“…One challenge in preparing preservice teacher-candidates for urban teaching careers is to foster interest in urban teaching and support the evolution of such interest into a long-term commitment to such work. Often, preservice teachers indicate an initial preference toward teaching children from a background similar to their own (Groulx, 2001) and in a school setting similar to the one that they experienced (Aragon, Culpepper, McKee, & Perkins, 2014; Chisholm, 1994; Easter, Shultz, Neyhart, & Reck, 1999; Shultz, Neyhart, & Reck, 1996).…”