Culturally competent professionals

A. understand the importance of forming partnerships that span cultural and linguistic diversity.

B. discriminate and have unfair social practices.

C. have standards, behaviors, and value systems that work effectively with a few cultures.

D. work to improve relationships between children by teaching them to value and appreciate only similarities in people and cultures.

A. understand the importance of forming partnerships that span cultural and linguistic diversity.

Explanation:

In this context, span means 'to extend from side to side; connect, or link".

Culturally competent professionals will be willing to work on creating partnerships to connect people from different cultural environments.

B is wrong because culturally competent professionals have zero tolerance for discrimination or unfair social practices.

C is wrong because "a few cultures" sounds too vague and insignificant.

D is wrong because it is wrong to teach children 'to value and appreciate only similarities in people and cultures.'