Our schools are filled with a variety of children who are different in their own ways. What comes to mind when you hear the word diversity in schools? Many people think about race or culture, but diversity in our schools is much more than that. Diversity can include race, religion, culture, and even learning styles in the classroom. In the past, classrooms were not so diverse made up of white Protestant students. Currently, diversity in classrooms is greatly increasing. Today's classrooms are more effective than in years past in terms of diversity, learning styles, and influences. Learning styles are one of the ways schools have changed in the last couple of years when it comes to diversity. The variety of student learning styles has become more conscious to educators. There are three main learning styles; visual learning, kinesthetic learning and auditory learning. Visual learners represent approximately half of students who use textbooks, charts, course outlines, and graphs as useful teaching aids (Sadker, p. 47). Kinesthetic learning is also known as tactile learning. These students learn through hands-on learning. Planning the movement of students in the classroom will help these students. Our last learning style is the least of the three called auditory learning. These students learn best by listening; they can remember details of conversations and lessons, and many have strong language skills (Sadker, p. 47). By providing a moment for these students to recite the lesson, this form of learning can be supported. Being an effective teacher for all diversity of learning styles means being able to be flexible and incorporate a variety of teaching techniques. Is gender a learning style? Gender is absolutely a learning style and teachers… at the heart of the paper… have created a more effective education system. It is expected that diversity in the classroom will continue to change and thus change the way teachers educate their students. Works Cited Gorski, P. (2010). Multicultural education reform. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from EdChange: http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/curriculum.htmlRadovancev, E. (2005, December). MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from ewu.edu: http://web.ewu.edu/groups/library/MulticulturalDiversity05.pdfRowe, K. (n.d.). Diversity in the classroom: Understanding difference in a global society. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from AZBN Department of Education: http://www.azbn.gov/documents/news/diversity%20in%20the%20classroom.pdfSadker. Custom book for Ashford: SOC 312 Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing, 38503.