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There are many school factors that affect the success of culturally diverse students - the school's atmosphere and overall attitudes toward diversity, involvement of the community, and culturally responsive curriculum, to name a few. Of all of these factors, the personal and academic relationships between teachers and their students may be the most influential.

There are many school factors that affect the success of culturally diverse students - the school's atmosphere and overall attitudes toward diversity, involvement of the community, and culturally responsive curriculum, to name a few. Of all of these factors, the personal and academic relationships between teachers and their students may be the most influential.

Article about music education and cultural diversity

ISSUE: The diversity of students in today's classrooms underscores the importance of developing curricula, teaching strategies, and policies to help all students succeed in school. Efforts to welcome, understand, and affirm all students--and to treat their cultural and linguistic backgrounds as equally valid and important--should be reflected in every facet of the school environment.

In 1991, as part of a sabbatical leave project and in response to increasing enrollments of Hispanic students at Morton College (MC), a survey was conducted to determine the extent of cultural interference in the learning process, both in the student and in the instructor.

discusses how to address diversity not only as a teacher, but as a culturally different person

Appreciating and Valuing Diversity Diversity in the classroom defined What can teachers do to encourage, value, and promote diversity? Having a diverse group of students simply means recognizing that all the people are unique in their own way. Their differences could consist of their reading level, athletic ability, cultural background, personality, religious beliefs, and the list goes on.

The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) is the only international organization of wind band conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music. It is the only organization completely dedicated to enhancing the quality of the wind band throughout the world and exposing its members to new worlds of repertoire, musical culture, people and places.

Educators know they have to be creative about getting supplies to their classrooms. Donor's Choose is a nonprofit website dedicated to helping classroom teachers get materials for their classroom projects. Arts Every Day encourages educators to fill out a Donor's Choose online profile to request materials to supplement your students' arts education and cultural experiences.