Delighted to have contributed a chapter and be included among esteemed colleagues in Shelley Wepner and Dee Gomez co-edited and much needed book. Challenges Facing Suburban Schools Promising Responses to Changing Student Populations. Many of us might not realize the rapid demographic changes that are occurring in our nation’s suburbs and the complex productive challenges that educators who work in them are experiencing. In this edited book, each chapter addresses the cultural and linguistic changes that are occurring.