I managed to sift through the magazines, and I pulled out the current issue, November 2006 of NEAtoday. There were a few articles of interest to me, and relevant to our course.

The topic of this month's "Spotlight" article is "Plugging In" It highlights one school district in Indiana's goal to provide relevant Professional Development for teachers to increase their Digital Literacy. This "Digital Age Literacy Initiative" was funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment to provide 21st century skills to teachers that will enable them to learn the skills their students were growing up with. Some comments by me regarding the article:
District/Administration- Embraced the project - It was a school-wide initiative, and not a one time shot-in-the-arm PD "class".
The grant was 5.9 million - School Districts cannot keep up on their own, the need for grants for funding initiatives has grown.
Train Peers as Coaches- Teaching peers worked side-by-side in the classroom with teachers to assist in embracing into the content of the curriculum.
I don't know who said it first, but I believe you have to;"...embrace change, it's the only thing we have to look forward to!"
More comments on "culturally repsonsive teaching" article, later!