Association of Christian Schools International

 

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

 

Center for Educational Reform

 

Strong, conservative reform action center with many news items, educational facts and opinion.

Christian Schools International

 

Coalition for Community Schools

 

 

 

Communities in Schools
1-800-CIS-4KIDS, 277 S. Washington St, Suite 210, Alexandria, VA 22314, Phone (703) 519-8999, Fax (703) 519-7213, Email: cis@cisnet.org

 

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Department for Education and Skills in the UK                           

Helpful information for Teachers, Children and Families, Parents, Young People and much more.             

 

 

Education Portal of Australia                                                     

Rather complete information about schools and educational resources in Australia, exchange students, etc.

           

 

Education Index                                                                      

A guide to various Internet educational resources  according to Subject, Lifestage, etc.

 

 

Education World

 

Links for Lesson Plans, Professional Development, Administrator’s Desk, Technology Integration, School Issues, & more.    

The Ford Foundation  - City High School Recognition Program

 

National Education Association (NEA

 

National Center for Educational Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

National Educational Service 
1252 Loesch Road, 800-733-6786 or 812-336-7700, WebSite:  Bloomington, IN 47404 Email:

 

 

 

 

 

Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)

 

Plough Publishing House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Department of Education                                                  

Information, resources, Publications, Statistics, Jobs, and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Education Digest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reaching Today’s Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, $89 for libraries, four quarterly issues; $44 a year for individuals. Research based with practical applications. (www.nesonline.comnes@online.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett, Christine I. (2002, 5^th edition) Comprehensive Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice, Allyn & Bacon, 434 pp.  Provides teachers with “historical background, basic terminology and social science concepts of multicultural education…. Provides a curriculum model with six goals and numerous lessons…. Helps teachers bridge the gap between multicultural concepts and practice in areas such as classroom management, instructional strategies, and curriculum development.                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kids of Survival, featuring Tim Rollins and the Kids of Survival. Filmed in the South Bronx over five years, it has been favorably compared to Hoop Dreams. Shows how youth at risk being reclaimed by effective art and education practices.

Dean Borgman, Geoffrey C. Graham, and Atasha Codington cCYS

National School Safety Center. Set Straight on Bullies. Explains bullying and how it can be prevented to parents, educators, law enforcers, students and all concerned with this dangerous problem. 18-minute video with 50-page leader’s guide.

Motsinger, Hillery, Partners Toward Achievement: A Home-School-Community Partnership, Featuring Hillery Motsinger et al. Two 30-minute videos geared toward K-12 schools. Motivating parents, activities that enhance parent involvement, improving teacher-parent relationships and more.

VIDEOS

Washington, V. (1982). Racial differences in teacher perceptions of first and fourth grade pupils on selected characteristics. Journal of Negro Education, 51, 60-72.

Valli, L. (1995). The dilemma of race: Learning to be color blind and color conscious. Journal of Teacher Education, 46, 120-125.

(1998, December 1). Threatened over book, teacher leaves school. New York Times (East Coast late ed.), pp. B3-B4.

Smith, D. (1998, November 25). Furor over book brings pain and pride to its author. New York Times (East Coast late ed.), pp. B10-B11.

Sizer, T. (1992). Horace’s school: Redesigning the american high school. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Suggestions for reforming high schools.

Sizer, T. (1992). Horace’s compromise: The dilemma of the American high school. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. A reforming educator gives his analysis of what’s wrong and what can be fixed in today’s high schools.

(1996). Silences as weapons: Challenges of a black professor teaching white students. Theory into Practice, 35, 79-85.

Scott, M.B. (1976). The effects of teacher perceptions of personality factors on the cognitive and affective learning of black students. Journal of Negro Education, 45. This study suggests that the personality characteristics of disadvantaged, inner city students are perceived differently by black and white teachers.

Scharf, P. (ed.). (1978). Readings in moral education. Minneapolis, MN: Winston Press. Moral education ran out of vogue just when it was needed most. This books shows how a pluralistic society can still encourage sound morals in its young people.

Robinson, Joby Stafford, Robert P. Bowman, Tod Ewing, Janice Hanna and Ana Lopez-De Fede, Building Cultural Bridges, 302-page Leader’s Guide and 205-page spiral-bound student workbook used in 41 states and New York City includes readings, worksheets, activities for adolescent students (grades 7-12). 50 lessons for use for an entire semester.

Reglin, Gary, Achievement for African-American Students: Strategies for the Diverse Classroom, 119p. Classroom instruction with greater sensitivity and higher expectations with multicultural classrooms.

National PTA. National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs.

National PTA Building Successful Partnerships: A Guide for Developing Parent and Family Involvement Programs, 237p

Ladson-Billings, G. (1991). Beyond multi-cultural illiteracy. Journal of Negro Education, 60, 147-157.

Kuykendall, Crystal, From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black and Hispanic Students, 142p. Ten “Tips,” cultural background for understanding, diagnostic worksheets and strategies will motivate and engage students and teachers.

