Web Directory

» 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

» American Society for Ethics in Education
   Dedicated to exposing corruption and illegal practices in public schools. ASEE also serves as a forum to uncover unethical practices by unions.
   http://www.edethics.org/

» Articles by Larry Phillips
   Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.
   http://clubweb.interbaun.com/~l-pphillips/

» 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://www.publicschoolrenewal.org/

» 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/

» 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/index.html

» 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/

» 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 Mass
   http://www.edbenchmarks.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
   http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/college-university-reinvention_cx_bn_06slate_0418grownup.html

» Improve-Education.org
   Essays by novelist/educator Bruce Price on education, language, and cultural issues.
   http://www.improve-education.org/

» LEARN
   What citizens need to know about education reform, school to work, early childhood education, and the restructuring of America.
   http://www.learn-usa.com/

» Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
   Organization advocating standards-based school improvement programs. Includes news, issues information, research findings and curriculum materials.
   http://www.mcrel.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/

» 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 stron
   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4544036

» National Association for Prevention of Teacher Abuse
   Presents information and documents teacher abuse in the public schools across the US with the intent to force reform. Details actual experiences of abused teachers.
   http://www.endteacherabuse.org

» National Center for Education Information
   An authoritative source of information about alternative teacher preparation and certification in the United States.
   http://www.ncei.com

» National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching
   NCREST supports restructuring efforts by documenting successful initiatives, creating reform networks to share new research findings with practitioners, and linking policy to practice. Teachers College, Columbia University.
   http://www.tc.edu/ncrest/

» Partnership for Successful Schools
   Independent, nonpartisan organization providing programs and strategies which focus community and employer energy on school improvement efforts. Includes a list of the board of directors, descriptions of programs, and ways to get involved. Located in Lexi
   http://www.partnershipforsuccessfulschools.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/

» Public Education Network
   A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.
   http://www.publiceducation.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_schools_today

» 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/redefining_education

» 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/

» Schlechty 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.schlechtycenter.org/

» Society 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.societyforqualityeducation.org/

» 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/monitorial.htm

» The 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/

» 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/

» 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/