CULTURAL DIVERSITY
The Equity Index
"The Equity Index is a searchable database designed to locate
resources and tools to help you meet the needs of a diverse
classroom. Use this index to find RubiStar Rubrics, TrackStar Tracks
and educational links on the Web. Find lessons or information for
persons with special needs, disabilities, and language learners.
Also find essentials on including persons of various races,
religions, and cultures into your community."
Teacher resources: equity.4teachers.org/index.php
NCBE Online Resources
"The National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE) is funded
by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education
and Minority Languages Affairs to collect, analyze, and disseminate
information relating to the effective education of linguistically
and culturally diverse learners in the U.S." Posted by George
Washington University.
Teacher resources -- NCBE's online library:
www.ncbe.gwu.edu/library/index.htm
Teacher resources --Main entrance to the site:
www.ncbe.gwu.edu/index.htm
Project Cape Town: Education and Integration in South Africa
These activities are designed for teachers and present the
challenges faced by educators attempting to create culturally
diverse and tolerant classrooms. Three South African schools that
became integrated in 1993 are the focus of this Web site.
Audio/video software is downloadable from the site. Developed by the
Curry School for Education at the University of Virginia.
teacher resources:
curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/capetown/
Race and Racial Relations
Collection of texts and links on many aspects of this topic.
Background reading for the teacher.
Teacher resources:
english-www.hss.cmu.edu/race.html
Urban/Minority Families
Publications and abstracts for teachers and parents for Asian,
Hispanic, homeless, refugee and immigrant families, at-risk
students, family involvement, conflict resolution, multicultural
education, etc.
Teacher resources:
eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/families/
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