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• A Guide to Developing Paraeducator-to-Teacher Programs
  Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization formed in 1986 to raise esteem for teaching, expand the pool of prospective teachers, and improve the nation's teacher recruitment, development, and diversity policies and practices.
• Anti-Bias and Conflict Resolution Curricula: Theory and Practice
  The ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education conducted a survey to identify anti-bias projects providing services nationally to schools and organizations, and those with programs easily replicable by local educators. The result is A Directory of Anti-Bias Education Resources and Services, comprised of profiles of 52 such projects.
• David Gibson, Ed.D.
  Dr. David Gibson is the Director of Research and Development at the National Institute for Community Innovations as well as the Vermont Institutes.
• Digital Equity Tool Kit
  The Digil Equity Toolkit points educators to free, high quality resources that help address the digital divide in the classroom and community.
• Great City Teacher Project (GCT)
  The Great City Teacher (GCT) project focuses on the critical and long-standing need for elementary school teachers of learning disabled students. Under the auspices of the Council of the Great City Schools, the project is being implemented in five urban school districts working in partnership with five urban universities.
• Houston Consortium Of Urban Professional Development And Technology Centers
  A consortium of nine institutions including the University of Houston and the Houston Independent School District to produce teachers who are effective in culturally diverse urban environments.
• Implementing distance learning in urban schools.
  This digest discusses how urban schools can implement effective distance learning programs through customized development of the three elements crucial to a successful distance education program: a sound instructional design; appropriate technology applications; and support for teachers, students, and collaborative partners (Steiner, 1999).
• Literacy Cluster
  A California State University, Los Angeles Charter School of Education and Los Angeles Unified School District collaborative effort to improve teacher preparation and development in literacy .
• National Center on Public Education and Social Policy
  The National Center on Public Education and Social Policy (NCPE) at the University of Rhode Island is dedicated to the continuous improvement of educational and community settings. The web site provides information for decision-making to promote the growth and healthy development of all children.
• New Trends in language Education For Hispanic Students
  This digest summarizes the effective bilingual strategies described in Transforming Education and HDP's recommendations for bilingual education at all school levels. While the strategies are specifically oriented to the needs of Hispanic students, most can improve the education of all students with immigrant and limited English speaking backgrounds.
• On-The-Job Urban School Teacher Preparation Program
  A partnership program between the California State University, Northridge and the Los Angeles Unified School District to address the critical shortage of fully certified special education teachers and the need for alternative preparation programs to prepare on-the-job teachers. The program was designed to develop teacher competencies specific to serving urban students with special needs.
• Professional Development Schools Project
  A collaboration between Temple University and the School District of Philadelphia to improve education in the city on all levels. In the Professional Development Schools (PDS) Project, educators work collaboratively to provide the clinical settings necessary for new models of training preservice teachers and counselors, to provide life-long learning for seasoned teachers and faculty, to offer enrichment activities for students in grades K-12, and to provide avenues for involving community members in the education process.
• School-Community-University Partnerships: Effectively Integrating Community Building and Education Reform
  Paper presented to Conference on Connecting Community Building and Education Reform: Effective School, Community, University Partnerships. The autor explains why universities are an appropriate and central partner to help develop and sustain better schools and communities.
• Teachers for Chicago
  Teachers for Chicago. Promising Practices.
• The path to teacher leadership in educational technology
  Contains a synopsis of the five stages in the learning/adoption trajectory toward teacher leadership in technology. The table matches effective strategies to promote growth from one stage to the next.