Miami University

African American Holocaust

(http://www.maafa.org/)
Milford F. Plaines created this important but chilling
Web production using photographs, narrative text, and
other media to expose the atrocities African Americans
have faced in the United States. The presentation is
overtly blunt and will lead to deep processing and
dialogue.

Center for Multicultural Education

(http://depts.washington.edu/centerme/home.htm)
University of Washington faculty developed the Center
to coordinate activities and programs related to
multicultural education scholarship. The site includes information
about model programs and downloadable
publications.

Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE)

(http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/)
Through research, publication, and education,
CREDE works to assist linguistic and cultural minority
students to achieve academically to their highest potentials.
The site includes a wonderful array of tools and resources
for researchers, teachers, and students studying
instruction and policy in education.

The Civil Rights Project

(http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/)
This Harvard-based project aims to reinitiate the civil
rights movement through the distribution of information
and resources about contemporary civil rights issues.
Download a series of important studies and reports related
to education and other social justice issues.

Cybrary of the Holocaust

(http://remember.org/)
This online multimedia library of resources on the
Holocaust includes photographs, a teacher’s guide, poetry,
and myriad other diverse learning experiences for
both teachers and students.

Disability Social History Project

(http://www.disabilityhistory.org/)
This site represents a movement by people with disabilities
to reclaim their history and to highlight the contributions
of people with disabilities in the history of the
world. Resources include a timeline and an index of related
sites.

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education (EMME)

(http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/)
EMME is a purely electronic magazine that publishes
curricular tools and ideas, reviews of multicultural media,
and scholarly essays on multicultural education.
Each issue focuses on a particular theme, the most recent
being “Urban Education and Reform.”

Facing the Consequences: An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools

(http://www.arc.org/erase/FTC1intro.html)
Outlines how public schools consistently fail to provide
quality education to students of color, contributing
to the achievement gap.

Feminist Majority Foundation Online

(http://www.feminist.org/)
The Feminist Majority Foundation hosts a collection
of research materials, including data and analyses of
sexism-related issues. The site also includes regularly
updated news stories and information about student
activism.

Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)

(http://www.glsen.org/)
GLSEN is a national organization consisting of educators,
students, parents, and others working together to
address heterosexism and homophobia in schools. Visitors
can access a variety of important studies and reports
including the annual National Climate Survey. There are
also resources for classroom teachers and students.

History Matters

(http://historymatters.gmu.edu/)
A collaborative project between the City University
of New York and George Mason University, this site is
composed of a large collection of progressive, active
teaching and learning resources for high school and undergraduate
college students. Read articles, download
monthly quizzes, search for classroom activities, and dialogue
with other educators on topics of historical
importance.

Inclusive Teaching

(http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/inclusive/)
The University of Washington hosts this site with
strategies and hints for providing student-centered, inclusive
teaching and learning. The focus is on higher education,
but much of the content is transferable to other
contexts.

Kids Philosophy Slam

(http://www.philosophyslam.org/)
Based in Minnesota, this online program gives students
a voice by hosting and posting “slam” events. Students
“sound off” on contemporary philosophical and
social issues such as the war in Iraq.

Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC)

(http://www.maec.org/)
MAEC houses a compendium of equity resources for
principals, teachers, counselors, and parents. The site is
very well organized and contains frameworks, links to
statistical information, and many other tools.

National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)

(http://www.nameorg.org/)
NAME is the largest organization in the world specifically
dedicated to the ideals and principles of multicultural
education. The site contains information on
NAME’s national conference, quarterly journal, and national
listserv on multicultural issues in education. A
highlight of the site is a collection of position statements
on topics including high-stakes testing, Title IX, teacher
testing, and the digital divide.

New Horizons for Learning: Multicultural Education

(http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/
multicultural/front_multicultural.htm)
The multicultural education area represents just one
of several sets of resources housed within the New Horizons
Web site. It is primarily a collection of articles and
short papers on multicultural education and related topics.
Authors include James Banks, Mary Stone Hanley,
and Gary Howard.

No Child Left

(http://nochildleft.com/)
FNO (From Now On) Press publishes this site that
takes a critical, equity-based stand against No Child Left
Behind and high-stakes testing.

Racism: No Way

(http://www.racismnoway.com.au/)
This Australia-based site, also known as International
Approaches to Anti-racism Education, includes
classroom activities, a library of readings, and other resources
on education equity. The activities range in intensity
and age appropriateness and are very well
explained.

Radical Pedagogy

(http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/)
An interdisciplinary journal, Radical Pedagogy advocates
and informs about innovative approaches for teaching
and learning that center students and critical
thinking.

Resource Center of the Americas

(http://www.americas.org/)
Based in Minneapolis, MN, the Resource Center promotes
human rights and social justice through organizing
and educating. Although the Center’s primary focus
is Latin America, the resources to be found, including
news releases on a variety of subjects, inform any
well-rounded understanding of sociopolitics. The Center
also runs an online bookstore with an incredible selection
of progressive sources for adults and children.

Rethinking Schools Online

(http://www.rethinkingschools.org/)
The online version of this journal, published by Rethinking
Schools, a nonprofit publisher run by activist
teachers, contains highlights from the print version and
other progressive education reform resources.

Students Against Testing

(http://www.nomoretests.com/)
This student-run Web site includes powerful downloadable
flyers, mock standardized tests that illustrate
the problems with the testing movement, and fact sheets.
This is an excellent and important resource for teacher
educators and classroom teachers who want examples of
student-led social action.

A Synthesis of Scholarship on Multicultural Education

(http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/
educatrs/leadrshp/le0gay.htm)
Geneva Gay summarizes much of the scholarship and
research on multicultural education including various
models and conceptions.

University of Virginia Electronic Text Center

(http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/)
This site houses over 45,000 full electronic texts,
along with over 50,000 related images from the University
of Virginia library system. Collections are plentiful
and diverse in language, topic, era, and medium. Browse
by language, subject, or era. Current holdings categories
include “African American,” “Native American,” “American
Civil War,” “Women Writers,” and “The English
Poetry Database.”

Vandergrift’s Children’s Literature Page

(http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/
ChildrenLit/index.html)
Kay Vandergrift of Rutgers University has compiled
an extensive set of resources on children’s literature with
special attention to multicultural concerns. Sections include
“Gender and Culture in Picture Books,” “Powerful
Multicultural Images,” and “Thought Capsules,” a collection
of short writings about culture and children’s literature
from a variety of sources.

Multicultural Pavilion

(http://www.edchange.org/multicultural)
Multicultural Pavilion provides resources for teachers,
educators, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural
education; facilitates opportunities for educators
to work toward self-awareness and development; and
serves as a forum for educators to interact and collaborate
toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural
education. The site offers a plethora of theoretical
and practical resources including awareness
activities, dialogue forums, collections of original essays
and research, an intercultural poetry exchange, and a
host of collaborative opportunities for teachers and
students.

Multicultural Education Supersite

(http://www.mhhe.com/multicultural)
Hosted by McGraw-Hill’s Higher Education Division,
the Multicultural Education Supersite bridges
multicultural education theory and practice by offering a
variety of resources including original articles,
intercultural classroom activities, an exploration of
multicultural curriculum transformation, and book reviews.
The site is specifically designed for preservice
teachers, inservice teachers, and teacher educators.