Agents of Socialization

Bullying
Education World has put together this collection of articles and web links about how to stop a common peer-relations problem-bullying.

Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
Marian Wright Edelman leads one of America's best-known children's advocacy groups. Check out some of the challenging issues the CDF is tackling.

Children's Peer Relationships
This ERIC digest summarizes research on how children relate to one another and what teachers can do to foster positive peer relations.

Department of Education's Publications for Parents
This set of publications available online includes topics such as learning activities for families and the popular "helping your child" series.

Family and Community
A helpful collection of materials on a variety of family/school topics from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's Pathways to Improvement series.

The Future of Children
Choose articles that interest you from this online journal, published with the goal of disseminating "timely information on major issues related to children's well-being." You can also link to a number of related online journals from the organization's home page.



Media Literacy

For more information on media literacy, visit the Technology@School feature for this chapter.

Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
You can join this group, founded by the U.S. Department of Education, or just see what they do and how they can help teachers.



Sex Roles and Sex Differences

American Association of University Women
The mission of this national organization is to promote education and equity for all women and girls.

Center for Gender Equity
This center at the Washington Research Institute is responsible for a number of research projects designed to promote gender equity.

Education Week
The weekly publication Education Week has created this "hot topic" summary of information and resources on gender equity.

Gender Equity in Education
This link will take you to a list of gender equity resources for the Web. The site, created by an educator, includes a definition and discussion of gender equity as well.

Weaving Gender Equity into Math Reform
This web site for this research project includes links to several equity organizations.



Youth and Adolescent Problems

Center for Adolescent Studies
This center at Indiana University offers a set of links relevant to adolescent issues, Teacher Talk, a newsletter for teachers of adolescents, and the Teacher Talk forum, an area for teacher discussion.

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
This organization, based at George Washington University, offers information on and a bibliography on school-based health care centers.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
This federal government organization offers information on commonly abused drugs, prevention, and more for teachers and parents.

Safe and Drug-Free Schools
This U.S. Department of Education program funds safety programs and provides research on school safety issues.

Violence and Safety
The weekly publication Education Week has created this "hot topic" summary of information and resources on keeping schools safe.