Affirmative Action on Decline
A year ago, on June 23, 2003, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of affirmative action in two cases that challenged the University of Michigan’s admissions policies.
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BBC News: Asia-Pacific
This is BBC News web page for Asia-Pacific News. The page updates the Asia-Pacific News every day. It is a great resource for looking for News from Asia-Pacific countries online.
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BBC News: Middle-East
This page is a great resource for looking for News from Middle-East countries online. The page provides not only news but also top stories. The page updates the Middle-East News every day. It also has news on video and audio.
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Britons Embrace Multi-culturalism
Nine out of 10 people agree that being British does not mean being white, according to a new survey. The study, byt the Mori Social Research Institute shows that more than hald of Britons ( 59%) believe the UK has good race relations.
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Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
This is a great site to look for multicultural news. There are four sections on the site of the news: NEWS Headlines provides access to full-text articles written about education, society and language in daily newspapers, periodicals and electronic media from around the world.
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CLMER K-12 and Higher Education Global Learning Network Projects
Global learning network projects help children to make real connections in the world. The basic principle of global learning networks is to connect classrooms in different parts of the world to work on common projects, often community-connected projects. In the projects presented to you here, this principle is taken further ú participants explore ways in which these partnerships can promote dynamic and relevant investigation, and be integrated into the curriculum within a framework of collaborative and critical inquiry.
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Computer Education Culture Discourages Girls, Survey Says
WASHINGTON(CNN) - the methods used to teach computer programming classes are turning off girls at both the high school and college level, a new report says.
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Cross-Culture News
It is a great web site to search international News. The page provides the latest News from the world.
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DiversityWeb
This site is designed to serve campus practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of the academy's educational and societal mission.
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Education Technology Training
There is widespread agreement among parents and educators that technology must be an integral part of the educational experience in order for today's students to fully succeed in the 21st century.
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Elementary/Middle School Chemistry Kit Evaluation
The Chemical Education Foundation (CEF) is looking for elementary and middle school teachers who would be willing to reevaluate the "You Be the Chemist" kits for elementary and middle schools.
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Evil Eye Contact, Angry Hermaphrodites
The School of Education at the University of Oregon is in a full-blown "multicultural crisis" because a speaker at a career guidance workshop suggested that people interviewing for jobs make direct eye contact and use firm handshakes when meeting with prospective employers, reports the Daily Emerald
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ExplorNet Empowers Mississippi Students Through Technology Education
When Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove said he wanted an Internet-accessible computer in every public elementary and secondary classroom in the state by the end of 2002, some wondered how he could achieve that goal.
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Hispanic Scholarships
You are a high-achieving Hispanic student who wants to go to college. But, your family tells you there is no money. Scholarship funds are out there for you. But who knows how to find out about these opportunities?
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Hispanics now outnumber blacks as largest US minority group
by Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press, 01/21/03
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Investment in School in School Education Technology Potentially at Risk
In the last 10 years, the United States has invested over $40 billion placing computers in schools and connecting classrooms to the Internet. The report cautions that this massive investment in educational technology, or edtech, may be at risk.
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K-12 leaders hail Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Public school leaders, long challenged to provide diversity without discrimination, say the Supreme Court has given them what they wanted: direction and relief.
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Long Beach Collaborative for English Language Learner Success (LBCELLS)
A federally-funded Title III project that provides high-quality, technology-enhanced performance-based certification courses for in-service teachers, with coaching and mentoring support, to improve teaching practices and learning outcomes for English Language Learners (ELLs) in Long Beach Unified School District and other area districts.
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Mesa schools' bilingual help line
Mariela Rogel, an immigrant from Hermosillo, Mexico, once dreaded picking up the phone to call her son's school. But the recent launching of Ayuda (Help) Line has been an answer to her prayers, by providing parents help in the language they speak.
