Web Directory

» A Measured Response: Americans Speak On Education Reform
   Testing service-sponsored survey showing a majority of Americans want both increased federal funding and greater accountability in public education.
   http://www.ets.org/aboutets/americaspeaks/survey2001.html

» A Nation At Risk
   The prominent 1983 report on American education, from the National Commission on Excellence in Education.
   http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html

» A Nation Still At Risk
   A follow-up to "A Nation At Risk", from the Center for Education Reform.
   http://edreform.com/pubs/manifest.htm

» Balancing Accountability and Local Control
   Identifies school takeover efforts that have seen some success including increased accountability, expanded flexibility, and more involved local officials and parents.
   http://www.reason.org/ps268.pdf

» Education Reform - The "Tough Standards" Movement
   A critical examination of formal education is presented from many perspectives: political, medical, psychological, and sociological. It makes a case that the student should be in charge of his own education.
   http://www.education-reform.net/

» Farming the Permafrost: How Public Education Defeats Reform
   An essay by Jonathan Marin, describing a unique political landscape created by the constituencies on both sides of education reform debates.
   http://users.rcn.com/jonmarin//ed_reform.htm

» Franchise by Examination, Education and Intelligence
   The nature of intelligence is examined in terms of education and heredity . The author proposes radical changes to law and education to further human social advance.
   http://www.abelard.org/iqedfran/iqedfran.htm

» MDRC Education Research
   Education research focused on programs with the potential to improve education outcomes for large numbers of low-income students.
   http://www.mdrc.org/area_index_1.html

» National Issues Forum - Education
   A non-partisan site that presents summary information and opposing viewpoints on education reform issues.
   http://www.nifi.org/discussion_guides/guides.aspx?catID=10

» Prisoners Of Time
   Report of the U.S. National Education Commission on Time and Learning. Schools tend to structure the learning process according to time allotted, not the other way around. The Commission recommends various solutions to this problem.
   http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PrisonersOfTime/index.html

» Redesigning Public Education: The Kentucky Experience
   A historical review of the origins and implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA).
   http://home.windstream.net/fosterjd/

» Research for Action
   A Philadelphia-based non-profit organization working in educational research and reform to insure opportunities and outcomes for all students.
   http://www.researchforaction.org/

» Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education
   Non partisan research and policy analysis related to raising achievement in Canada's public schools.
   http://www.saee.ca/

» Student Achievement and School Design
   Two real schools whose outstanding standardized test scores are natural outgrowths of intentional curriculum and program design.
   http://www.topschools.com/TestScores.htm

» The Decay Of Western Education
   Articles describing the decay of education in western civilization in modern times.
   http://www.ourcivilisation.com/dumb/index.htm

» The Delphi Technique.
   What is that new process being used at public forums to reach consensus? This method is used by many educators to squeeze the public out of the reform process.
   http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1998/nov98/focus.html