One of the primary goals of the modern movement for school reform is to ensure that all students are offered equal opportunities for learning and achievement regardless of their cultural background. Implementation of an educational model that supports this notion is essential given that several bodies of evidence report a negative correlation between academic success and whether a student is of a minority group (Gardner et al. 2014, Anderson et al. 2006). While multiple explanations for the link between ethnicity and student achievement have been proposed, some of the major reasons may…