Education Rights
This is a section of In Motion Magazine dedicated to finding alternative ideas to the challenges in education. In contains several articles relating to the achievement gap. Some of special note are:

• Challenging Racial Inequality in Education: One School’s Response to the End of Affirmative Action
• High Performing High Minority Elementary Schools
• Reforming Public High Schools: The Greatest Educational Challenge
• Racial Politics and The Elusive Quest for Excellence and Equity in Education
• The Significance of Race in the Racial Gap in Academic Achievement
• The Trouble with Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African Males

Educational Equity for All Students
This page on the Research for Better Schools Web site provides links to programs and resources to address the achievement gap in math and science. Further exploration on this site will provide additional resources in other subject areas.

English Language Learners Classroom Leadership (February 2005)
This entire issue of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s teacher newsletter focuses on what practitioners can do to help the English language learners. Portions of the issue may be viewed online, or it may be purchased for $3.00.

Equity
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory provides a collection of resources focusing on Equity. Educational Equity is identified as a critical component of educational reform and should be examined by all educators and parents in any school improvement program.

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
This US Department of Education discretionary grant was designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Texas recipients of this grant are listed below:

• Houston ISD’s program known as Project GRAD
• El Paso
• Lee College (Baytown)
• Region One (South Texas)
• Texas Higher Education Board’s Go Theatre
• Texas Woman’s University
• University of North Texas
• University of Texas at San Antonio
• Ysleta ISD
• Waco

Movement in the Village: Maximizing Student Potential and Closing the Achievement Gap in North Carolina
This set of tools, resources, and strategies from the North Carolina State Board of Education’s Department of Public Instruction is designed to help parents, educators, and others close achievement gaps among various populations of school students.

North Carolina Public Schools: Raising Achievement & Closing the Gap
This page of the North Carolina Public Schools Web site links to information about current research, strategies, and conferences related to the achievement gap.