"Paying extra for Spanish class," Parents are going all out to get their kids to learn the language, paing the schools and private tutors to teach it.
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/30/news_pf/TampaBay/Paying_extra_for_Span.shtml

"An Honest Proposal for Access and Respect," a monograph created by Latino parent leaders and the Multilingual Programs Unit of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)
http://sf.bilingual.net/about/index.html
A monograph addressing language, race, culture and socioeconomic class and ways these characteristics impact parent engagement in the education of their children. It proposes recommendations including: outreach, hiring bilingual personnel, adult literacy classes, and a bilingual school newsletter. The parents requested it be converted to district policy, and in May of 1999 resolution #94-27A11 was passed by the SFUSD Board of Education to make it disctrict policy.

"An Indian Father's Plea" by Robert Lake (Medicine Grizzlybear)
http://www.enc.org/topics/equity/articles/document.shtm?input=ACQ-111577-1577
Wind-Wolf knows the names and migration patterns of more than 40 birds. He knows there are 13 tail feathers on a perfectly balanced eagle. What he needs is a teacher who knows his full measure. This document is available through the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse's website.