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Outline

Abstract

Thesis statement, brief summary of the conclusion

II Introduction

1. Statistics and facts about minority students and special education students.

2. Growing cultural diversity

3. Need for ***** Diversity

4. What is appropriate means for teaching *****.

***** Review of the Literature

1. Recent J*****nal Publication

3. Magazine/Newspaper

Internet Resources

IV Results

1. *****swer to the *****sis question

Conclusion

Introduction

Diversity education is important. Making students more culturally aware can reduce conscious and sub***** racism, and offers the ***** a more historic*****lly accurate framework with which to analyze ***** world around them. It also gives minority students a sense of pride in their herit*****ge.

Over the past twenty years or so, *****re have been maj***** advances in ********** diversity, ***** multi cultural education and diversity training in the classroom. However, there are several *****as that are lacking and there is still a lot ***** work to be done. As the United St*****tes becomes more ethnically diverse, ***** diversity appreciation ***** becoming easier. Appreciation for various ethnicities and heritages is a m*****tter of course for many children growing up. The numbers, however, ***** very misleading. Racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, are still prevalent, consciously and unconsciously. In a perfect *****, the mixing ***** students from ********** cultures should be enough. This is not a perfect world, and diversity education ***** ***** a necessity to help stem the tide of the *****forementioned social ills. Children with special needs, those