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Center for Public School Renewal
Provides information on how more educational freedom-of teachers to teach, parents to choose, and the public to know- will improve public schools.
http://comnet.org/cpsr/
The Campaign for Meaningful Student Involvement
Information and resources meant to encourage student/adult partnerships and action to create better schools.
http://studentinvolvement.net/
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
An independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization of Kentucky parents and citizens working to improve education in the Commonwealth at all levels.
http://www.prichardcommittee.org/
New American Schools
A nonprofit organization increasing student achievement in public schools through comprehensive school improvement.
http://www.naschools.org
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (MCREL)
Organization advocating standards-based school improvement programs. Includes news, issues information, research findings and curriculum materials. MCREL as the Regional Educational Laboratory and Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science for the states of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
http://www.mcrel.org/
Articles by Larry Phillips
Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.
http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/
Alliance for Excellent Education
Advocates for at-risk middle and high school students by promoting increased education funding and high school reform to help make every child a graduate.
http://www.all4ed.org
Organization for Quality Education
A group of Canadian parents, teachers, trustees, ratepayers and business people who are dedicated to reforming elementary and secondary education in the Province of Ontario. Also a good example of how a reform group should be formed.
http://www.oqe.org
Center for School Reform
Resources from the Pacific Research Institute in support of parental choice in education, high academic standards and accountability, charter schools, teacher quality, and school finance reform.
http://www.pacificresearch.org/centers/csr...
Minnesota Education Reform News
News and commentary about education reform issues in Minnesota and the nation.
http://scholarsnotebook.info/news/
Acton Institute's Education Page
Proposing reform through morality in education, parental responsibility, and free market education.
http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/education/ind...
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Supports national research, publications, and projects in elementary and secondary education reform, as well as education reform projects in Dayton Ohio.
http://www.fordhaminstitute.org/
Good Schools
Presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and teachers in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.
http://www.goodschools.com/
NPR : Testing Scandal in Texas Schools
Houston schools have been implicated in a cheating scandal after test scores in some Texas school districts made suspicious leaps. An inspector general is investigating at least 23 schools. Questions arose in 2004 after The Dallas Morning News found strong evidence that educators were helping students cheat at nearly 400 schools statewide. [5:12 streaming audio broadcast]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...
Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)
Works to create and sustain equitable, intellectually vibrant, personalized schools and to make such schools the norm of American public education.
http://www.essentialschools.org/
Current Issues in Public Education
Public education issues, articles and links. Site maintained by British Columbia School Trustee Katherine Wagner.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5909/
Equal Child Abuse
An expose of how fraudulent Supreme Court rulings have inflicted massive damage on our public education system.
http://ttokarnak.home.att.net/Educ.html
DEEP - Democracy Ethics & Educational Principles
Resources in Character Education, Service Learning, Citizenship Education, and Educational Reform from an educational nonprofit organization.
http://www.democracy.org
Grownup Training - Forbes.com
Essay advocating that students should spend two years after high school getting some 'training' on how to behave and think like a grown up before going to college. This would enable them to know why they want to go to college, how lucky they are to be in college, and what they want to be 'when they grow up.'
http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/college-u...
Is It Good for the Kids?
A monthly column by ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter, which addresses timely educational issues.
http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/kids/kid...
The LEAD Center
LEAD (Learning through Evaluation, Assessment, and Dissemination) provides evaluation services and other assistance to educational reform projects around the country,including downloadable information on a variety of past projects.
http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~lead/
On the Mark by Mark Weston
A compendium of articles by Mark Weston about using computers to strengthen teaching and enhance learning.
http://www.convergemag.com/magazine/catego...
The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
Created to improve the national dissemination of information on comprehensive school reform.
http://www.csrclearinghouse.org/
Edaction
PAC which works to ensure future Americans receive a broad liberal arts education. Opposes control of education by state and federal governments.
http://www.edaction.org/
MiddleWeb: Exploring Middle School Reform
Links, resources, and original reporting for middle school teachers, parents, and others interested in raising student achievement and reforming middle grades education. Weekly diaries reveal the real work of middle grades teachers.
http://www.middleweb.com
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform, as well as significant education reform projects in Dayton, Ohio and vicinity.
http://www.edexcellence.net/
Alternative Education, San Jose State University
Materials and activities, instructional strategies, interventions, and educational materials appropriate for teachers of youth in alternative or high-risk educational settings.
http://alternativeed.sjsu.edu/
The Lancasterian Monitorial System of Education
Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) led a movement to establish schools that used what he called the Monitorial System, in which more advanced students taught less advanced ones.
http://www.constitution.org/lanc/monitoria...
Education Benchmarks
Seeks to give citizens the information they need to understand the progress of public education reform in Massachusetts. Find out about your local schools, compare the performance of different school systems, track progress over time, and learn about Massachusetts education reform efforts over the years.
http://www.edbenchmarks.org/
Partnership for Kentucky Schools
Voice of the business community in Kentucky education
http://www.pfks.org/
UEdge
Assists students and the general public in the independent analysis of higher education issues and policy choices.
http://www.bigtenu.org/
Public Schools Today
Original articles regarding the state of education, and resources to aid in further study of education issues.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/public...
Center For Leadership In School Reform
Committed to assisting school districts in building the capacity needed to support change at the school and classroom levels.
http://www.clsr.org/
LEARN
What citizens need to know about education reform, school to work, early childhood education, and the restructuring of America.
http://www.icehouse.net/lmstuter/
Toward a National Education Laboratory
Discussions and recommendations for the establishment of a breakthrough National Education Research and Development Laboratory
http://futuresedge.org/national_education_...
Terri L. Miller, Ed.D.
Creating excellent learning environments one school at a time
http://www.terrilmiller.com
Redefining Education
The world has changed in the 50+ years since the foundations of our educational system were established. Our system of education has not evolved adequately. We need to redefine society's expectations and needs so we can redesign our educational system.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/redefi...
Politics in Education and at Work
An article calling for political involvement to reform US education to better prepare workers for technical vocations.
http://votech.about.com/education/votech/l...
EDUTRUE: Education Reform From the Top Down
Offering different perspectives on education reform issues, including original essays, quotations, relevant links, and suggestions for student-driven reform.
http://members.tripod.com/edutrue/a-files/...
Truth, Lies, Rumors and Rumbles
Putting the "public" into Public Education for the Southern Regional School District.
http://www.cris.com/~Awolinsk/
Public Education Network
A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.
http://www.publiceducation.org
Save Our Schools, Inc.
A non-profit organization that provides educational tools to public schools so children may achieve their full potential.
http://www.soschools.org/
Project Appleseed
A non-profit national campaign to improve public schools by increasing and organizing parental involvement in all 15,000 public school districts in the United States of America.
http://www.projectappleseed.org/
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