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- Almanac of Policy Issues: Education - Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues.
www.policyalmanac.org/education/index.shtml
- America Counts - National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.
ed.gov/americacounts/glenn
- Center For Children and Education - Provides information and assistance to help students and parents improve their public schools in low income, African American and Hispanic communities.
www.hometown.aol.com/GaSchools
- Daily News Headlines - From Edweek.
www.edweek.org/clips
- Edexhell - Success through Disqualification - Campaigning for investigation into the UK examination board Edexcel, after a series of errors in papers, marking and information. Petition, timeline and other campaign details.
www.geocities.com/edexhell
- Education Law Foundation: Northampton, MA - This foundation exists to eliminate K-12 academic tracking or ability grouping which deprives millions of students a fair educational opportunity.
users.javanet.com/~wnorris
- Education Law On-Line - A legal and legislative information service for education and school lawyers and for school administrators.
education.arlaw.com
- Education Matters - Essays on Public Education - Sandra Nichols writes about bilingual education, safe schools, small schools and the importance of trust and good communication between students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
www.tellingthetruth.com/education_matters
- Education Week on the Web - Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives.
www.edweek.org
- Educational Pathways to Power - An address by Hilary Lips - recipient of the New Zealand Federation of University Women's Distinguished American Scholar Award - and distributed by Radford University's Center for Gender Studies.
www.runet.edu/~gstudies/keyaddr.html
- Educational Pathways to Power - An address by Hilary Lips - recipient of the New Zealand Federation of University Women's Distinguished American Scholar Award. Discusses gender discrimination in educational and career guidance.
www.radford.edu/~gstudies/sources/nz/keyaddr.htm
- Equity Center - Committed to helping public school personnel embrace the key concepts of equity and eliminate bias and discrimination in the context of their day-to-day activities.
www.nwrel.org/cnorse
- Foundation for Academic Standards & Tradition - Organization of college, university, and high school students restoring high academic standards and humanistic study of the liberal arts in the Western tradition -- publishes ARGOS, a student e-journal.
www.gofast.org
- From Inkwells to an Electronic Learning Community - Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education.
scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v10n2/laporte.html
- Independent Voices for Better Education - Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability.
www.ivbe.org
- International Correspondents in Education (ICE) - ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues.
www.ice-online.net
- Internet Sources for Higher Education Policy and Research - Links to higher education policy centers (both university-based and freestanding), associations, publications, and other policy-related issues, from the American Council on Education.
www.acenet.edu/resources/policy-research
- Massachusetts State Colleges Under Attack - Massachusetts state colleges are a tremendous resource for the state, but the commonwealth's own Board of Higher Education seems bent on their destruction.
webhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh/msca.htm
- Media Visions - Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology.
www.media-visions.com/education.html
- Moral Issues in Education - Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto
www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77
- National Center for Policy Analysis - NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues.
www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html
- National Center on Education and the Economy - Policies, tools, technical assistance and professional development that people everywhere can use to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems.
www.ncee.org
- NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Education Survey - Public approves of higher taxes for schools, but wants fairness in funding; support weak for vouchers and unclear for charter schools. Read or take the poll.
www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/education/education.front.html
- Organizational Development in Education - Optimizing schools, colleges, and universities through proven techniques such as cultural change, strategic measurement, process consulting, and other methods.
www.toolpack.com/education.html
- Our Nation's Kids: Is Something Wrong? - A report on people's thinking in national issues forums. This report describes what happened as people deliberated about issues related to our nation's kids: the values they drew on, the considerations they took into account, the costs and consequences they weighed as they talked, listened to others, and had time to reflect on the issue.
www.nifi.org/drkids.html
- People For the American Way | Education - committed to working with members and activists to promote strong public schools, protect the freedom to learn in our public schools, and prevent religious coercion in public schools. Topics include school funding, voucher programs and school choice, censorship, and sex education.
www.pfaw.org/issues/education
- PEPE, Inc. - The only organization in the Philippines specifically devoted to the advancement and propagation of the theory and practice of popular education. As part of its commitment to human development, PEPE provides education services to a diverse set of sectors and groups - urban poor, peasants, lawyers, doctors, women, and indigenous peoples.
www.pepe.org
- Popular EducationTool Kit - Popular Education is a tool to raise people's critical awareness about the world around them, based on their personal experience. This site includes resources and exercises using Popular Education techniques.
www.flora.org/mike
- Quantum Literacy - A site devoted to the improvement of literacy (reading, writing and spelling the English language) with good links to other literacy pages.
members.tripod.com/~sarah-ward/home.html
- Reuter Foundation - Reuters Foundation is an educational trust, managed and financed by Reuters, the world news organisation. By reflecting the diverse interests of Reuters and its employees around the world it aims to make a distinctive contribution towards journalism, education and humanitarian issues.
www.foundation.reuters.com
- SchoolReformers.com - An Internet starting point for parents who care about their children's education.
www.SchoolReformers.com
- Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education - provides non-partisan research, information and communication on education to Canadian policy-makers, education partners and the public.
www.saee.bc.ca
- Teachers' Advisory Board of the Children's Scholarship Fund - U. S. educators have crafted a statement of principles as a guide to expanding educational opportunity for all children and enhancing teaching as a profession.
www.teachersvoice.org/teachersvoice
- Teaching and Learning Celebration - Explores the best practices regarding current educational issues as presented by leading educators.
www.teachlearncelebrate.com
- The Arena of Ideas - Links, information, and discussion of issues in education from a conservative perspective.
www.thearenaofideas.com
- The Calculator Dilemma - Essay about whether or not calculators in various forms truly help students on exams.
tigerched.clemson.edu/exams/editorials/calculators.html
- The Emperors Nakedness: Undressing Ignorance in the Classroom - Pedagogy needs a re-think.
www.specmind.com/vixen/undressing.htm
- The Kid-Safe Network - A nation-wide educational program to teach children and parents about the dangers of child molesters. Learn special methods to avoid these dangers.
www.kidsafenetwork.com
- The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education - Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school.
www.highereducation.org
- The Right to Education Project - A resource on the status of the right to education as outlined by the United Nations, supporting the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on education. Includes links to allied organizations.
www.right-to-education.org
- Written Off - DallasNews.com - Photographic essay about the growing problem of dropouts in Texas schools.
www.dallasnews.com/specialreports/2002/dropouts/index.shtml
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