MD Minority and Urban Institute Conference June 20th and 21st

http://www.education.umd.edu/institutesandcenters/MIMAUE/conference/

 

Reflections from sessions attended:

 

Summary of:

 

o      Other excellent resources: 

o       www.prrac.org- Poverty and Race Research Action Council

o       CORE: the Coalition for Residential Education, 1620 Eye St NW, #202, Wash., DC 20006  202 496 9189 www.residentialeducation.org

o       TABS: The Association of Boarding Schools, 4455 Connecticut Ave. NW, Wash., DC 20008  202 966 8705  www.schools.com

o       National Association of Independent Schools, 1620 L. Street. NW, #1100, Wash., DC 20036  202 973 9717  www.nais.org

o       Richard McKenzie, Rethinking Orphanges for the 21st Century (Sage Publications, 1999)

o       Richard McKenzie, The Home: A Memoir of Growing Up In An Orphanage (Basic Books, 1996)

o       Heidi Goldsmith, Residential Education: An Option for America’s Youth (Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA, 1995)

o       “Bring Back the Orphanage? Israel Has a Better Idea,” Moment Magazine, June 1995

o       NABRE-Network of Alliances Bridging Race and Ethnicity- www.jointcenter.org/nabre and Youth NABRE - www.jointcenter.org/youthnabre-interactive websites that highlight promising practices in race relations activites in communities

o       Information about Poverty- www.povertyusa.org

o       Sizing Things Up: What Parents, Teachers & Students Think About Large & Small High Schools by Jean Johnson, Ann Duffett & Steve Farkas (www.publicagenda.org )

o       The Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Welfare Use, by George Borjas (March, 2002) – www.cis.org (5605)

o       Lack of Appropriate Research Leads to Gaps in Knowledge About Children in Immigrant Families (Feb. 2002) The Forum