Race relations in America have been ongoing since its inception. The concept of marginalizing people is the same; there was a shift from Native Americans to African-Americans to Hispanics and other English Language Learners. In the case of Lau v. Nichols, 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to apply Civil Rights to students with limited English-proficiency who choose to migrate to America (Shokraii & Youssef,1998). There is a problem in teacher awareness or use of strategies that can be used to positively impact student learning. It negatively impacts some teachers’ ability to provide a quality education to students of all ethnic groups who enter their classes. Despite courses and professional development that detail strategies teachers
