LibGuides: Multicultural Education: Web Resources

Web Resouces

Advancement Project
Advancement Project is a democracy and justice action group. They work with communities seeking to build a fair and just multi-racial democracy in America.
Bilingual Education - National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
NABE is the only professional organization at the national level wholly devoted to representing both English language learners and bilingual education professionals. We represent over 5,000 educators and parents and have affiliate organizations in 28 states. As our name implies, we were established to advocate for bilingual education. Now, however, we advocate for a variety of programs that provide language supports to English language learners.
Bilingual Education - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
A global education association, TESOL produces and provides a wealth of events, resources, and publications, including the journal Essential Teacher.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE)
Based at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CREDE assists the nation's population of diverse students, including those at risk of educational failure, to achieve academic excellence. The purpose of CREDE's research is to identify and develop effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, such as those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location.
National Association for Multicultural Education
Founded in 1990, NAME has become the premier national and international organization that is committed to issues of equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice in schooling.
National Council on Educating Black Children
National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC) is a premier non-profit and civil rights organization with a distinguished focus on improving educational opportunities and outcomes for African American children. By galvanizing “coalitions of the willing”, NCEBC is aggressively implementing solutions that elevate communities by empowering stakeholders who are ready to “take responsibility” for their villages.
International MultiCultural Institute (IMCI)
Founded in 1983, the International MultiCultural Institute (iMCI, formerly the National MultiCultural Institute or NMCI) is proud to be one of the first organizations to have recognized the nation’s need for new services, knowledge, and skills in the growing field of multiculturalism and diversity.

Educational Statistics

The Condition of Education The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. We are independent and non-partisan. Our mission is to provide scientific evidence on which to ground education practice and policy and to share this information in formats that are useful and accessible to educators, parents, policymakers, researchers, and the public.
Digest of Education Statistics The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
The World Bank EdStats (Education Statistics)
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only assessment that measures what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects across the nation, states, and in some urban districts. Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP has provided important information about how students are performing academically since 1969.
NAEP Report Card (U.S. Department of Education)
Higher Education Research Institute Research on college student learning, diversity on campus, retention, and long-term educational impact.
National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

Child of Our Time 2013 (SERIES)
In the year 2000, producers for the BBC began documenting the growth and development of 25 newborn children from a wide range of social, ethnic, and geographical backgrounds.

Prelinger Archives: Let Us Break Bread Together (Part I) (1954) (FULL VIDEO)
This Prelinger Archives film (part 1 of 2) promotes the "intervisitation program" that selected New York City schools began in 1952. The program was designed to integrate, on a temporary basis, black and white students in various districts. Viewers learn about the ambitious goals and ideals behind the project, which paired schools in racially homogenous neighborhoods with other equally uniform schools, thus enabling students to visit and learn from each other.
Prelinger Archives: Let Us Break Bread Together (Part II) (1954) (FULL VIDEO)

Web Sites

Association of Ethnic Studies
The Association for Ethnic Studies (AES) has a long herstory dating back to the early 1970s. Starting with a small group of scholars in the Midwest who, in 1972, saw a need for an organization which would bring together those interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the national and international dimension of ethnicity.
Critical Multicultural Pavilion
Resources and information provided for multicultural education. Includes links to web pages, printouts, curriculum and more.
DiversieyInc
DiversityInc’s mission is to bring education and clarity to the business benefits of diversity.
Understanding Prejudice
UnderstandingPrejudice.org, is a web site for students, teachers, and others interested in the causes and consequences of prejudice.