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In recent years, there has been a demographic shift of those seeking careers in teaching. As more of the teaching force is filled with middle class White women, vacancies for positions in diverse urban schools increase. There is a diminishing resource pool of teachers entering the profession with a desire to teach in an urban setting, further exasperating the receivement gap for diverse students in urban settings.
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Williams, K., Carter, N. (2015). Preparing Preservice Teachers for Diverse Urban Classrooms1 . In: Li, Y., Hammer, J. (eds) Teaching at Work. Advances in Teaching and Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-082-6_7
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