Also Try Multicultural Guide or Toolkit Multicultural Training Lesson Plans Multiculturalism - Definitions and Rationale (Teacher Education) Provides definitions and explanations of key terms. From South Australia. 11-99 Multiculturalism and the Law (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute) Provides 15 lessons related to equity, the law, and the role of culture. Lists Education and Women (WWWomen) Provides resources related to women and gender equity issues. Equity Center (NWREL) Equity Resources Social Inequality (Benschop) Provides sources of information on inequality by social class, income, and other criteria. 11-99 Social Inequality (Trinity University - Kearl) Provides essays and data on social and economic inequality in the United States. 11-99 News Best Companies for Supporting Diversity According to Fortune (Fortune.com) Provides a list of Fortune's top 50 American businesses for supporting minorities. to work for. "These companies are committed to a multicultural work force -- from the mailroom to the boardroom. And they're doing what it takes to help minorities make the jump between the two." 2-02 College Diversity Policy Upheld (USA Today - Biskupic) "A University of Michigan policy that boosts the odds for Hispanics, blacks and other minority applicants to its law school is constitutional, a bitterly divided federal appeals court ruled Tuesday." 5-02 Papers Editorial on White Privilege (Jensen) Explores the issue of "white privilege," unearned advantages because the person has light colored skin and European features. 8-01 Educate America - A Call for Equity in School Reform Equity Issues and Strategies (NCREL) Pathways to School Improvement information and suggestions for improving equity in 18 topic areas, such as At-Risk and Leadership. "Contributors to Pathways come from America's leading educational research centers and universities." 7-99 Equity and Assessment (NCREL) Provides articles with suggestions to improve equity in assessments. 7-99 Gender Roles Fixed Early (applesforhealth) Gender differences between boys and girls emerge in the "artistic" scribbling of children as young as preschool age. 08-27-99. Girls and Women - Title 9 Equity Legislation (National Association of Girls and Women in Sports) Describes the legislation and its benefits for girls and women. 8-01 Girls and Women in Sports - Participation Statistics (National Association of Girls and Women in Sports) Provides statistics about participation in sports by girls, boys, and women. NAGWS "champions equal funding, quality, and respect for girls' and women's sports programs." 8-01 Lookism (ABC News - Stossel) "We should add the bias of 'lookism' to sexism and racism. It's just as bad but we don't need a federal program." 8-02 Mentoring - Why Mentoring Works for MInorities in Businesses (Fortune.com) Describes how mentoring has been a very successful strategy for retaining minority executives in businesses. 2-02 Racism - Confronting Racism and Promoting Respect (Rethinking Schools - McKenna) Provides a teacher's perspective on what happens when a union takes on racism as an important issue. 10-99 School Standards and Multiculturalism (Rethinking Schools - Bigelow) Provides an argument against the content, and the apparent purpose of the content, in Oregon's new standards in Social Studies. 10-99 UN Criticizes USA for Racial Discrimination (United Nations Committee to End Racial Discrimination) Provides a summary of UN findings against the United States.

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