Education Reform

Society for Quality Education 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… EDUTRUE: Education Reform From the Top Down EDUTRUE: Education Reform From the Top Down- Offering different perspectives on education reform issues, including original essays, quotations, relevant links, and suggestions for… National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching- NCREST supports restructuring efforts by documenting successful initiatives, creating reform networks to share n… Articles by Larry Phillips Articles by Larry Phillips- Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils. Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform 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. Center for Public School Renewal 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. National Association for Prevention of Teacher Abuse 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… American Society for Ethics in Education 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 u… Improve-Education.org Improve-Education.org- Essays by novelist/educator Bruce Price on education, language, and cultural issues. Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) 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 educ… Grownup Training - Forbes.com 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 go… NPR : Testing Scandal in Texas Schools 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 inspe… Alliance for Excellent Education 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 … The Lancasterian Monitorial System of Education 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 adv… Project Appleseed 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 S… Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Thomas B. Fordham Foundation- Supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform, as well as significant educat… The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence- An independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization of Kentucky parents and citizens working to improve education in the Commonwe… Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning- Organization advocating standards-based school improvement programs. Includes news, issues information, research findings and cu…