ABSTRACT
Editors’ Note: Carl Grant uses the term “case” as it is used in case study research. He takes a participant’s perspective as he presents a case of two White teachers working in classrooms in which the majority of the students are Black. Grant forces readers to consider whether students and teachers from different ethnic and racial backgrounds can teach and learn effectively in our schools. He also wants people to think about how students can become participating members of a democracy if they lack opportunities for effective teaching and learning. As students of teaching read of Grant’s two teachers, they will inevitably face provocative questions about pedagogy, teacher-student interactions, and curriculum. The kind of answers teachers offer could shape the nature of interracial, interethnic life in a larger democratic society for years to come.
