Rethinking Schools
1001 E. Keefe Avenue
Milwaukee, WI. 53212
(414) 964-9646; FAX:
(414) 964-7220
Website: http://www.rethinkingschools.org
A non-profit independent
newspaper advocating the reform of elementary and secondary public schools
with an emphasis on urban schools. Published by Milwaukee area teachers
and educators.
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Teaching for Change
Network of Educators
on the Americas
1118 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 429-0137
Website: http://wwwteachingforchange.org
NECA’s quarterly
newsletter, each issue offers a teaching guide with a theme and includes
resources, curriculum ideas, and related articles.
Teaching Tolerance
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL. 36104
Website: http://wwwteachingtolerance.org
A publication of
the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance provides classroom
strategies and curriculum ideas for teachers that focus on diversity and
tolerance. They also have a number of teaching and video resources.
Tribal College:
Journal of American Indian Higher Education
2509 Montgomery Way
Sacramento, CA. 95818
(916) 456-5234
Sponsored by a consortium
of 26 Indian-controlled community colleges, this journal focuses on
American Indian issues in higher education.
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Urban Education
Corwin Press, Inc.
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA. 91320
(805) 499-9774
FAX (805) 449-0871
A scholarly journal
that focuses on issues relevant to urban and innercity education, it
is especially geared to teacher educators and research-oriented classroom
teachers.
Multicultural Magazines
for Children and Young Adults
Biracial Child
Interrace Publications
P.O. Box 12048
Atlanta, GA 30355
(404) 355-0808
Offers a unique
variety of interracial-theme products such as books and toys.
Faces
Cobblestone Publishing
For students in
grades 4 - 9, this magazine introduces readers to various cultures around
the world. It contains photos, articles, stories, and suggested activities.
Harambee
Just Us Books
A newspaper for
young readers published six times a year. The focus is on the African
American experiences, and it contains information articles, photos, learning
activities, booklists, interviews, and the Captain African comic strip
adventure.
Kids of Color
Magazine
1960 W. Ray Road, #1A7
Chandler, AZ 85224-9009
Written entirely
by children of elementary and middle-school age, this magazine
is published bi-monthly.
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Skipping Stones:
A Multicultural Children’s Quarterly
P.O. Box 3939
Eugene, OR. 97403
(503) 342-4956
This magazine encourages
cooperation, creativity, and the celebration of cultural and linguistic
diversity. Each issue contains a guide for parents and teachers and
regular departments include book reviews, pen pals, and cultural
collages.
Teen Voices
Women Express
P.O. Bo 6009 JFK
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 350-5030
A magazine for,
by, and about teen women that includes discussions about racism, eating
disorders, entertainment, friendship, love, and other issues of concern
to young women. Included are poetry, essays, comic strips, and photography.
Internet Resources
Other Websites:
http://execpc.com/˜dboals/diversit.html
Teachers looking
for ways to incorporate more diversity into their curricula can
browse through this
extensive list of resources. The "General Sources" listing
is the most extensive,
currently offering 142 links to Internet sites concerned
with diversity issues.
This page is part of History/Social Studies Web Site for
K-12 Teachers, which
offers a range of other resources as well.
http://members.aol.com/brvgirls
The website for
an online bookseller, Brave Girls and Strong Women sells fiction
and nonfiction titles geared to readers ages 2 to 17. Also available
are bibliographies for children and adults on issues related to girls’
identity and self-esteem, interviews with authors, and tips for those
who want to write their own books.
http://www.blackpgs.com
A great resource
for Black history. Go especially to the THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY link.
http://www.cpplus.com/nameone
The website of Region
One of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
http://www.csusm.edu/campus_centers/csb/
Website of the Center
for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and
Adolescents at California
State University, San Marcos, it contains a database
of recommended books
in Spanish for children and adolescents published
worldwide.
http://www.curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural
The Multicultural
Pavilion.
http://www.diversityweb.org
A website on multicultural
education developed by McGraw-Hill. According to
Paul Gorski, the
site author and content consultant, it’s "a great collection of
classroom activities,
articles, a discussion format, and other resources." It’s
designed to target
pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/name
The official site
of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
http://www.mhhe.com/multicultural
Multicultural
Supersite, this website includes resources for teachers and
teacher educators.
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi
Another McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company website on multicultural
education.
http://www.newdeal.feri.org/asn/
"Been Here
So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives. This site
from the New Deal Network features a selection of 17 interviews of former
slaves conducted by members of the Federal Writers Project of the Works
Progress Administration (WPA). In addition to the narratives, the site
features an introductory essay, three lesson plans, and an annotated
guide to related online resources.
http://www.PublicEducation.org
Connects to the
work of local education funds and provides proven strategies for improving
the quality of America’s public schools. Resources on educational equity,
improving teacher quality, fairness in school finance, parent and family
involvement, exploring the impact of gender and race/ethnicity, etc.
http://www.state.ma.us/gcgly
