With the invention of the internet and social networking, cultural events and ideas are digitized, transported, and disseminated instantaneously around the world with lightning speed. These cultural events and ideas impact everyone, from the types of cars people drive, to the types of foods they eat. Today, we live in a global village (Merriman and Nicoletti, 2008), and our education system is increasingly becoming more sensitive to the differences in cultures around the world. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2010), already in the nation’s largest 60 school districts, the population is more than 75% non-white with no single ethnic group comprising more than 40% of the school population; and nationally our schools are already almost 45% non-white. Morrell & Morrell (2012) points out that early childhood education professionals not only have to account for racial and ethnic diversity, but also religious diversity, socioeconomic diversity, diversity of family and home life, and diversity in language and country of origin-to name a few…Read The Entire Article: www.allstudentscanlearn.weebly.com