Multiply marginalized learners (MMLs), students with two or more marginalized identity factors (Annamma et al., 2013), are America's most vulnerable K-12 student population. MMLs face significant challenges, including increased opportunity- and academic achievement gaps (Hanushek et al., 2019; McClellan et al., 2018). They are disproportionately…

Social justice-oriented teacher education is a way for prospective teachers to learn and practice taking critical perspectives and use reflection for their future teaching practice (McDonald & Zeichner, 2009). Despite preservice teachers' interest and effort in engaging with racially and culturally just educational work, their approaches often…

This research study explored minority teachers' experiences in their teacher preparation programs after 1 to 5 years of teaching. The researcher examined whether these preparatory programs prepared novice teachers to teach in an urban, under-resourced school. The researcher's goal was to give novice elementary teachers who identify as minority a…