Kozol, J. (1991). Savage inequities: Children in america’s schools. New York: HarperCollins. Every parent, educator, youth workers and policy maker ought to ponder the injustice in our educational system.

Kozol, J. (1967). Death at an early age. New York: Bantam Books. This book is a scathing indictment of complacent, even racist, education that contributes to the intellectual suffocation of young urban minds.

Jones, G. & Wallace, C. (1992). Youth, family and citizenship. Buckingham, England and Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press. This book explores the transition from dependent child to independent adult in view of access to citizenship under various economic situations.

Jackson, P., Silberman, M., & Wolfson, B. (1969). Signs of personal involvement in teachers’ description of their students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 20, 22-27. This study looks at the effects of student behavior and attitudes on teachers.

Huber, Tonya, Teaching in the Diverse Classroom: Learner-Centered Activities that Work, 199p. 29 hands-on Quality Learning Experiennces.

Hoover, John and Ronald Oliver, The Bullying Prevention Handbook, 154p. A comprehensive tool for understanding, preventing, and reducing the day-to-day teasing, taunting and harassment suffered by too many students in all our schools today. Effective teaching and counseling models include intervention model, specific strategies, assessment and evaluation tools and ways to involve families.

Holloway, L. (1998, November 25). School officials support teacher on book that parents call racially insensitive. New York Times (East Coast late ed.), pp. B10-B12.

Freire Paulo (1972, 2000) Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Continuum International Publishing Group, 183 pp. This is not easy reading and the book demands contextualization back into Brazil of the 1950s and 60s. Freire came out of the  Catholic elite class to demand liberation of the poor through radical education. Such education would not accept the status quo but entered into a process with the oppressed to shape their curriculum out of their experience and for their life situation. It is education for empowerment of the powerless involving social change.  Although anti-capitalist (at that time), it is not pure Marxism. And it is critiqued not only by more conservative traditional educationalists, but by progressives like Blanca Facundo who tried to put  Friere’s ideas to work and studied other attempts elsewhere.   

Feshbach, N., & Singer, R.D. (1969). Student teacher preferences for elementary school pupils varying in personality characteristics. Journal of Educational Psychology, 60, 126-132. This study looks at the kinds of student attributes that repel or attract teachers.

(1998, December 20). Despite furor over a book, multi-culturalism flourishes in schools. New York Times (East Coast late ed.), pp. 51-53.

(1991). Coping with multi-cultural illiteracy: A teacher educators response. Social Education, 55, l86-190.

Cook, D.R. (1973). Guidance for education in revolution. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Dated and little known, this book employs a sociological approach to cultural revolution producing principles that allows for education and guidance in context of the world of youth.

Clift, V. (1969). A curriculum strategy based on the personality characteristics of the disadvantaged. Journal of Negro Education 35, 94-104.

Carroll, Susan Roverzzi and David Carroll How Smart Schools Get and Keep Community Involvement, 157p. Presents the challenges; offers practical solutions.

Ban, John Parents Assuring Student Success 141p. Developed in low-income, urban school system near Chicago, this book contains 8 easy-to-use modules for parents to use on their own or in workshops.

(1998, December 9). Author of disputed book is criticized in brooklyn. New York Times (East Coast late ed.), pp. B13-B15.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(800-733-6786)

Principal  National Association of Elementary School Principals, 1801 North Moore Street, Arlington, VA 22209

Kappan  Phi Delta Kappa, P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402

NASSP Bulletin, National Association of Secondary Principals, 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091

, P.O. Box 8623, Ann Arbor, MI 48107

Christian Educators Journal, 64 East 48th Street, Holland, MI 49423

Christian Teacher, National Association of Christian Schools, P.O. Box 28, Wheaton, IL 60187

PERIODICALS

Tom Skinner Associates
505 8th Avenue, New York City, NY 10018, (212) 563-5454, For information on how to help the poor and disadvantaged child (student).

Teachers’ Unions

Statewide Teachers’ Associations

Catskill Bruderhof, 2255 Platte Clove Road, Elka Park, NY 12427, Toll free: 1 (888) 816-5103, Telephone: (518) 589-5103, Fax: (518) 589-0114. This organization will help you find more information on educating children, and has available the email book, Endangered Children.

National Headquarters, 700 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2571(312) 787-0977

 

No Child Left Behind See “Proven Methods,” “Students,” “Parents,” “Teachers,” “Administrators.”

nes@online.com Publishers with a heart for educational problems and reform, youth-at-risk. Emphases on partnerships among parents, educators, communities. Encouragement to make schools learning communities.

National Committee for Citizens’ Education
Suite 410, Wilde Village Green, Columbia, MD 21044

National Christian School Education Association
464 Malin Road, Newton Square, PA 19073

The main federal organization that gathers and analyzes data related to education in the US and other nations.

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Washington, D.C., (202) 833-4000

National School Safety Center, National Association of Christian Schools, P.O. Box 28, Wheaton, IL 60187

                                                                      

 

 

 

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