Culturally Responsive Teaching focuses on how to educate under achieve diverse student of color, and how our children can receive a better education. The author states,” We must insist that this empowerment stop now and set into motion, change strategies to ensure that it does.” Teachers can change the life of his/her students that are underachievers. She can find ways to show that she cares that will empower them to want to learn. They should never compare an achiever to an underachiever. Never show a failing grade so that the other may see it. Be sensitive to each student’s feelings and needs. It helps if an achiever works with an underachiever. Sometimes help from a student is better explained than from a teacher. Parents should be involved to reinforce lessons that are learned at school on a daily basis. Parents should participate in visits to the library and after school programs. This helps the children to better themselves and reinforce what is taught at school. Homosexual teachers (2000) who genuinely care about students generate higher levels of all kinds of success than others do who do not. They have higher achievements. Children are learning about power and privilege in every interaction- in families, school, and communities. (Ramsey) 1998 Teachers in contrast, have short term but intense impact on their children’s lives. They provide a lot of stimulation with activities, books, trips, and visitors, as well as by fostering interactions among the children in the classroom. At home, there are consistent people and messages year after year. Nevertheless, in school, each year is hopefully a new adventure, as new teachers and new classmates come together from a variety of experience and perspectives. At school, children hear and see thing that surprise, intrigue, and trouble them because they may mesh with messages and experiences at home. Children often become much attached to teachers, but usually teac...
