Diversity & Representation

• Bilingual Special Education Resources

  Illinois and national resources in bilingual special education.

• Center for Minority Research in Special Education

  COMRISE is designed to enhance the capacity of researchers in special education from historically Black colleges and universities and other minority institutions of higher education (IHEs) to build and pursue research agendas focused on minority issues in special education.

• Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence

  Research to identify and develop effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, such as those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location.

• Comprehensive School Reform Models Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners

  Summary and analysis of ten school reform models that address the needs of English Language Learners.

• Disproportionate Discipline of African American Learners

  The Disproportionate Discipline of African American Learners: Reducing School Suspensions and Expulsions. Search by title or topic.

• Minority Issues in Special Education

  Various papers and summaries from the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

• National Association for Bilingual Education

  Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.

• National Association for Multicultural Education

• National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning

• National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education

  Information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.

• NECTAS Diversity Resources

  Early childhood-focused resource page on diversity.

• Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs

  Helps school districts meet their responsibility to provide equal education opportunity to limited English proficient children.

• Office of Migrant Education

  Works to improve teaching and learning for migratory children.

• Success in Educating All Students: What Do Some Schools Do Differently?

  Web-based pathway by the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education that lays out the characteristics of schools that successfully serve linguistically and culturally diverse students.

• The New Alliance

  Serving historically underrepresented groups for special education and related services.

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