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Also Try Multicultural Guide or Toolkit Multicultural Training Lesson Plans Multiculturalism - Definitions and Rationale (Teacher Education) Provides definitions and explanations of key terms. From South Australia. 11-99 Multiculturalism and the Law (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute) Provides 15 lessons related to equity, the law, and the role of culture. Lists Equity Center (NWREL) Equity Resources Social Inequality (Benschop) Provides sources of information on inequality by social class, income, and other criteria. 11-99 Social Inequality (Trinity University - Kearl) Provides essays and data on social and economic inequality in the United States. 11-99 Papers DNA and Race (DNAPrint.com) Provides DNA information on the "race" of a person. 11-03 Educate America - A Call for Equity in School Reform Equity Issues and Strategies (NCREL) Pathways to School Improvement information and suggestions for improving equity in 18 topic areas, such as At-Risk and Leadership. "Contributors to Pathways come from America's leading educational research centers and universities." 7-99 Equity and Assessment (NCREL) Provides articles with suggestions to improve equity in assessments. 7-99 Mentoring - Why Mentoring Works for MInorities in Businesses (Fortune.com) Describes how mentoring has been a very successful strategy for retaining minority executives in businesses. 2-02 Quotas - Bush and Military Disagree on Affirmative Action (CNN) "The Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now in the biggest affirmative action case in a decade. And as CBS News Correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports, President Bush and the U.S. military are weighing in on opposite sides of the issue." Quotas - U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Affirmative Action for College Students (USA Today) "About 15% of the first year Michigan law students are minorities. The Supreme Court was told that without diversity considerations, the number of minorities in a freshman class could plunge to less than .04%." Racism - Confronting Racism and Promoting Respect (Rethinking Schools - McKenna) Provides a teacher's perspective on what happens when a union takes on racism as an important issue. 10-99 Rice, Connie - Biography (PBS) "Connie Rice, co-director of The Advancement Project, is known for her success in tackling problems of inequity and exclusion. She has received more than 50 major awards for her work in expanding opportunity and advancing multi-racial democracy." "Rice is a co-founder of The Advancement Project, a public policy and legal action group that supports organizations working to end community problems and address racial, class and other barriers to opportunity." 2-04 School Standards and Multiculturalism (Rethinking Schools - Bigelow) Provides an argument against the content, and the apparent purpose of the content, in Oregon's new standards in Social Studies. 10-99 Study: Racial Wealth Gap Increased (ABC News) "The enormous wealth gap between white families and blacks and Hispanics grew larger after the most recent recession, a private analysis of government data finds."  "After accounting for inflation, net worth for white households increased 17 percent between 1996 and 2002 and rose for Hispanic homes by 14 percent to about $7,900. It decreased for blacks by 16 percent, to roughly $6,000." "Regardless of race and ethnicity, the median net worth for all U.S. households was $59,700 in 2002, a 12 percent gain from 1996." 10-04

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