Getting Started

Here are a number of websites that are helpful to explore educational issues:  http://www.wcu.edu/4944.asp.

To locate relevant professional organizations, visit the Education Resource Organizations Resource Directory:  http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/.

Finding Articles:

ERIC is always an important resource for locating the best articles related to education:  http://www.wcu.edu/1602.asp (scroll down); or, link to ERIC from the Hunter Library webpage using the database list.

The following tips will help with ERIC:

• Use the thesaurus (linked in the upper left corner) to locate the terms used by the database to index articles.
• Put all phrases in quotes.
• Use Boolean searching to link your keywords.

Example:  “african americans” and “achievement gap” 

Example:  (“african americans” or hispanics) and “achievement gap" 

• More about finding articles:  http://www.wcu.edu/3613.asp

You may also want to browse journals electronically or in print.  For a bibliography of selected educational journals by subject, visit: http://www.wcu.edu/6031.asp.

Finding Books:

There are lots of wonderful books available to you about educational issues.  To locate books, use the library catalog:  http://wncln.wncln.org/search/X.  

Selected Bibliography:

Black and brown: race, ethnicity, and school preparation by William A. Sampson. 2004.

Building racial and cultural competence in the classroom: strategies from urban educators by Karen Manheim Teel and Jennifer Obidah. 2008.

Challenging homophobia and heterosexism: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues in organizational settings by Robert J. Hill. 2006.

The children Hurricane Katrina left behind : schooling context, professional preparation, and community politics by Sharon P. Robinson, M. Christopher Brown II, Darling-Hammond, with a foreword Linda and afterword Lynn Huntley. 2007.

The children in room E4: American education on trial by Susan Eaton. 2007.

Combating educational disadvantage: meeting the needs of vulnerable children by Theo Cox. 2000.

Critical issues in education: dialogues and dialectics by Jack L. Nelson, Stuart B. Palonsky, Mary Rose McCarthy and foreword Nel Noddings. 2007.

Disputing the subject of sex: sexuality and public school controversies by Cris Mayo. 2004.

Diversity training for classroom teaching: a manual for students and educators by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers. 2006.

Education and social change: themes in the history of American schooling by John L. Rury. 2005.

Eugenics and education in America : institutionalized racism and the implications of history, ideology, and memory by Ann Gibson Winfield. 2007.

From rage to hope : strategies for reclaiming Black & Hispanic students by Crystal Kuykendall. 2004.

God in the classroom: religion and America's public schools by R. Murray Thomas. 2007.

Grappling with diversity: readings on civil rights pedagogy and critical multiculturalism by Susan Schramm-Pate and Rhonda B. Jeffries. 2008.

Handbook of research and policy in art education by Elliot W. Eisner and Michael D. Day. 2004.

Improving schools for African American students : a reader for educational leaders by Sheryl J. Denbo, Lynson Moore Beaulieu and forward Vinetta C. Jones. 2002.

"Is this English?": race, language, and culture in the classroom by Bob Fecho and foreword Gloria Ladson-Billings. 2004.

Keeping the promise : essays on leadership, democracy, and education by Dennis Carlson and CP Gause. 2007.

Key questions for educators by William Hare and John P. Portelli. 2007.

The kids left behind : catching up the underachieving children of poverty by Robert D. Barr, William H. Parrett and foreword Kati Haycock. 2007.

Late to class : social class and schooling in the new economy by Jane A. Van Galen, George W. Noblit and foreword Michael W. Apple. 2007.

Learning like a girl : educating our daughters in schools of their own by Diana Meehan. 2007.

Public policy in gifted education by James J. Gallagher. 2004.

Reading education policy : a collection of articles from the International Reading Association by Patrick Shannon and Jacqueline Edmondson. 2005.

Rethinking sexual identity in education by Susan Birden. 2005.

The shame of the nation : the restoration of apartheid schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol. 2005.

Six lenses for anti-oppressive education : partial stories, improbable conversations by Kevin K. Kumashiro and Bic Ngo. 2007.

Taking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in classroom management by Tish Holub and Robert G. Harrington. 2006.

Taking sides: Clashing views in early childhood education by Paciorek, with introductions Karen Menke. 2008.

Taking sides: Clashing views in special education by Maryann Byrnes. 2008.

Taking sides: Clashing views in teaching and educational practice, 2008.

Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial educational issues, 2004.

Teaching for diversity and social justice by Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell and Pat Griffin. 2007.

Teaching the male brain : how boys think, feel, and learn in school by Abigail Norfleet James. 2007.

Two Americas, two educations : funding quality schools for all students by Paul F. Cummins. 2006.

Understanding gay and lesbian youth: lessons for straight school teachers, counselors, and administrators by David Campos. 2005.

"Why don't they learn English?": separating fact from fallacy in the US language debate by Lucy Tse. 2001.