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| Alternatives to Ability Grouping: Still Unanswered Questions | ||
| An ERIC Digest overview of the challenges and successes of detracking. ( http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-3/ability.htm ) | ||
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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://www.marquette.edu/cuap/ ) | ||
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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/ ) | ||
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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 resources. Their largest initiative, Resolving Conflict Creatively, is housed on this site. ( http://www.esrnational.org/ ) | ||
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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/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html ) | ||
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| Gender, Diversities, and Technology 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://www2.edc.org/GDI/ ) | ||
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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 activities, and multimedia presentations of life in schools. ( http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/ ) | ||
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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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| 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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| 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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| Southeastern Equity Center | ||
| The Center assists school systems to implement programs and policies that reduce racial isolation and enhance equity and excellence for all students. ( http://www.southeastequity.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/detail/news.cfm?news_id=127 ) | ||
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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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| 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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