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All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants
http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/2007_Annual_Report_-_All_Our_Children.pdf
The centerpiece of the Foundation for Child Development's 2007 Annual Report, All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants is an essay by Alexandra Fuenmayor Starr. Ms. Starr writes about U.S. immigration policy for Slate, The New Republic, and The American Scholar. Her essay, "The Dividends of Investing Early: Why We Need to Help the Youngest Children of Immigrants," argues that young children of immigrants, over 90 percent of whom are citizens, will have a large impact on America's cultural and economic vitality. Investing in the healthy development of these children is critical to our nation's future.
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Asian American Parent Association
http://www.aapa.net/
The Asian American Parent Association (AAPA) organization is dedicated to providing a better learning environment for our elementary, middle and high school students so that they will be well equipped to becoming contributing successful citizens and future leaders. Our emphasis was initially directed towards the needs of the Asian community but the scope of our programs and our general goals step beyond ethnic boundries.
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Beyond the Golden Rule
http://www.tolerance.org/parents/index.jsp
Download this book with its age-specific sections, which feature everyday parents sharing personal stories about the challenges and rewards of raising children in today's diverse world. The sections also offer practical advice from psychologists, educators, and parenting experts to help parents integrate lessons of respect and tolerance into daily activities.
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Bi-Cultural Homes
http://www.canadianculture.com/canadianabroad/
This Canadian web site provides good information regarding bi-culture homes and the influence of several topics, including languages, food customs, religious beliefs and celebrations, dress codes, family relations, manners, and social skills.
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Bi-Culture Parenting
http://www.canadianculture.com/canadianabroad/gerry003.html
This Canadian web site addresses parenting in a two-culture home. It recognizes both the challenges and strengths of blending the cultures in a single family.
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Children & the Media - Stereotypes
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/article-stereotypes.html
TV, movies, videogames and the Internet often show people in an overly simple way, giving an inaccurate idea of what they are allowed to say and do and how important or unimportant they are. This often takes the form of stereotypes — recognizable but inaccurate views of one group of people by another. Some common stereotypes show women as weak and certain ethnic groups as lazy or scheming. Challenge your child to question what she sees and hears, so she develops an eye for sexism, racism and other prejudices in mainstream media portrayals.
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Classroom to Community and Back: Using Culturally Responsive Standards-Based Teaching to Strengthen
http://www.nwrel.org/partnerships/c2cb/c2c.pdf
This resource guide describes how educators can use the knowledge and culture students bring to school in a standards-based curriculum that supports student success. Through foundational research, the publication shows teachers and school leaders how CSRB engages all students in learning; builds relationships between the classroom and the outside world; and creates opportunities for families and community members to support student success in and out of school.
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Connect with English
http://www.iptv.org/k12catalog/list_detail.cfm?ShowID=171
Through the story of Rebecca, an aspiring singer, this English as a second language series of twenty-five (25) 30-minute programs touches on life's important issues: leaving home, parenting, education, work, love, success, andloss. All of the characters use meaningful, natural language that students can put to work immediately in their own lives. Each episode features dialogue that is slightly slowed down and subtly simplified. Key lines are repeated, idioms paraphrases, and important events retold. There are constant visual clues to meaning, such as written signs, notes, and documents. Closed captioning may be used as a teaching and literacy resource.
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Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Family Supports
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/documents/FamilySupports.pdf
Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Family Supports is a new policy brief from the National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD). The brief discusses cultural factors that may impact supports and services for families of children with special health care needs. It is meant to be used by organizations interested in developing policies that promote and sustain cultural and linguistic competence in the provision of family support services.
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Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services
http://clas.uiuc.edu/
CLAS is a federally funded collaborative effort of universities and national organizations. The CLAS Early Childhood research Institute identifies, evaluates, and promotes effective and appropriate early intervention and preschool practices that are sensitive to culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children and families.
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Diversity: School, Family, and Community Connections
http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/diversity-synthesis.pdf
This downloadable PDF file focuses specifically on three categories: race or ethnicity, culture (including language), and socioeconomic status. The report explores barriers to involvement for minotrity and low-income families, strategies that have been used to address these barriers, and recommendations that local educational leaders can adapt to address their specific needs. It is based on a review of over 64 studies.
