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"This collection of books provides readers with background information, research and practices related to Equity and equity issues. Topics include cultural identity and racial consciousness, cultural patterns and culturally responsive teaching. The books explore various obstacles to academic success and offer models and strategies to overcome the obstacles."

Maryland's Teacher Professional Development Standards are intended to guide efforts to improve professional development for all teachers. These standards call on teachers, principals and other school leaders, district leaders and staff, the Maryland State Department of Education, institutions of higher education, and cultural institutions and organizations1 across the state to work together to ensure that professional development is of the highest quality and readily accessible to all teachers.

"This web site provides information about Adaptive Schools: what they are, why they affect student learning, and how they develop essential capacities for sustained growth in achievement. Our Mission The mission of the Center for Adaptive Schools is to help schools develop the technical and social resources to realize continuing student improvement. Steady improvement in student learning is happening in a new kind of professional culture within schools. Sustaining these collaborative, results-focused working relationships requires leaders at all levels of the organization to develop new ways of seeing their work and new templates and tools for engaging collective energies toward common goals."

"The Montgomery County Public Schools Study Circles Program helps schools address the challenges posed by cultural and racial differences by bringing together parents, teachers, and students from different backgrounds. Trained facilitators help participants talk, build relationships, develop a better understanding of the challenges, and plan action steps to help all students succeed."

The six design principles for the 21st century according to ACOT2.