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Key Federal Anti-discrimination Laws Impacting Public Education

Regional Equity Assistance Centers

Culturally Responsive Practices for Student Success: A Regional Sampler

Major demographic shifts in classrooms today have led to increasing numbers of culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse students in our schools. While recent reports indicate that some progress is being made in closing the gaps, significant inequities continue to exist.

Science and Mathematics for All Students

Equity practices lie at the core of good teaching and therefore will benefit all students, not only those traditionally filtered out of the science and mathematics pipeline.

Safe Schools Guidebooks

Education Northwest's Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning has recently updated and revised five guidebooks for key components of creating safe, positive schools.

Equity Policy and Research Resources

A list of web sites that contain research and information on issues related to equity, standards, and improving education for diverse learners.

School Law and Students' Rights Resources

A set of links to sites that contain materials on students' legal rights and civil legal issues which arise in public school settings.

General Equity Resources

The Midwest Equity Assistance Center at Kansas State University maintains an annotated multicultural, multimedia resource center and houses thousands of books, videocassettes, audiocassettes, CD-ROMs, laserdiscs, filmstrips, phonograph records, and games related to equity issues.

Look@Equity September 2006 Issue

Equity Assistance Center e-Newsletter Look@Equity September 2006 Issue

Look@Equity March 2007 Issue

Equity Assistance Center e-Newsletter Look@Equity March 2007

Look@Equity October 2008 Issue

Equity Assistance Center e-Newsletter Look@Equity October 2008

Partnerships by Design

Partnerships by Design is a practical, realistic tool, focused on working with families and the community, that provides easy-to-read information and an efficient planning process.

Improving Education for Immigrant Students: A Guide for K-12 Educators in the Northwest and Alaska

Understanding and respecting the diversity that has brought the United States to world prominence will help ensure that all students develop the skills necessary to meet the challenges of a changing, multiethnic nation.

Preventing and Countering School-Based Harassment: A Resource Guide for K-12 Educators, Revised Edition

This new revised edition is the result of two conferences on racial harassment and numerous training of trainers administrator workshops conducted by the Equity Center.

Closing the Equity Gap in Technology Access and Use: A Practical Guide for K-12 Educators

This guide provides valuable information for identifying ways to improve equity in technology for district planners, classroom teachers, curriculum planners or reviewers, community members, and parents.

The Fourth R: Responsibility - Ensuring Educational Excellence Through Equity and Effective School Practices (1997)

This resource emphasizes the importance of the extended learning community in creating and sustaining a respectful, challenging, multicultural, and safe school environment that promotes the success of every student.