This article describes teaching practices used by exemplary elementary teachers noted for their successes with inner-city students. 77Te authors videotaped and interviewed 2 teachers identified as "excellent" by their principal and coteachers. Both of these teachers promoted cultural pluralism and critical thinking, fostered positive relationships among students, and attempted to make the curriculum relevant to students.
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