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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
"For nearly 40 years, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) has forged a critical pathway to Educate, Empower, and Connect our nation’s future Latino leaders, creating a transformative and lasting Impact on Latino youth and our nation."
Indigenous People's Literature Index (Indians.org)
"These articles are part of a collection of writings celebrating the rich and diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples' that thoughtfully assert the sovereign rights of the Peoples' of North and South America."
Institute for Urban & Minority Education
"For over forty years, IUME has used advocacy, demonstration, evaluation, information dissemination, research and technical assistance to study and seek to improve the quality of life chances through education in the communities of urban and minority peoples."
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
“Celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches a society and rejects the view that diversity threatens the fabric of a society. NAME believes that multicultural education promotes equity for all regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, belief system or exceptionality. Multicultural education enables the individual to believe in one's own intrinsic worth and culture, to transcend monoculturalism and, ultimately, to become multicultural.”

Basic Education Coalition
"The mission of the Basic Education Coalition is to promote expanded, equitable access to quality basic education so that all children have the chance to learn."
Center for Urban & Regional Studies
"The Center for Urban & Regional Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a multi-disciplinary research center focusing on issues and problems faced by our nation’s cities and regions."
Council for Opportunity in Education
"The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) is a nonprofit organization, established in 1981, dedicated to furthering the expansion of college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, and students with disabilities in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., the Pacific Islands, and Puerto Rico."
Educational Equity Center (EEC)
"EEC at FHI 360 develops programs and materials that promote bias-free learning in school and after school."
Education Works
"EducationWorks is a nonprofit organization that provides academic support, career readiness, and enrichment programming throughout Greater Philadelphia."
Federal TRIO Programs (U.S. Department of Education)
"The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post baccalaureate programs."
National Center for Education Statistics - publications about youth
America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood (2011) -- Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth
National Center for Families Learning (NCFL)
"NCFL's mission is to address our nation's literacy challenges by engaging all family members in learning, with a primary focus on parents and children living in poverty."
Socioeconomic Status (American Psychological Association)
"The Office on Socioeconomic Status (SES) is responsible for directing, overseeing, facilitating and promoting psychology's contribution to the understanding of SES and the lives and well-being of the poor."
What do international tests really show about U.S. student performance? (Economic Policy Institute)
Report by Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein, January 28, 2013

The Global Alliance for LGBT Education (GALE)
"GALE is a learning community focusing on education about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues."
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
"The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression."
LGBT Rights (ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union)
"The ACLU works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association."
National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
"The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people."
National LGBTQ Task Force
"The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people."
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
"SIECUS - the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States- was founded in 1964 to provide education and information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health."

Evaluating Websites: The CRAAP Test & more

CRAAP Test

We all know there is a wealth of information available, whether that information comes from the Internet or the bookshelf.

The problem with searching for information, and especially on the Internet, is that we don't always know where it comes from and whether or not it is worth trusting.

Be selective and evaluate the information you find by:

Consider the information source, and give the content a critical look over.
Using a tool to guide to guide you in evaluating the source for credibility and relevance.

You can use the CRAAP Test linked in the PDF above, or zoom onto the infographic on the right, to help you decide whether or not you should use the information you find for ANY source, not just for the Internet.

More Source Evaluation Guidelines