Racial Bias in the Classroom

Darlene Leiding is K-12 principal at Oh Day Aki (Heart of the Earth Charter School) in Minneapolis, MN, working with inner-city American Indian students. She is an expert in the realm of charter schools and alternative education.

• Chapter 1 Immigration: Shattered DreamsChapter 2 A History of Multicultural AmericaChapter 3 Multicultural Education: Curriculum, Issues, and PerspectivesChapter 4 Language Diversity and EducationChapter 5 American Indian Students: The Invisible MinorityChapter 6 African American Students: A Castelike MinorityChapter 7 Hispanic/Latino American Students: An Ethnolinguistic GroupChapter 8 Asian American Students: The Model MinorityChapter 9 Hmong/Southeast Asian Students: Spirits of TomorrowChapter 10 Arab Students: Surviving the StormChapter 11 Somali and 21st-Century African Students: Drums of the FutureChapter 12 Strategies Aimed Toward Culturally Diverse Students

With each generation, we seek anew to adapt to the changing face of American education. Darlene Leiding burrows into the core of a problem and shows us the kernels of success. Her observations are crisp, insightful and highly relevant. They ring with the truth that comes from living her craft.