NCEA 2006
Atlanta, Georgia

Website Resources

Diversity 

Diversity Database:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diveristy
This web site offers access to multicultural & diversity resources.  This site accommodates the varied levels of knowledge that may exist among its potential users regarding multicultural & diversity issues.  The mission of this site is to find ways to create a more responsive & respectful dialogue among family & schools.

The Educational Alliance:
http://www.brown.edu/Research/TheEducationalAlliance/
This web site is geared toward creating a supportive learning community for educators, policymakers, researchers, & business & community agencies.  It promotes such matters as advocacy at local & national levels, leadership training for districts & their employees, the design of curriculum responsive to languages & cultures, & networking among learning communities within local districts & at the national level.

 ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban & Minority Education:
http://www.tc.columbia,edu/academic/iume/iume.htm
The Institute for Urban & Minority Education (IUME) conducts research to better understand the experiences of diverse urban & minority group populations in the various institutions & situations that influence their educational development. IUME provides the knowledge necessary for establishing government policies & designing educational programs to support the educational advancement of ethnically & linguistically diverse groups.

 National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (CBE):
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/
This web site collects, analyzes, & disseminates information relating to the effective education of linguistically, & culturally diverse learners in the U.S.  Working in conjunction with other services, NCBE offers access to high-quality information to help states to assist all students work towards high academic standards.  This web site deals with such topics as the education of linguistically & culturally diverse (LCD) students in the U.S.  There is a strong focus on understanding how to implement & facilitate the relationship between practices & research as they relate to the education of LCD students.
 

Schools

Cultural Diversity & Early Educational – What children bring to school:
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/earlyed/chapter3.html
This website identifies the impact of student culture, social organization, & home language on children’s learning styles.

The Social Context of Education:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs
This website draws attention to ways in which schools can meet the academic, social, & emotional needs of a demographically diverse student body.

 
Historical Approaches

The Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE):
http://www.cal.org/crede
This is a research-based web site that offers information that identifies & develops effective educational experiences for diverse learners.

Multicultural education: Strategies for linguistically diverse schools & classrooms:
http://www.nceb,gwu.edu/ncbepubs/pigs/pigs16.html
This site addresses the practical side of multicultural education by discussing sample lessons as well as curriculum, and also provides additional resources.  The overall goal is to provide insight into how to create a classroom that is responsive to the diversity of the student body.

 
Socialization of Children

Council of The Great City Schools:
http://www.cgcs.org
This web site discusses the urban education by way of linking home & school to improve & impact school reform & initiatives with the overall goal of increasing community outreach.

 
Communication and Development of Language

Language Minority Research Institute:
http://www.lmrinet.gse.ucsb.edu/
This site provides information & links to other web pages that address the needs of limited-English-proficient students.

 
Culture & Cognition

National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity & Second Language Learning (NCRCDSLL):
http://www.cal.org/cal/html
This web site offers the most current information related to effective teaching & learning & alternative assessments for language minority students.

National Clearinghouse of Bilingual Education (NCBE):
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu
Founded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Education & Minority Language Affairs (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA), & operated by the George Washington University Graduate School of Education & Human Development, Center for the Study of Language & Education, in Washington, DC, this web site brings together research & practice in an organized & accessible manner.  It is a clearinghouse of information specific to research, classroom instruction, student assessment, teacher training, program development, & grant applications.  The NCBE web site also offers an online library that also contains over three hundred full-length articles, reports, guides, & other documents son topics related to school reform, student diversity, language, parental & family involvement, & instruction.  Supplementing this information are resources that are available from teachers & administrators, such as lesson plans & discussions regarding practices.  The web site serves as a link to other web sites that would also be helpful in your search.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections (IECC)
http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc
For students in K-12 & college

 
Characteristics of Effective Schools

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans:
www.ed.gov/offices/OIIA/Hispanic
This is a primary web site for accessing information about the most current pertinent issues confronting Hispanic Americans in the U. S.  Moreover, this site offers a general statistical profile of patterns of Hispanic American students’ achievement from primary through postsecondary levels of education.

 
Quality Education for Minorities Network
The QEM Network is a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC dedicated to improving the education of African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Mexican Americans, & Puerto Ricans.

 
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence
The Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence assists the nation’s population of diverse students, including those at risk of educational failure, to achieve academic excellence.  The purpose of CREDE;s research is to identify & develop effective educational practices for linguistic & cultural minority students, such as those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, ^ geographic location.

NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World
NativeWeb offers a vast range of resources for indigenous cultures around the world.  Site visitors can conduct searches for education topics.

National Association for Bilingual Education
Promoting education excellence & equity through bilingual education, The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.

Educational Tools

Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
Getting to know the way they learn
www.applest.com
www.cantmakeme.com

Roger Taylor
Curriculum Design for Excellence
www.rogertaylor.com