The Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES), is a nonprofit organization that assists schools, school districts, and community groups in the work of creating or redesigning schools to elevate overall achievement. The BayCES mission is to dramatically improve educational outcomes and life options for students and families who have been historically underserved by their schools and districts.
* To provide a communication and information system for sharing concerns, issues, and viewpoints in teacher education as they pertain to AILACTE institutions.
* To raise the general level of awareness regarding needs of member institutions of this organization and of those who do not fall within its membership.
Analysis of relationships between education and culture and their consequences for educational quality and educational processes
CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty. From 1996-2001, CREDE funded 31 research projects around the country. Researchers in these projects gathered data and tested curriculum models in wide-ranging setting
The Civic Scholarship Initiative supports programs that join together the south Puget Sound region and the University of Puget Sound’s faculty and students in projects of mutual concern. The initiative provides real-world laboratories for faculty and students to pursue their research and teaching objectives while partnering with regional organizations to solve problems, develop policy...
This study will investigate the development of seven student learning outcomes associated with undergraduate liberal arts education. The selected outcomes include: integration of learning; inclination to inquire and lifelong learning; effective reasoning and problem solving; moral character; intercultural effectiveness; leadership; and well-being
list of authors and publications on Black European Studies
"NCORE is designed to provide a significant forum for discussion, critical dialogue, and exchange of information as institutions search for effective strategies to enhance access, social development, education, positive communication, and cross-cultural understanding in culturally diverse settings."
-How colleges are creating diverse learning environments and are actively preparing students to live and work in an increasingly complex and diverse democracy;
This website has four briefs on the topic of cultural competency with Latinos in education. The goal is to improve educators' and citizens' knowledge of Latin American culture both for the sake of Latino/a students and for all American's global cultural competency.