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Still today, the most fundamental of questions concerning diversity and equality face America's educational system. We do not yet know how schools can best prepare young people from widely varying backgrounds with the mutual understanding and respect necessary within a diverse society, how to achieve equality of educational opportunity, or how best to make schools places that reflect the rich ethnic and cultural traditions within our multicultural nation.
A multicultural society creates vast opportunities for growth and change based upon the diversity within it but also creates the potential for prejudice, discrimination and racial conflict. Schools can play an important role in the development of positive attitudes among young people toward individuals of different ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds. From an early age, children begin learning about prejudice, intolerance, acceptance and respect. By the primary grades, they recognize that social status and positive or negative qualities can be ascribed to people based on the attributes of race and ethnicity.
In fostering schools and classrooms that value and respect our nation's diversity, it is valuable to recognize those individuals who have played central roles in fostering equality of opportunity. No one individual is more distinct in this regard that Martin Luther King, Jr. On the third Monday in January, the nation celebrates the achievements of this leader who contributed so much to achieving equality and dignity for all races and peoples in the U.S.
What's New of the Net identifies World Wide Web sites that are excellent resources for learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Most of the sites are useful resources for Black History Month, which occurs throughout the month of February.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- A Comprehensive Set of Resources (Seattle Times)Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project (Stanford University)Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch
Life Magazine's Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr."I Have a Dream"-- Martin Luther King, Jr."Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Martin Luther King, Jr."A Time to Break Silence", Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Speech on Vietnam
Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Speeches (Audio Versions)Robert Kennedy's Speech on King's DeathMartin Luther King Exhibit -- National Civil Rights Museum
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther KingTimeline of the American Civil Rights MovementNational Civil Rights MuseumThe Civil Rights Movement -- A Black History CelebrationBlack History Month Website
The African American MosaicAfrican American Contributions to Science, Technology and MedicineAfrican American Historical FiguresArchive of Articles by and about African Americans (Atlantic Monthly)Directory of African American SitesUniversal Black Pages
November 21, 1997 -- Fostering Literacy Throughout K-12 Education: Focus on Reading October 12, 1997 -- Net as a Resource for Helping Teachers in Their Classes Develop Homework Assignments September 25, 1997 -- Proposed National Tests in Reading and Mathematics August 18, 1997 -- Finding Lesson Plans on the Web July 10, 1997 -- Best Web Sites for K-12 Education April 16, 1997 -- Critical Thinking February 22, 1997 --The Internet and World Wide Web in K-12 Education December 19, 1996 --Multiple Intelligences Theory November 21, 1996 --Arts Education October 23, 1996 --Mathematics and Science Education September 18, 1996 --Principles of Motivation August 15, 1996 --Promoting Safe, Disciplined Schools July 16, 1996 --Addressing the Needs of Gifted and Talented Students. June 24, 1996 --Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) May 22, 1996 --Urban Schools and Disadvantaged Students May 1, 1996 --Educational Assessment Approaches April 17, 1996 --Diversity in The Nation's Classrooms April 3, 1996 --The 1996 National Education Summit: Education Standards March 22, 1996 --Reading and Writing Initiatives March 7, 1996 --Education, Motivation, and Life Success Feb. 21, 1996 --Technology and America's Schools Feb. 6, 1996 --Social Studies and Character Development
