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Selected Bibliography

The following items are selected from the reference list on pages 75-79 of Part II: Culture of The Diversity Kit: An Introductory Resource for Social Change in Education. This publication is available for download at http://www.lab.brown.edu/tdl/diversitykit.shtml.


Bermudez, A. B. (1994). Doing our homework: How schools can engage
    Hispanic communities.
Retrieved January 2002, from the Early
    Childhood Research Institute's Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate
    Services Web site:
    http://www.clas.uiuc.edu/fulltext/cl00136/cl00136.html.

Epstein, J. L. (1995). School/family/community partnerships: Caring
    for the children we share. Phi Delta Kappa, 76, 701-702.

Epstein, J. L. (2001). School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing
    educators and improving schools.
Boulder, CO: Westview.

Epstein, J. L., Coates, L., Salinas, K. C., Sanders, M. G., & Simon, B. S.
    (1997). School, family, and community partnerships: Your handbook
    for action.
ThousandOaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Garcia, E. (1994). Understanding and meeting the challenge of student
    cultural diversity.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Gonzalez, N., Moll, L., Floyd-Tenery, M., Rivera, A., Rendon, P.,
    Gonzales, R., & Amati, C. (1993). Teacher research on funds of
    knowledge: Learning from households
(Educational Practice Report 6).
    Santa Cruz, CA: The NationalCenter for Research on Cultural Diversity
    and Second Language Learning.

Greenfield, P., Raeff, C., & Quiroz, B. (1996). Cultural values in learning
    and education. In B. Williams (Ed.), Closing the achievement gap: A
    vision for changing beliefs and practices.
Alexandria, VA: Association
    for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Hollins, E. R. (1996). Culture in schooling learning: Revealing the deep
    meaning.
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lueder, D. C. (1998). Creating partnerships with parents: An educator's
    guide.
Lancaster, PA: Technomic.

Shields, P. M. (1995). Bringing schools and communities together in
    preparation for the 21st Century. In B. Rutherford (Ed.), Creating
    family/school partnerships
(pp.191-207). Columbus, OH: National Middle
    School Association.

Trumbull, E., Rothstein-Fisch, C., Greenfield, P. (2000). Bridging
    cultures in our schools: New approaches that work.
San Francisco:
    WestEd.

Trumbull, E., Rothstein-Fisch, C., Greenfield, P., & Quiroz, B. (2001).
    Bridging cultures between home and school: A guide for teachers.
   
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum and San Francisco: WestEd.