Teacher}, author={Ana Mar{\'i}a Villegas and Tamara Lucas}, journal={Educational Leadership}, year={2007}, volume={64}, pages={28-33} }
Belki Alvarez, a young girl one of us knows, arrived in New York from the Dominican Republic several years ago with her parents and two siblings. After a difficult start in the United States, both parents found jobs; their minimum-wage earnings were barely enough for a family of five to scrape by month to month. As the oldest child in the family, Belki soon had to assume caretaking responsibilities for her younger brother and sister. At only 8 years old, she was responsible for getting her…
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