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Education in the United States
http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/YouthEd/ENLACE/Parent_primer-English_00287_03378.pdf
Parent and family involvement are crucial to young people’s educational success, but there are often barriers such as language, culture, and others that stand in the way of families’ full engagement in education. These English- and Spanish-language materials from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation provide an overview of the United States educational system.
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Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org/
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) helps educators create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments. They also help educators work with young people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members of their communities.
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Hispanic Mother and Daughter
http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=mom_kid
The Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program helps students and parents understand the benefits of academic achievement, that a college degree is an attainable goal, and the specific steps to achieve that goal. The Program begins with an emphasis on good grades, school attendance, and appropriate behavior.
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Inclusive Education
http://www.pbs.org/parents/inclusivecommunities/
Learn about improving the overall quality of life for children with or without disabilities by promoting inclusion and respect for differences. The following resources help parents and caregivers create more inclusive communities.
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MiddleWEB: Class and Cultural Differences
http://www.middleweb.com/MWLISTCONT/MSLparentsAH.html
This is a transcript of an in-depth discussion among educators with Anne Henderson, a consultant and researcher who specializes in school/family relationships. The conversation was about class and cultural differences.
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National Urban League - Education and Youth Programs
http://www.nul.org/what-we-do/our-programs/education-and-youth
The National Urban League Education & Youth Division works to improve educational opportunity for African-American students through scholarships, academic achievement initiatives, early child care/developmental programs, mentoring opportunities and youth leadership development.
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Pacific Educational Group
http://www.pacificeducationalgroup.com/who_glenn.html
This organization, directed by Glen Singleton, offers programs, workshops, and institutes to address racism and racial issues.
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Sagwa (PBS)
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/
Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat is a new PBS animated adventure designed for 5 to 8-year-olds. Set against the backdrop of ancient China, Sagwa displays the boundless energy and fresh perspective of an 8-year-old discovering the world and learning some of life's most important lessons.
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Sagwa - Parents and Educatores
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/caregivers/index.html
Based on the childrens book, Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat, by acclaimed author Amy Tan, each episode features two 11-minute animated adventures. It also features a mini-documentary in which real children share their hobbies, music, special festivals, foods, and show off their neighborhoods. Through this combination of adventure and documentary, children ages 5 -8 explore both the culture of China long ago as well as the cultures of children around the world today.
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Suggested Book Lists for Parents of Young Children
http://www.parentsasteachers.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=ekIRLcMZJxE&b=289389&ct=321702
The book lists at this site are meant as guidelines for Parents as Teachers programs in building their book collections and for parents choosing books for their children. Books address birth to three, three to five, diversity, bilingual, Spanish, social-emotional, and familylife
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Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity. (Read more about how we define "tolerance.")
If you want to know how to transform yourself, your home, your school, your workplace or your community, Tolerance.org is a place to start — and continue — the journey.
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The ASPIRA Association
http://www.aspira.org/
The ASPIRA Association promotes the empowerment of the Puerto Rican and Latino community by developing and nurturing the leadership, intellectual, and cultural potential of its youth so that they may fully contribute their skills and dedication. The ASPIRA Parents for Educational Excellence program was developed to train parents to become more effective educational advocates for their children.
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The Hispanic Family Learning Institute (HFLI)
http://famlit.org/foundation-partnerships
The Hispanic Family Learning Institute (HFLI) is an initiative of the National Center for Family Literacy focusing on the dissemination of resources designed for supporting literacy practitioners working with Hispanic families.
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The School Readiness Gap
http://www.fcd-us.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=463801
Michael Sadowski , in the Harvard Education Letter, examines why prekindergarten, not just preschool, may be the key to narrowing disparities in achievement by race, ethnicity, and income.
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Tomasito's Mother Comes to School
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/storybook/tomasito.html
When his Spanish-speaking mother makes an unexpected visit to his classroom, second-grader Tomasito is angry and embarrassed…until he discovers that his mother and teacher actually want to get to know each other better in order to help him learn.
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Welcoming New Iowans
http://www.newiowans.com/
This site provides access to several publications that may be helpful to schools and communities as they build respect and tolerance for new immigrants and refugee newcomers. Publications include the following:
• Welcoming New Iowans: A Guide for Citizens and Communities
• Welcoming New Iowans: A Guide for Managers and Supervisors
• Welcoming New Iowans: A Guide for Christians and Churches
• Welcoming New Iowans: Companion Text for PBS’s New American Series
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