Almanac of Policy Issues: Education
Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues. |
America Counts
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. |
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. |
Daily News Headlines
From Edweek. |
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. |
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. |
Education Law On-Line
A legal and legislative information service for education and school lawyers and for school administrators. |
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. |
Education Week on the Web
Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives. |
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. |
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. |
From Inkwells to an Electronic Learning Community
Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education. |
Independent Voices for Better Education
Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. |
International Correspondents in Education (ICE)
ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues. |
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. |
Media Visions
Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology. |
Moral Issues in Education
Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto |
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. |
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. |
Organizational Development in Education
Optimizing schools, colleges, and universities through proven techniques such as cultural change, strategic measurement, process consulting, and other methods. |
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 progr |
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 sec |
Quantum Literacy
A site devoted to the improvement of literacy (reading, writing and spelling the English language) with good links to other literacy pages. |
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, edu |
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. |
Teaching and Learning Celebration
Explores the best practices regarding current educational issues as presented by leading educators. |
The Arena of Ideas
Links, information, and discussion of issues in education from a conservative perspective. |
The Calculator Dilemma
Essay about whether or not calculators in various forms truly help students on exams. |
The Emperors Nakedness: Undressing Ignorance in the Classroom
Pedagogy needs a re-think. |
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. |
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school. |
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. |
Written Off - DallasNews.com
Photographic essay about the growing problem of dropouts in Texas schools. |