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Mississippi State Creates New IT Model With Enterprise Identity Management System
To address this issue and others, Mississippi State University (MSU) is creating a digital campus with an enterprise identity management system that will meet the changing and varying needs of our constituents.
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Multicultural Marketing News
This is a Multicultural Snapshot web page. The web site has many interesting statistical number on different ethic groups. For example, when it comes to those who say they will drive shorter distances for vacations due to higher gas prices Asians (24%) have the highest percentage of agreement, while 21% of Anglos, 23% of African Americans and 19% of Hispanics plan to do the same.
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NASA, Local Agency Support Minority Students' College Dreams
Four California minority students are on their way to achieving their dreams of attending college, thanks to collaboration between NASA and the Foundation for a College Education (FCE).
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NCM
NCM is a nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism. Founded in 1996 by Pacific News Service, NCM promotes ethnic media by strengthening the editorial and economic viability of this increasingly influential segment of America's communications industry.
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News from a Multicultural Perspective
This site provides useful and up to date multicultural news everyday. Resources include notes, comments, links, announcements, and other information from Rob Schmidt, the Publisher of Blue Corn Comics.
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President's Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for Hispanic Americans Releases Final Report
The report, "From Risk to Opportunity: Fulfilling the Educational Needs of Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century," is the result of an extensive, 18-month review and represents the most comprehensive plan to date aimed at closing the educational achievement gap for Hispanic Americans -- now the nation's largest minority group.
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Red Hat Academy Makes a Splash at FETC
Red Hat announced that it is now offering schools enrollment in the Red Hat Academy, a global educational curriculum that supports teachers and students in applied learning of IT skills on Red Hat Linux and open source technology.
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Rural Willamette Valley Professional Development Project
This project is a collaborative effort between California State University Long Beach's Center for Language Minority Education and Research (CLMER) and the Willamette Education Service District (WESD), which serves rural school districts in Oregon. The design focuses on two areas: (1) expanding the numbers of teachers with ESOL endorsements through the Curriculum and Language Acquisition and Development certificate program; and (2) expanding the numbers of paraprofessionals meeting the associate degree required by Title 1(A) of the
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School plan seeks 2nd language for all
A new plan making the rounds in California's education and political circles calls on ALL children to become bilingual. The proposal, part of the new California Master Plan for Education, would require every child to take extensive instruction in a foreign language.
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So what exactly is multiculturalism?
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality has called for multiculturalism to be scrapped. But does anybody actually agree what multiculturalism means - and is it a good or bad thing? BBC News Online asked a range of thinkers for a short definition.
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Teaching Tolerance
A national education project dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect and understanding in the classroom and beyond.
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The Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century
This website is devoted to disseminating current news regarding civil rights and providing information regarding opportunities for action to effect social change.
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The Invisible Minority
Last month, Tony Bruno of Fox Sports Radio aired recordings of an interview with Shaquille O'Neal, center for the L.A. Lakers, to its nationwide audience. Asked his opinion on Yao Ming, the rookie center for the Houston Rockets, O'Neal derisively taunted in mock-Chinese, "Tell Yao Ming, `ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'" Far from condemning this inappropriate remark, Bruno found O'Neal's comment amusing, inviting listeners to call in with jokes on this topic.
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The Legacy of Lydia Villa-Komaroff: Hispanic Scientist, Educator and Leader Abandoning the Hispanic Stereotype
Lydia Villa-Komaroff earned her PhD in cell biology from MIT; she has made astounding discoveries in developmental biology, genetics, cloning and other related fields. Her success should inspire other Hispanics to have a different perspective about education.
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The National Black Family Technology Awareness Campaign, Baltimore, MD, July 7, 2004
The campaign is sponsored by the IBM Corporation and founded by Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG), will celebrate the fifth annual Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW), February 13-19, 2005.
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The Testing Trap
Under "No Child Left Behind," the federal government mandates a single test-based accountability system for all states -- a system currently operating in fewer than half the states.
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