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Choose an area for further exploration.
History of U.S. Education Links
Curriculum Theories and Design Links
Sociology / Sociology of Education Links
Credible Sources for News and Information
InCredible Sources for News and Information
RLV Exhaust Products Technical Documents Index housed on Pete Muller's site..
Steve Smith Autosports
His online bookstore. Do take the time to visit and check out the titles.
You'll probably buy something...like I did.
Jon Galownia's
Homepage
This is Jon Galownia's page discussing his approach to setting up the
Invader chassis for sprint racing. Although you might not be running this
venue, some of the information is definitely transferable. Besides, accumulating
information can only help your own decision making.
Kartracer.com
This is an excellent site providing a clearing house for karting news,
photos, schedules, and information nationwide.
Woodridge Kart Club
The homepage for one the larger enduro clubs in the east. A lot of
the tech information posted around the web originated here at one time.
Fox Valley
Kart Shop
This is the Fox Valley Kart Shop's site on the web. Holds several good
articles originally published by John Copeland in National Kart News...31
and counting. Most are enduro specific. How refreshing.
Chuck Bunnell's Homepage
This is Chuck Bunnell's Rebel Racing homepage...an intelligent and
engaging site. A ton of links well researched and organized. In addition,
a trip to the software download page is recommended. These are very user-friendly
and functional programs designed to run on just about any Pentium-free,
one-lung, DOS based system.
Brendel Racing
Juergen Brendel's homepage. What makes this unique and worthy of inclusion
is his comprehensive Internet Karting Glossary, from Ackerman to
Yamaha (and still growing). Some other interesting information also available.
Margay Racing
This site is just coming online. It is supposed to be fully running
in early October 1999. I don't know what it is going to contain, but I
run their chassis, so here is a link to their page! Can you say 'sponsor
me'?
Horstman Clutches
This site has improved immensely since it first appeared. You can get
clutch product info, new product info, and, most importantly, owner's manuals
for all their clutches. This is a great benefit if you acquired a used
clutch!
Coleman Products
Same as the Horstman Clutch site, here you can get product info and
owner's manuals for some of their major products.
TS Racing
Long known for their fine shop work, they have a site that now houses
some good documents and information for karters. Good enduro stuff.
ATV Stuff
I don't usually post a product, but Charlie Fox sent this one to me
and it is a gem. A high quality custom cover for a laydown enduro...at
a reasonable price.
Online Karting Publications
The Inside Track
America's Karting Newspaper (if you believe their banner).
National Kart News
America's Leading Karting Magazine Since 1986 (that's what they say,
anyway).
Karting Organizations in the U.S.
World Karting Association
East of the Mississippi, more or less.
International
Kart Federation
West of the Mississippi, more or less
Democratic Socialists of America
Here is their Organizational Statement from the home page:
"The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist
organization in the United States,
and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International (also
in Francais and Espanol). DSA's
members are building progressive movements for social change while
establishing an openly socialist
presence in American communities and politics.
At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment to democracy,
as means and end. We are
activists committed not only to extending political democracy but to
demanding democratic
empowerment in the economy, in gender relations, and in culture. Democracy
is not simply one of our
political values but our means of restructuring society. Our vision
is of a society in which people have
a real voice in the choices and relationships that affect the entirety
of our lives. We call this vision
democratic socialism - a vision of a more free, democratic and humane
society."
Social Democrats, USA
And here is their chief rival in the U.S.:
"Social Democrats, USA is the movement of Eugene V Debs, Norman Thomas,
A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin and countless
others who have worked and continue to work tirelessly to extend the
benefits of freedom and economic justice to all Americans and
to people the world over.
But while our central core puts us firmly in the American tradition
of egalitarianism and democracy, it also distinguishes us from
many in the political world. We are not conservatives, who say that
there have always been and will always be the weak and the
strong, and that the role of civilized people is to vitiate only the
most vicious aspects of that reality. Nor are we liberals, who say that
the role of civilized people is to protect the weak from the strong.
That chivalric impulse ultimately weakens those protected, making
them dependent on the good will of the powerful -- a good will that
cannot be depended upon. Instead we see our role as helping to
create institutions that make the powerless strong -- not so that they
can in turn bully and intimidate, but so that they can act as
equals in negotiating and bargaining with the strong."
The Center for Democracy and Technology
"The Center For Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest
organization based in Washington, DC. CDT works to develop and advocate
public policies that advance constitutional civil liberties and democratic
values in new computer and communications technologies."
People for the American Way Foundation
Who has the guts to go head-to-head with Operation Rescue, Falwell,
Robertson, and the rest of the religio-politico hypocrites? You guessed
it.
