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In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book the dreamkeepers, gloria ladsonbillings revisits the eight. Gloria ladsonbillings spent two years observing highly effective teachers in an underprivileged. The book is an ethnographic study of eight teachers who were respected in the community for being successful teachers of african american children. Meet the author about the book the need for a diverse teaching staff gloria ladsonbillings begins the book by posing this question, do african american students need separate schools.
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