EDU 302: Education Policy and Classroom Practice
Spring Semester, 2008
Selected Web Sites
Associations, Organizations, and Issues
 Afterschool Alliance--advocates for access to quality, affordable afterschool programs for all children by 2010.
Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO): The Education Revolution--for learner-centered education.
Arts Education Partnership (AEP)--national coalition to promote the value of quality arts education.
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)--information related to experiential education.
EdChange--supports activism in schools and society to foster social justice, diversity, and community growth.
The Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME)--provides information, research, evaluations, and assistance.
LD OnLine--described as the world's leading and largest website on learning disabilities and ADHD.
The Literacy Web--from the University of Connecticut with resources and materials including best practices.
Multicultural Pavilion--education resources for students, educators, and activists on diversity, equity, and reform.
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)--focus on educational equity for English language learners.
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME): Resource Center--for social justice and educational equity.
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)--"home, school, and community partnerships that work."
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC)--national site for information and resources on service learning.
Pew Hispanic Center--"chronicling Latinos' diverse experiences in a changing America," including education.
Project Appleseed--national campaign for parent involvement to improve public schools - "Leave No Parent Behind."
Teachable Moment--resources for classroom activities from the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.
Teacher Leaders Network--virtual learning community for educators dedicated to teaching and learning."
US Charter Schools--resources to understand the movement, locate or start a charter school, plus weekly news and updates.
Education
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)--shares policies and best practices.
ED.gov--U.S. Department of Education web site "promoting educational excellence for all Americans."
Education World--"educator's best friend;" areas for students, teachers, and an administrator's desk with Grants Center.
Educator's Reference Desk--resources guides and searchERIC/GEM, no U.S. Department of Education funding or affiliation.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)--from Institute of Education Sciences and U.S. Department of Education.
GEM: The Gateway to 21st Century Skills--over 40,000 links to thousands of educational resources.
Librarians' Internet Index - K-12 Education Topics--searchable collection of annotated web resources.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)--collection and analysis of national and international education data.
National Education Association (NEA)--working to provide a quality education for every child in the public schools.
SearchERIC.org - Education Resources--"tools to search the abstracts and Digests produced by the ERIC system."
Policy
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI)--conservative think tank includes education research area.
American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF)--policy, practice, and research on youth and community involvement and more.
Brown Center on Education Policy--research on American education from the Brookings Institute, left-center think tank.
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)--research arm of the U.S. Department of Education with centers for education research (NCER), statistics (NCES), evaluations (NCEE), special education research (NCSER), and the What Works Clearinghouse.
Kids Count--national and state data on the status of children in the United States from the Anne E. Casey Foundation.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)--government information for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
PolicyBot--clearinghouse from the Heartland Institute contains research on issues including education.
Public Agenda--provides research and education on public policy issues and also reports on public opinion.
School Reform
Center for Community Change--grassroots community organization includes education issues and public school reform.
The Center for Education Reform--"a spunky, non-BLOBBY group" according to Newsweek magazine.
Coalition for Community Schools--cooperation to strengthen families, schools, and communities.
Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)--"to create and sustain equitable, intellectually vibrant, personalized schools."
New Horizons for Learning--helping to identify, communicate, and implement strategies for educational change.
Public Education Network (PEN)--"public involvement, public education, public benefit" through local education funds.
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation--"research, action, and analysis in K-12 education reform" covers key issues.
Tools for School Improvement--project of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform includes information on students, schools, and communities with search tools by focus area and by stakeholder type.
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