"People For the American Way Foundation is committed to building a new progressive movement in America. If you're ready to stand up to the Religious Right's political agenda of division and fear mongering, and if you are willing to stand up for fundamental American values like opportunity, equal justice under the law, and individual liberty, then we want you to join us. Founded in 1980 to monitor and counter the divisive agenda of the Religious Right political movement, the People For the American Way Foundation is working to build a movement grounded in values that define what is best about our country."
Turn Left...the home
of Liberalism on the web
If you like your leftist politics a bit more traditional, but with
an extremely sharp edge, you should explore this site. This is the clearing
house for all liberal e-sites on the web. Updated daily.
The New Party
An interesting group of people. These folks position themselves as
a new third party and intend to hasten the democratic revolution of returning
power to the people. Not to be confused with the militant right-wing idiots
who want to control the people under the guise of reducing big government.
Here is what The New Party has to say about itself.
"Our commitment to democracy comes from our recognition of the moral equality of persons. People really are created equal, and heir free deliberation is the best hope for achieving the blessings of liberty. The same recognition fuels our commitment to fairness in social life -- not letting such moral irrelevancies as race, gender, age, sexual orientation, country of origin, or inheritance determine one's life chances. A commitment to democracy, finally, implies commitment to building the popular democratic organizations -- clean, effective, and accountable government, democratic unions and community organizations -- necessary to any democratic society."
Digital Images
from the American Radicalism Collection
Housed at Michigan State University, this site has a wonderful collection
of original documents central to the radical political experience in this
country. Documents are from both the Right and the Left -- Klanswomen of
America (and their pathetic, hate-filled drool) to the Students for a Democratic
Society! Go here, it is well worth the trip. (Like clicking on a
hyperlink is such a big deal)
GWBush.com
This is the site that W tried to have removed from the internet..."There
should be a lmit to free speech" (he really said that!). Want to have some
fun with this year's elections? Start here and follow the links to other
parody sites. This guy has a wicked sense of humor. My guess is that he's
not voting for anybody!
United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education Online Educational Resources
National Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
Georgia Association of Educators (this organization is recommended for any public school education worker in Georgia)
Professional Association of Georgia Educators (this link is provided for informational purposes only and should not, by any stretch of the imagination, be considered an endorsement of this organization)
American Association of University Professors (protecting academic freedom in higher education since 1915)
American Association of University Professors, Georgia Southern University Chapter (the only independent faculty voice of the university)
The University System of Georgia
The University System of Georgia Information for Students
Georgia Southern University Academic Affairs
Georgia Southern University Student Publications
Georgia Department of Education, Index page
Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Research Links Page
Sarah Zuplo's Cultural Studies
Center
A comprehensive guide to cultural studies and popular culture on the
internet.
Douglas
Kellner's Cultural Studies and Media Culture
This is Kellner's (a leading contemporary theorist) online syllabus
for his undergraduate course at UCLA. The resources and materials are outstanding.
This site contains a number of excellent articles and essays by writers
such as Kellner, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Henry Giroux, Carmen Luke, and
Allan Luke. Good links, too.
Cultural
Studies Resources
This is an annotated links page posted through the Department of Communication
Studies at the University of Iowa. Limited but al the sites are of excellent
quality. Not like my links!
Yahoo-Semiotics
Links to Semiotic sites on the net.
Cultural
Frictions
Now this is a fascinating site, if you have the time to browse. This
is a collection of papers presented at the 1995 interactive conference
on Medieval Cultural Studies in Postmodern Contexts.
Representations
An online quarterly journal in the humanities and interpretive social
sciences published by the University of California Press.
Cultronix
Here is their header, they say it better than I can paraphrase: "Cultronix
is an interdisciplinary journal of art and cultural studies, addressing
critical issues in contemporary institutions and practices. It publishes
contributions spanning a wide range of media, and encourages contributors
to use new media in order to expand critical and theoretical work to Internet
reading audiences."
Can
U.S. Media Literacy Movement Open Door To More Points Of View?
Here's a really good piece from Wally Bowen, executive director for
the Citizens for Media Literacy. A must read.
"This History of American Education Web Project was originally undertaken
as a class assignment by members of an
undergraduate Foundations of Education class. It should be noted that,
during editing, the instructor did not change the content of the reports.
Many of the sources which the students used contained a rather triumphalist
view of American Educational History and the students' reports tended to
reflect that view. The instructor would have liked to add some balance
to these triumphalist views, but for a number of reasons he did not."
American Education:
Historical Perspectives on Modern Issues
Here's another site complied by undergraduates. This one, from Colby
College, is (in my opinion) the superior of the two.
Labor
Relations in Education in the United States
An unpublished paper by F. Howard Nelson.
Policy Analysis #155
An excellent article by Jack D. Douglas titled "Only Freedom of Education
Can Solve America's Bureaucratic Crisis of Education."
