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Advocates for Equity in Education
BLACK ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS - Actively supports parental choice to empower families and increase educational options for Black children. BAEO has members and local chapters nationwide working to increase quality educational options and empower families to meet their children's needs.
http://www.baeo.org
CALIFORNIA TOMORROW - A nonprofit organization that promotes cultural sensitivity. Works with schools, family-serving institutions, early childhood programs, and communities to respond positively and equitably to diverse populations. The Archives section at the web site includes papers that may be downloaded.
http://www.californiatomorrow.org/
DIVERSITY WEB, American Association of Colleges and Universities - A comprehensive compendium of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education. The site serves campus practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of the institution's educational and societal mission. Tools, papers, and links to related sites are shown. The periodical called Diversity Digest may be downloaded.
http://www.diversityweb.org/
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE, the Justice Matters Institute - Promotes quality education for students of all races and cultures and addresses issues of educational equity, culture, and institutional racism in education.
http://www.edjustice.org/
EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - Helps educators to create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments, and is a national leader in social and emotional learning, diversity education, character education, and conflict resolution programming. Curricula have been developed for early childhood, elementary middle, high school, and after-school programs. The ESR Online Store offers many publications for sale.
http://www.esrnational.org
ERASE: EXPOSE RACISM AND ADVANCE SCHOOL EXCELLENCE-A national program that challenges racism in public schools and promotes racial justice and academic excellence for all students. The program is coordinated by the Applied Research Center in Oakland, CA - a public policy, education, and research institute that emphasizes issues of race and social change. Full texts of reports may be downloaded.
http://www.arc.org/erase
HISPANIC COUNCIL FOR REFORM AND EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS - Founded in 2001, Hispanic CREO's mission of improved educational outcomes through parental choice in education calls for equitable access to all options that are available, including all forms of public, private, and home school choices. Although CREO does not believe that school choice is the only answer to the Latino educational crisis, the organization advocates for equal educational opportunity.
http://www.hcreo.org.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING - An advocacy organization working to end abuses, misuses, and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound. Special emphasis is placed on eliminating racial, class, gender and cultural barriers to equal opportunity of education. Position statements and fact sheets are available.
http://www.fairtest.org
NATIONAL RESILIENCE RESOURCE CENTER, University of Minnesota - NRRC's operating philosophy is grounded in more than 50 years of resilience research across a range of disciplines. The Resilience Research section provides links to a number of papers. Also see Native American Resources.
http://www.cce.umn.edu/nrrc/
ROOTS FOR CHANGE: EARLY CHILDHOOD EQUITY ALLIANCE - Nurtures and connects people engaged in racial and social justice education and action with and for young children, families, and communities.
http://www.rootsforchange.net/index.cfm?group_id=2
TOLERANCE.ORG - Sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center, this site promotes and supports anti-bias activism in every venue of American life. Offers guidebooks for activitists, practical resources for parents and teachers, educational games for young children, and other resources.
http://www.tolerance.org
UNITED NATIONS CYBER SCHOOL BUS -- Curricula and instructional materials on human rights, peace education, indigenous people, and other topics for teachers. The web site also includes a gallery of art by children around the world, statistical data on UN member nations, webcasts, video materials, and free subscriptions to an email newsletter. Information is available in six languages.
http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus
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