| Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington |
Led by the noted Professor James A. Banks, this Center focuses on research projects and activities designed to improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students.
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| Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE), University of California, Berkeley |
The focus of this federally-funded research and development program is on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty.
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| The Civil Rights Project, UCLA |
This organization is devoted to civil rights research, including desegregation, student diversity, school discipline, special education, dropouts, and Title I programs. This site provides access to a variety of legal and research tools and publications.
Note: The Project was formerly located at Harvard.
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| ECRI's Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
The Early Childhood Research Institute's CLAS identifies, evaluates, and promotes effective and appropriate early intervention practices and preschool practices that are sensitive and respectful to children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Many family-focused materials on this site are available in a variety of languages.
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| Edvantia - Improving Learning for Minority and Disadvantaged Students |
Edvantia offers two professional development institutes for improving the achievement of culturally diverse and disadvantaged students:
Level 1 Institute: Foundations of Culturally Responsive Practice. Explore issues of culture as they affect how teachers teach and how students learn. This institute introduces a research-based school improvement process designed to close achievement gaps and improve academic achievement for all students.
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| Equity Assistance Centers |
This is a gateway to the 10 Regional Equity Assistance Centers funded under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to provide assistance to public schools in the areas of race, gender, and national origin to promote equal educational opportunities.
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| National Alliance of Black School Educators |
NABSE is dedicated to furthering academic success for the nation’s children -- particularly children of African descent. The organization has published a guide on Addressing Over-Representation of African American Students in Special Education.
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| National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), Arizona State University |
NCCRESt, based at Arizona State University and funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs, provides technical assistance and professional development focused on closing the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers, and reducing inappropriate referrals to special education.
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| National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI), Arizona State University |
NIUSI, based at Arizona State University, helps inclusive urban communities, schools, and families build their capacity for sustainable, successful, urban education by developing networks of urban districts and schools that embrace and implement a data-based, continuous improvement approach for inclusive practices.
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| National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) |
NMCI works with individuals, organizations, and communities to create a society that is strengthened and empowered by its diversity. It leads efforts to increase communication, understanding, and respect among people of diverse backgrounds and addresses important systemic issues of multiculturalism facing our society. NMCI also offers professional development services via a range of core training programs for building cultural competence, including consultation on creating diversity action plans and developing Diversity Councils, executive coaching, diversity audits, training needs assessments, and evaluations.
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| Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) |
PRRAC is a non-profit organization convened by major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups to link social science research to advocacy work in order to address problems at the intersection of race and poverty.
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| The Results for Kids: Resources Library |
The RKR library centers largely on models, curricula, practices, policy, research, and resources generated in general education and related arenas. This project is partnered with the Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC), which is part of this RRCP portal. Topics include: Schoolwide Instructional Programs Across Curricula; Reading, Literacy, and Language Arts; Mathematics; Science; Academic Enhancements and Differentiated Instruction; English Language Learners and New Immigrant Students; Classroom Assessment; Social/Emotional and Behavioral Health; School, District, Community, and State Initiatives; and Sources of Technical Assistance and Professional Development for Schools, Districts, and States.
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| Closing the Achievement Gap and Increasing Minority Student Achievement: The School Improvement Network |
The School Improvement Network increases student learning by improving teacher quality through professional development resources and services that are practical, research-based, and proven to increase student achievement. They manage entire school improvement programs, including training, evaluation, and ongoing implementation guidance; or they can supplement current efforts with video, online, and CD-ROM-based professional development. Every solution they offer features real teachers in real classrooms applying research-based practices.
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| SERRC’s Achievement Gaps, Diversity, and Disproportionality: Framing the Discussion |
SERRC, which is part of this RRCP portal, has a continuing collection of programs, initiatives, reports, guides, and data on issues and solutions concerning achievement gaps; culturally competent practices; dialects and linguistic issues; disproportions and disparities; race and schools; readiness for school; and teachers for high-need schools.
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