Twenty-first International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Abstract

This paper is based on literature on multicultural education and resources for teaching for equity and social justice. Its aim is to enable teachers to teach effectively in ways that all students in (our) classrooms regardless of cultural backgrounds or religious affiliations could thrive. In the past, the matter of immigration and second language acquisition were simple and yet complicated; everyone was an immigrant to the United States. More than 250 years later a language has proven itself dominant in a new world, English; and tradition can no longer solve our educational issues.