Education Reform

Education Reform

Education Reform Related Topics

• Top: Reference: Education
• Top: Reference: Education: K through 12

Education Reform Links

• American Society for Ethics in Education A brutally frank discussion of the corruption in the public education system, as seen by an educator.
  
  
• 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.
  
• Save Our Schools Network Anita Hoge offers advice to local board members and parents, helping them maintain local control and fight Outcome Based Education.
  
• School-to-Career Partnership Business/Education Expectations (BE2): a regional effort designed to help students acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for success.
  
• The National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform (NCCSR) Created to improve the national dissemination of information on comprehensive school reform.
  
• P.R.E.S.S. Parents Raising Educational Standards in Schools. Wisconsin parents identify problems and offer advice on dealing with your child's school system.
  
• Campaign for Real Education Campaigning for higher standards and more parental choice in UK state education. Not affiliated with any political party and funded entirely by voluntary donations.
  
• Guerrilla Teachers A public forum for all teachers and non-teachers interested in transforming the public school system.
  
• Organization 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.
  
• Parental Consent on K-12 Education Issues K-12 education issues, and what public schools are not telling you. Resources for parents regarding school reform and schools choice.
  
• Acton Institute's Education Page Proposing reform through morality in education, parental responsibility, and free market education.
  
• Public School Issues & Reform A public service subsite addressing public school issues and reforms. Includes a user moderated threaded commentary forum.
  
• 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.
  
• Equal Child Abuse An expose of how fraudulent Supreme Court rulings have inflicted massive damage on our public education system.
  
• 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.
  
• Aimee's Education Page Articles about educational reformers such as Charlotte Mason, Maria Montessori, and others, with a focus on classical education.
  
• National Center for Education Information An authoritative source of information about alternative teacher preparation and certification in the United States.
  
• The Council for Global Education Supports education reform in peaceful conflict resolution through teacher training and providing education resources.
  
• Politics in Education and at Work An article calling for political involvement to reform US education to better prepare workers for technical vocations.
  
• Education Freedom Foundation Parents need to accept responsibility for educating their children, and stop expecting others to foot the bill through taxation.
  
• Articles by Larry Phillips Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.
  
• Education Revolt Ideas and solutions offered by an employee of the Seattle School District.
  
• Dumbing Down the Electorate Biting analysis of the motives and failure of the public school system, including some evidence of the degree of its decline using an example of how high standards once were.
  
• Good Schools Presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and teachers in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.
  
• Center for Public School Renewal Provides information on how more educational freedomof teachers to teach, parents to choose, and the public to know- will improve public schools.
  
• LEARN What citizens need to know about education reform, school to work, early childhood education, and the restructuring of America.
  
• DEEP - Democracy Ethics & Educational Principles Resources in Character Education, Service Learning, Citizenship Education, and Educational Reform from an educational nonprofit organization.
  
• Truth, Lies, Rumors and Rumbles Putting the "public" into Public Education for the Southern Regional School District.
  
• Diana M. Fessler As an elected member of the Ohio State Board of Education, Diana Fessler is working to promote positive reform in Ohio's schools.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Terri L. Miller, Ed.D. Creating excellent learning environments one school at a time
  
• Independent Voices for Better Education An organization dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. Based in Florida, the organization is planning to expand throughout the United States.
  
• The Voice Examines the poor working conditions and lack of representation that teachers struggle against, as well as offering a strategy for change.
  
• Public Education Network A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.
  
• Bellaonline's School Reform Site New original article each week ranging in topic from school choice to classroom management to school accountability; message board; chat room; and resources.
  
• Rethinking Schools A nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. Advocates the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.
  
• Minnesota Education Reform News News about education reform issues in Minnesota and the nation, including issues such as the Profile of Learning, School-to-Work, and Goals 2000.
  
• New American Schools Comprehensive school reform designs that help the nation's schools significantly raise achievement for all students through design-based assistance.
  
• Partnership for Kentucky Schools Voice of the business community in Kentucky education reform efforts.
  
• NGA Online: Education Reform Policy research and links to information covering a wide range of education reform issues. Prepared by the National Governors' Association's Center for Best Practices.
  
• High school reform A view of the areas of the American high school system that need to be reformed in order to achieve improvement.
  
• 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.
  
• Overcoming Obstacles The Community for Education Foundation is a not-for-profit education reform organization bringing relevant skills instruction to young people through this program.
  
• Put Parents in Charge Who should be in charge of a child's education? Site promotes parental control, competition, and reform.
  
• National Campaign for Customized Education Presenting a specific model for reform, to help students nationwide by rescuing America's failed educational system.
  
• National Commission on Teaching and America's Future NCTAF is concerned with the implications for teaching embodied in current school reforms, and seeks to create a comprehensive system of teacher development and quality assurance.
  
• Center for Establishing Dialogue in Teaching and Learning An educational grassroots organization that provides foundations for moving current educational theory into classrooms. We bring teachers and communities together for educational reform.
  
• Student-Centered Education Advocacy Network Learning is about the process, not the final answer. The move toward tougher standards is undermining critical thinking, cooperation, and integration of disciplines.
  
• The LEAD Center LEAD (Learning through Evaluation, Assessment, and Dissemination) provides evaluation services and other assistance to educational reform projects around the country,including downloadable information on a variety of past projects.