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| Educators for Social Responsibility | ||
| Educators for Social Responsibility is designed to help young people develop the skills and convictions needed to shape a safe, sustainable, and just world, and includes curriculum and resources. Their largest initiative, Resolving Conflict Creatively, is housed on this site. ( http://www.esrnational.org/ ) | ||
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| How to Win A High School Election | ||
| Discover campaign tips, what it takes to be an effective leader, how to make school elections more than popularity contests, and more. ( http://www.schoolelection.com/LINKS.html#politics ) | ||
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| Middle Web | ||
| A virtual library of recent articles about the middle grades, standards-based reform, and lesson plans across the curriculum. ( http://www.middleweb.com/ ) | ||
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| National Center for Educational Statistics Classroom | ||
| An interactive site for students and teachers filled with current educational data, games and activates, and multimedia presentations of life in schools. ( http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/ ) | ||
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| National Middle Schools Association | ||
| A national education association dedicated exclusively to the academic, social, and emotional growth of middle level education. ( http://www.nmsa.org/ ) | ||
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| Teaching Tolerance | ||
| Teaching Tolerance is a Southern Poverty Law Center site with suggestions for curriculum resources, classroom activities, and grant information. ( http://www.splcenter.org/center/tt/teach.jsp ) | ||
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| The Tracking and Ability Grouping Debate by Tom Loveless | ||
| This article provides an historical overview of tracking, reviews national student achievement data, and presents the pros and cons of tracking. ( http://www.edexcellence.net/library/track.html#anchor207239 ) | ||
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| Youth Crime Watch | ||
| Youth Crime Watch is a nonprofit organization that assists youth in actively reducing crime and drug use in their schools and communities. ( http://www.ycwa.org/ ) | ||
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| Children's Defense Fund | ||
| The website of the Children's Defense Fund includes data about the status of children in America. It also includes information on CDF's programs and activist work. ( http://www.childrensdefense.org/ ) | ||
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| Children in Urban America | ||
| Details how children experienced city life during the last century. The site features hundreds of documents and images drawn from newspapers, government, records, and oral histories from children living in urban America. ( http://xserver1.its.mu.edu/intro.bsp ) | ||
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| Eating Disorders | ||
| A site filled with statistics and strategies to help teachers understand the needs of students with eating disorders. ( http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=337 ) | ||
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| Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network | ||
| The website of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network provides resources and updates for ending bias against gays in schools and society. ( http://www.glsen.org/templates/index.html ) | ||
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| Gender & Diversities Institute | ||
| The Institute's research and programs use the lens of gender and its intersections with race, ethnicity, economic status, disability, and sexual orientation to deepen our understanding of critical social problems and to create effective solutions. ( http://www.edc.org/GDI/ ) | ||
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| GenderWatchers | ||
| A site filled with filled lesson plans and materials, interesting articles ,and teachier training manuals all devoted to promoting gender equity in schools. ( http://www.genderwatchers.org/EducationalMaterials.htm ) | ||
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| National Coalition for the Homeless | ||
| The website for the National Coalition for the Homeless has information bulletins on homelessness in America. ( http://www.nationalhomeless.org/ ) | ||
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| The National Historic Site | ||
| The National Historic site commemorating the Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka provides information on this landmark court case. ( http://www.nps.gov/brvb/ ) | ||
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| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | ||
| The website for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) shows statistics, research, and literature sources for adults and students. ( http://www.nida.nih.gov/ ) | ||
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| Washington Research Institute (WRI) | ||
| WRI conducts research, development, and training in education and the human services focusing on the needs of children and families as well as gender equity. The site even offers an infant behavioral assessment and intervention program. ( http://www.wri-edu.org/ ) | ||
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| White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack | ||
| A "classic" article by Peggy McIntosh describing taken-for-granted entitlements granted white individuals. ( http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Unpacking.html ) | ||
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| Women And Mathematics Network | ||
| The committee for participation of women in mathematics maintains this network as an outreach effort. ( http://www.mystery.com/WAM/ ) | ||
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