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Secondary sources are written in response to a primary source. Secondary sources are usually criticism, reviews, or are based on another book or journal.

• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
  The Education section on the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee provides advice to educators and what teachers can do are good, as well as lesson plans on Arab discrimination and Arab stereotypes. Every teacher should familiarize themselves with "facts about Arabs" and "facts about Islam." A short piece on how to evaluate the multicultural programs in your school nicely summarizes the work on James Banks and Sonja Nieto, leading multicultural educators.
• Anti-Defamation League
  The Anti-Defamation League is one of the most recommended sites for prejudice reduction work by equity experts. Of note see their Education page for short articles about discussing hate and violence with your children, responding to hate-motivated behaviors you might see in your children and others, and what to tell your children about prejudice (the latter in both English and Spanish.) Helpful "Tools for Teachers" section.
• Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence
  CREDE conducts research and provide information dissemination on issues of the education of linguistic minority students. One particular concern is the assessment of such students.
• Desperately Seeking Difference
  Favorable Media Coverage of Scientific Sexism.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
  The ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education reviews many programs aimed at helping urban youth - especially those students of color and low socio-economic status - and suggests some best practices in urban schools. Especially see reports on educational issues of African-American and Hispanic students.
• Fog Watch: The New Racist Onslaught
  Edward Herman, "Fog Watch: New Racist Onslaught,_ on The Bell Curve and popular reception of it.
• How Negative Expectancies and Attitudes Undermine Females'Math Confidence and Performance: A Review of the Literature by Jennifer Gutbezah
  A good survey of a number of articles on factors that affect girl's discouragement at math in High School may be found by Jennifer Gutbezahl in "How Negative Expectancies and Attitudes Undermine Females' Math Confidence and Performance: A Review of the Literature._ .
• Human Nature: Born or Made
  The article Human Nature: Born or Made, by Mine Aysen Doyran (March 2000) is an excellent survey of various writings on sociobiology and human biological, neurological, and intellectual differences.
• Institute for the Study of Academic Racism (ISAR)
  The Institute for the Study of Academic Racism is a long-standing organization of academics and researchers. Top pick articles include Garland Allen's "Science Misapplied: The Eugenics Age Revisited,_ that surveys the history of eugenics.
• Learning Disabilities Online
  Leading site recommended by experts for educators and parents on learning disabilities. One may ask questions about learning disabilities through the site and get an answer electronically from an LD expert.
• Racism Resurgent: How Media Let The Bell Curve's Pseudo-Science Define the Agenda on Race
  "Racism resurgent_ by Jim Nauekas on how media uncritically praised pseudo-scientific racism of Bell Curve. From Extra!.
• The Association for the Severely Handicapped
  TASH is an international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.? This site was recommended by Special Education experts for its Methods and Practices section. Information is available on its provocative newsletter, Connections, that consistently challenges any hesitancy about the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the classroom and in the greater society.
• The Forgotten History of Eugenics
  "The Forgotten History of Eugenics_ by Alan Stoskepf. (of Facing history and Ourselves) From Rethinking Schools.
• Tracking & Ability Grouping
  Review of Research on Tracking .