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How to Create a Classroom with Equity and Respect for Diversity

The Wexford Excellence Through Equity Principles for Instructional Design
http://equity.4teachers.org/index.
To create an environment in which all students thrive and achieve excellence in their learning and caring for each other, Wexford has identified seven principles for instructional design. Listed are descriptions of each principle.
Click on the title of each principle to view a PDF document containing that principle's explanation and background information.

Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/  -  This special edition of Rethinking Schools takes a hard look at how communities, schools, teacher unions, social justice groups and other key players are working to improve teacher quality, where they agree and where they differ, and where we go from here.

Money, Schools and Justice
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/cgi
State-by-state battle for funding equity gets mixed results By Stan Karp ITEM: In Oregon, budget crises.

Equal Opportunity and the Federal Role in Education  - Rethinking Schools Online
Equity education index--very helpful link.

Tackling Tracking
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive - Tackling Tracking Tackling Tracking Summer 2005

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Technology Resources

Equity Index
Url  http://equity.4teachers.org/index.php
Description  The Equity Index is a searchable database designed to locate resources and tools to help you meet the needs of a diverse classroom.

K-5 Cyber Trail: Multicultural Curriculum Resources
http://www.wmht.org/trail/explor02.htm

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Organizations

http://equity.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=SevenPrinciples&PHPSESSID=2ab7c87d3fec01129bde0cc645d54389

The National Association for Multicultural Education
http://www.nameorg.org/
NAME is committed to an anti-discrimination policy in all of its programs and services. NAME is consciously and proactively inclusive of all areas of diversity including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, socioeconomic status, marital status, language, disability, or immigration status.

NCEA - National Coalition of Education Activists
http://www.nceaonline.org/
A network of teacher, parent, and community activists who organize around social justice issues in schools and communities.

Teaching for Change
http://www.teachingforchange.org/   -  provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into socially equitable centers of learning where students become architects of a better future.

Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/  -  This Web site offers a great deal of information about the CDF and its positions on critical issues affecting children, especially minorities and the disabled. Also includes position papers and background materials on many topics, and a host of links to other resources on the Web.

Education Week
http://www.edweek.org 
Excellent Index of articles by clicking in search box equity and diversity in schooling.

California State Senate Legislation
http://www.sen.ca.gov/

California Legislative Information
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

Los Angeles County Office of Education
http://www.lacoe.edu

Los Angeles Times: articles/info on education & schools
http://www.latimes.com/news/education

National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
http://www.ncate.org/

New Horizons Online Journal Focus on educational change in many diverse areas.
http://www.newhorizons.org/

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CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
http://www.catesol.org

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/

Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/home.html

Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
http://www.weber.edu/mbe/htmls/mbe.html

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme

Espanole!
http://members.yourlink.net/kappa/espanole/principal.html: Online resource for students and teachers of Spanish.

Estrellita.com: Accelerated Beginning Spanish Reading
http://www.estrellita.com: This site includes bilingual, Latino, and K-3 resource links.

Hispavista
http://www.hispavista.com: Presented in Spanish, this site is dedicated to providing services to the Hispanic community. It includes information about art, science, technology, education, society, culture, and tourism.

Language Links compiled by LMU Students
http://www.lmu.edu/education/langlinks.htm

More Than Bows and Arrows
http://www.nativechild.com/

Multicultural Graffiti
http://www.aiesec.org/webs/mg/

Multicultural Pavilion
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.edu/go/multicultural

National Association for Bilingual Education
http://www.nabe.org/

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE)
OnLine Library of Publications on Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/library/edpro.htm

National Multicultural Institute
http://www.nmci.org/

TESOL OnLine: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
http://www.tesol.edu/

TodoLatino! "Everything Latino"
http://www.todolatino.com/

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Equity in Assessment

Critical Issue: Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm
A position statement from ncrel that asserts If American students are to be held responsible for achieving high educational standards, it is ethically imperative that educators develop assessment strategies that ensure equity in assessing and interpreting student performance. In order to protect students from unfair and damaging interpretations and to provide parents and communities with an accurate overall picture of student achievement, educators need to be aware of the promise and the challenges inherent in using alternative assessment practices for high-stakes decisions (such as student retention, promotion, graduation, and assignment to particular instructional groups), which have profound consequences for the students affected.

Assessment, Assessment Rubrics and Evaluation Guidelines
http://digitalequity.edreform.net/resource/607
A collection of assessment tips and tools to help in developing, adapting, and adopting assessments that detail what teachers expect students to learn and evaluate what they have mastered for any given lesson.

Measuring What Counts
http://fermat.nap.edu/html/measuring_what_counts/summary.html
National Academies Press provided this executive summary about the importance of equity in assessment.

 

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