ABSTRACT
The theoretical framework of Jim Cummins, in one of his memorable early masterworks Empowering Minority Students: A Framework for Intervention. Cummins stated: the kind of education that minority students experience is very much a consequence of the ways in which teachers have defined their own roles both within the school and in relation to minority communities. John Ogbu's cultural-ecological theory was reproduced in the outcome of this particular case study. His theory considered the broad societal and school factors as well as the dynamics within diverse communities. Structural barriers and school factors greatly affect students' performance. However, students are self-directed and autonomous human beings who are able to assess and respond to situations. More studies are needed to expose how some exceptional schools in the US are reasserting national core values and building cultural-based, and dual-language curriculum to respond to a new US highly diverse society in the twenty-first century.
