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If you ever need to get hold of me, my contact information is:
gloria.koepke@mycampus.apus.edu
Good Reads on Cultural Diversity:
• Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership (2012) by Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott
• Bullying and Harassment: A Legal Guide for Educators (2004) by Kathleen Conn
• Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition (2003) by Belinda Williams
• Create Success!: Unlocking the Potential of Urban Students (2011) by Kadhir Rajagopal
• Creating the Opportunity to Learn: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap(2011) by A. Wade Boykin and Pedro Noguera
• How to Teach Now: Five Keys to Personalized Learning in the Global Classroom (2011) by William Powell and Ochan Kusuma-Powell
• Meeting Students Where They Live: Motivation in Urban Schools (2010) by Richard L. Curwin
• Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners: An Educator's Guide (2003) by Judith Lessow-Hurley
• Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School & in Life (2009) by Baruti K. Kafele
• Raising Black Students' Achievement Through Culturally Responsive Teaching (2010) by Johnnie McKinley
• Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners (2011) by David Campos, Rocio Delgado and Mary Esther Soto Huerta
• Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas (2010) by Judie Haynes and Debbie Zacarian
• Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools (2012) by William H. Parrett and Kathleen M. Budge
• Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It – November 19, 2009 by Eric Jensen (Author
Muticultural Toolkit
This toolkit contains research on the collaboration styles of various ethnic and cultural groups. The Toolkit discusses barriers to cross-cultural collaboration and provides methods for assessing and improving communication patterns and cultural competence on an organizational basis and on an individual basis.
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center that is dedicated to reducing prejudice and improving intergroup relations. The website is organized by audience including, adult activists, teachers, parents, teens, and children. There are numerous educational materials for school practitioners including a subscription to the biannual Teaching Tolerance magazine, classroom activities, educational kits at http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE)
CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty. The CREDE website contains a wide array of resources, reports, educational practitioner briefs, and professional development training to assist in the education of students from diverse backgrounds.
Cultural Competency Website
AIR sponsors the cultural competence web page. This web page provides information and helpful resources dedicated to cultural competence. Included are definitions; why cultural competence is important; related research; how cultural competence is integrated in education and how it benefits children; training announcements and web links; and online discussions.
Critical Issue: Educating Teachers for Diversity
This Critical Issue was researched and written by Carla Cooper Shaw, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. This website provides reasons for educating teachers for diveristy.
Date posted: 1997
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