Underserved Minorities in Schools

So the other day I went to a meeting for future teachers and we had a guest speaker. The speaker was discussing how one of the ways America has failed its students is through inclusion. All grades from early childhood through college are struggling to create an environment that is optimal for the learning of all students. We constantly gear education towards a certain group and fail to accomadate those who may come from a different background or home than most of the class. Anyways it was an interesting speech and I learned a lot for my future classroom. But I wanted to know what you all thought about this? Do you feel that schools and teachers do a good job to accomadate the various needs in there classroom such as various minorities or students that do not come from teh status quo? What do you think should be done?

Shooting in Texas

It is terrible to think about what happened in Texas. I am still wondering what could drive a man to shoot his comrads. But some of you may be wondering how does this tradedy fit into our class. Im not really sure it does, but a comment I heard on the news made me think about it in the context of our class. The reporter said "if only his last name had been smith". The shooters last name tied him to the Middle East, a group that has become commonly discriminated against in our culture since September 11. While I can not truly understand what the reporter meant by this, or the circumstances surrounding the tragedy it still made me think. Maybe the reporter has a point, what if his last name had been Smith?