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Chapter 6: Life in Schools

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The NW Equity Center

http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse
The Equity Center site supports public school personnel to embrace the key concepts of equity and eliminate bias and discrimination - whether overt or subtle, unconscious or intentional, personal or institutional - in the context of their day-to-day activities. Many avenues for fulfilling this goal are available online.

Southeastern Equity Center

http://www.southeastequity.org/race_equity.html
The Center assists school systems to implement programs and policies that reduce racial isolation and enhance equity and excellence for all students.

National Assessment Governing Board

http://www.nagb.org
NAEP assess samples of students in grades 4, 8, 12 in various academic subjects and reports (via a report card) the progress of students in America's schools.

Accountability & Assessment

http://www.asbj.com/achievement/aa
The site focuses on the issue of assessment in the public school system and is managed by the National School Boards Association. Articles represent local to global issues in testing and related practices.

FairTest: Introduction

http://fairtest.org/index.htm
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.

A Guide to Web Sites About Violence in Schools

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/schoolviolence/webguide.html
The New York Times Learning Center online posts and updates the guide via their education network which includes both student and teacher connections.

Living in a World with Violence

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/todayschild/worldwithviolence.htm
This Scholastic site offers resources for teaching children how to live in a world with violence.

Are Our Schools Safe?

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/schools/
Are Our Schools Safe?, CNN's special report, examines the issues involved and provides background information in the school shootings in Colorado and others that have killed at least 14 and wounded over 40 since the beginning of the 1997-1998 school year.

School Safety

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/Safety/
The White House Conference On School Safety focuses on causes and prevention of youth violence. The facilitators and participant guides for the conference are available.

Educators for Social Responsibility

http://www.esrnational.org/
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 and resources. Their largest initiative, Resolving Conflict Creatively, is housed on this site.

Teaching Tolerance

http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html
Teaching Tolerance is a Southern Poverty Law Center site with suggestions for curriculum resources, classroom activities, and grant information.

Community Violence Prevention Kit

http://www.pta.org/events/violprev/index.htm
Community Violence Prevention Kit is a PTA site offering resources and advice to communities organizing violence prevention programs.

Keep Schools Safe

http://www.keepschoolssafe.org/
Provides up-to-date information on successful programs and ideas in order to help communities work toward safer schools and devise the most appropriate response to reducing youth violence. Includes an assessment instrument.

Youth Crime Watch

http://www.ycwa.org/
Youth Crime Watch is a nonprofit organization that assists youth in actively reducing crime and drug use in their schools and communities.

Family Education Network: School Safety

http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,3-2142,00.html
This site features articles, warning sign to watch for in potentially violent kids, and school safety tips and resources.

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn.html
This site addresses what to look for and what to do to prevent violence, when to intervene and get help for troubled children, and how to respond when violent situations occur. The site was developed by the Departments of Justice & Education, in cooperation with the National Association of School Psychologists.

NASP Crisis Response Resources

http://www.naspweb.org/center/safe_schools/colorado.htm
This site, provided by the National Association of School Psychologists, shares crisis response and violence prevention resources for parents, educators and communities.

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