Education Policy Analysis
Archives 12:5
An interesting piece about rural schools and reform by an old Marxist
scholar I know up in Charleston WV. This is an e-journal so there are several
hyperlinks within the piece and in the references. Good stuff.
School-Based
Management
An article by Kathleen Cotton on (see above).
The Historian Underground
Discovered by one of our doctoral students, Will Schmidt, this is an
interesting site one. Here is their description.
"This site is designed to give voice to views about the object of history that challenge the normal aims of the historians' craft. It is based on the presupposition that normal academic historical method has lost touch with the power of history for peoples lives. We, therefore, are attempting to gather some articles to challenge the more traditional presuppositions and stir up a bit of controversy if we can. These pages go deep into an examination of the relation of history, philosophy and even a little literature as well as evaluating education and its role."
Critical
Thinking: Expanding the Paradigm
What do you want to know about this trendy topic? See what Mark Weinstein
has to say. Check it out!
Out of Our Minds: A
Review
What's a good review look like? Go here and find out. This one is by
Pat Clifford of the Banded Peak School in Bragg Creek, Alberta.
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation:
Education Excellence Network
Want to read some neo-conservative drool about how to "save" public
education in this country? Go here. You'll normally find such "luminaries"
as Chester Finn and Diane Ravitch. I couldn't decide whether to post this
link here, or under overt politics. You decide.
Kentucky State Department of Education
The state system used to be a joke. Now everyone is studying and emulating.
Go here and find out how radical reform can work.
Sociology
Ring
This is a Webring for sociology sites including individual homepages,
education sites, and journals. Some great...some not so great.
Electronic Journal of Sociology
Very hip E-journal. All articles are full text html and available for
FREE.
SocioWorld
Sociology Resources on the Internet
Comprehensive site. Well produced. Visually interesting. part of the
Sociology Ring (see above). Also houses a chat room for sociology students.
E-Journals
at SocioWorld
While technically a part of the site listed above, I decided to give
it a separate listing because of the comprehensive nature of the information.
Instead of just listing the e-journals with links, the writer has taken
the time to visit the sites and make some commentary on each one...kind
of like what you are reading now. I, personally, appreciate the effort.
The American Studies
Web Research and Reference Page
Good starting place for further exploration. No telling what you'll
get, sometimes.
Sociology Resources
I had to post this one. Any site that begins with the Dead Sociologists'
Society has got my vote!
http://www.youngdubs.com/grids/people/foucault.html
Thumbnail sketch...like foucault for dummies who are in a hurry. There
is some useful insight, though.
http://www2.uchicago.edu/jnl-crit-inq/v21/v21n2.canguilhem.html
Arnold Davidson's excellent article in Critical Inquiry about
the conversations between the historian Georges Canguilhem and Michel Foucault.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/
Slow loader.
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~pashton/essays/postmodernism.htm
This is one of the excellent Alphalink sites. Highly recommended source
for additional reading in postmodernity and postmodern theorists.
http://www.popcultures.com/theorist.htm
This is a page from Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies site (see above).
Links to Foucault and others.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
A good search engine and links for philosophy on the internet.
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-July-1996/morris.html
Meaghan Morris muses on the postmodern.
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/faculty/boyle/foucault.htm
Fascinating article titled Foucault In Cyberspace: Surveillance,
Sovereignty, and Hard-Wired Censors
http://www.coc.com.au/LeFonque/essay/101.htm
LeFonque's Deconstruction homepage...lots of links.
http://web.syr.edu/~dhoracek/netphil.html
"Hand-picked philosophy resource links, designed to maximize productive
clicking and minimize redundancy." So there.
Cable News Network Interactive
Need a quick fix? Go here.
The Weather Channel
If you're too damn lazy to go look outside...
Computer Virus Myths and
Hoaxes
Tired of getting those alarmist messages about "deadly emails" that
will eat your machine and your first -born? Go here for the truth and compute
with confidence. In Rosenberger's own words: "Did your computer survive
(yawn) February's & March's Friday the 13th? Did it survive the sixth-anniversary
March 6th trigger date for the (yawn) Michelangelo virus? Mundus vult
decipi (the world wants to be deceived)"
Pricewatch.Com(TM)
All your computing needs at street prices. Updated daily. Terrific
values.
Bolt Reporter
Here is the online high school newspaper. The cool thing here
is that they publish all the articles which have been banned at local schools.
Hey, read this for a while and you'll know the kids are alright.
Many of them, anyway.
Mark Hardin's Artchive
How about nearly every piece of art on the planet presented in digital
glory. A hell of a site. I was disappointed to find out there were no velvet
Elvis', however.
EFF
Netculture - Cyberpunk Archive
Get wacked.