A Future in the Balance, a report prepared by the American Association of University Professors. This section includes links to other ERIC system resources on the Internet, as well as links to conferences and workshops, and other urban education resources. News From The Urban Education Front , sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Urban Education Advisory Board, provides press releases on school reform for schools serving low-income and minority children. It contains a series of documents on diversity and leadership, including a casebook and an overview of issues and ideas, as well as several papers on the role of technology and networking in urban schools. Educators A number of Internet resource sites provide information specifically for educators serving bilingual and language minority students.
Gopher contains materials related to linguistic and cultural diversity.
It includes a number of NCBE publications, selected journal articles, a list of Frequently Asked Questions, and the archives of NCBE's electronic discussion groups. At the same site, LMRI also sponsors the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning Gopher , which includes related materials, such as a Bulletin Board of announcements and press releases, and research reports on linguistic and cultural diversity. Typically, these WWW resources include local information on student and teacher projects, information on the history and neighborhoods of the schools, student publications, directories of faculty and administrators, and links to a wide range of other Internet resources. Baptiste Pointe Du Sable High School, Chicago, IL The School District of Philadelphia, PA San Francisco, CA Unified School District Schools and districts interested in developing their own Internet resources should look at Web66. A project supported by the University of Minnesota's College of Education, Web66 is devoted to helping K-12 educators establish their own links to the Internet and the World Wide Web, by assisting them in etting up their own servers, and by training them in finding and using WWW resources.