From the National Indian Education Association and the National Education Association, this report looks at achievement barriers facing American Indians, Alaskan natives and native Hawaiians in schools. It finds that policies and resources are needed to preserve indigenous languages and cultures, recruit and retain quality teachers and support safe, effective schools.

The School of the 21st Century has developed a Web site devoted to resources for immigrant families with young children and the professionals serving them. Many communities throughout the nation are experiencing a large influx of immigrant populations.

Children are growing up in a culturally diverse world. The National Association of School Psychologists has a toolkit on cultural and ethnic diversity, with a self-assessment checklist for school personnel.

Much work has been done to remove Indian stereotypes from textbooks, but holes are often left behind in their place. The good news: resources are out there. Rob Capriccioso explores the Cradleboard Teaching Project—an Internet-based cultural teaching tool that might have a place in your school.

This National Center for Education Statistics data summary finds that Hispanic students have made gains in scores on reading and math tests, credits completed, Advanced Placement courses taken and college enrollments -- but gaps remain, with Hispanics less likely to finish high school or college than White or Black students.

According to the National Council of La Raza, the Census data confirm that Hispanic Americans are more likely than other groups to lack health insurance, and that Latino children continue to have the highest uninsured rates among U.S. children.

Helping young children stay connected to their birth language and family culture is a key to success in school and life, according to Linda M. Espinosa, a professor and researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Connect for Kids' Managing Editor Susan Phillips interviewed Espinosa.

Too often, the potential asset of growing up within two languages and cultures turns into the handicap of not being fully at home in either one. But not for the kids at the Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center in Washington, DC. Caitlin Johnson takes a look at this "21st century" community center.

The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families offers child care training and referral services, youth services such as family counseling and after school care, and health education addressing AIDS/HIV, domestic violence prevention and education.

What if we looked at the teenager hanging out on the corner not as a problem waiting to happen, but as a youth about to develop? Would we begin to think in terms of what he needs to thrive, instead of what he needs to just stay alive? That's the "paradigm shift" underlying the youth development movement. Public/Private Ventures' new book takes stock of this movement, its promise and challenges.