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For more information about virtually every issue in education, here's a resource list from GoBigEd:
Academic honors: http://www.edreform.com/ParentPower/standards/class_rank.htm http://www.cwfa.org/printerfriendly.asp?id=900&department=cwa&categoryid=education
Accreditation:
ADHD (see also Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Special Education):
Administration, Administrators: www.nassp.org (or www.principals.org - National Association of Secondary School Principals)
Advanced Placement tests: www.apcentral.collegeboard.com
African-American: See Minority Issues and Urban Issues
Afterschooling (at home, in school settings, with tutors, or in dedicated afterschools; see also Home Learning Ideas): www.AfterSchoolTreats.com (free lesson plans in 35 categories aimed in particular at children in Grades 4 - 8 by our own Susan Darst Williams) www.RussianSchool.com (private afterschools in Boston and California with a high-level math focus) www.naesp.org/client_files/afterschool/AfterSchoolPublication.pdf (10 exemplary school-based programs from the National Association of Elementary School Principals) www.AmericaScores.org (soccer as an enticement to participate in academically-based afterschooling)
Agricultural Education: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/aged.html
Americanism: www.americanheritageresearch.com
Art: www.naea-reston.org (National Art Education Association)
Athletics: www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/sportsmanship.html
At-Risk:
Audits: www.effwa.org/main/page/php?number+19 www.wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2320.doc (West Virginia performance audit policy) www.pps.k12.or.us/projects-c/aisc/audit.pdf (Portland, Ore., performance audit report)
Autism (See also Learning disabilities and Special education):
Balanced literacy reading programs (see Whole language)
Behavior problems: www.focusas.com/BehavioralDisorders.html (overview focusing on adolescents) www.adhd.com (attention deficits) http://aacap.org/page.ww?name=Children+with+Oppositional+Defiant+Disorder§ion=Facts+for+Families (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) www.adaa.org (anxiety) www.anxietyzone.com (anxiety) http://www.mncdd.org/resources/factsheets/School_Discipline.pdf (discipline and special ed students) http://www.whittedclearylaw.com/CM/Publications/publications42.asp (suspensions and expulsions: a legal overview)
Bible in education:
Bilingual / English language learners / English as a Second Language (also see Immigrants / illegal aliens in schools):
Block scheduling: http://www.capescheduling.com/page/page/861491.htm www.jefflindsay.com/Block.shtml
Blogs on education:
Book selection: www.eagleforum.org (A Child's Reading List) www.coreknowledge.org (summer reading list)
Book concerns: www.pfaw.org (see also http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12122)
Books for disadvantaged kids:
Buildings and grounds:
Business operations: www.asbointl.org and www.asbointl.org/WhatsNew/SchoolBusinessAffairs/index.asp
Business and school partnerships:
Career education: www.nfte.com (entrepreneurship) www.eweek.org (engineering) www.discoverengineering.org (engineering)
Character education:
Charter schools (see also School choice): http://goldwaterinstitute.org/AboutUs/ArticleView.aspx?id=431 (study shows grade-school charter schools outperform traditional public schools for disadvantaged student populations) www.charterschoolleadershipcouncil.org
Chatrooms on education issues:
Child advocacy: www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp
Child development: www.fcd-us.mag (Foundation for Child Development) www.childtrends.org (nonprofit research organization)
Child protection:
Christian education:
Christian "exodus" out of public schools: www.ethicsdaily.com/static.cfm?mode=per
Civics:
Class rank (see Academic Honors)
Class size: http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/topic/topic.cfm?topic_id=17
Classical education: www.classical-homeschooling.org www.classicalconversations.com
Classroom management: www.theteachersguide.com/ClassManagement.htm
Collective bargaining (see also Unions): www.effwa.org.studies/education_2000_may.php (study, "Collective Bargaining in Public Schools: Turning the Focus to Students") http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/educat/contractforfailure/www%20backup/2_whatis.html
College planning / admissions tests:
Competition as a factor in education (see also School choice): www.educationnext.org/20014/68.html www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php/431.html
Consensus / Delphi / group manipulation:
Consolidation / deconsolidation: http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php/401.html
Constructivism vs. Direct Instruction: www.ed.sc.edu/caw/webbarton.htm (explains both) www.ascd.org (search under "Education topics") http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
Consultants (for parents and teachers): www.maryannsmialek.com/resources
Corruption (see also Financial management and corruption):
Counseling:
Creativity: www.CreativeEducationFoundation.org www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide
Critical Thinking:
Crisis: www.edexcellence.net/doc/Fwd-1.3.pdf (article, "Opportunities Lost: How NYC Got Derailed on the Way to School Reform") http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/13/1?PrintableVersion=enabled (Philadelphia) www.flinthills.org (Kansas City Public Schools' court-ordered $2 billion in extra funding for inner-city schools, and resulting loss of state accreditation when quality actually declined, is linked to a judge's ruling in Kansas that the school funding formula is inequitable; article, "What Judge Bullock Should Have Learned From Judge Clark")
Curriculum: www.stmary.k12.la.us/elementaryschool.htm (great primary resources)
Data collection, electronic portfolios, student ID numbers, & privacy issues: www.espsolutionsgroup.com/recentprojects.php www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/pbdmi/surveytool/index.html (EDEN: Education Data Exchange Network) www.sifinfo.org (Schools Interoperability Framework Association)
Dictionaries (free copies for schoolchildren from civic groups and donors):
Digital divide (technology gap between the races and income levels): http://www.edutopia.org/php/biglist.php?id=188
Direct instruction (see also Constructivism): http://people.uncw.edu/kozloffm/DI.html www.aasa.org/reform/approach/direct.htm www.Educationation.org/page3.html
Disadvantaged children: www.reformk12.com/archives/000175.nclk http://www.insideschools.org/fs/school_profile.php?id=120 www.cleweb.org (legal issues for low-income and special ed children) www.firstbook.org (donate books for needy children)
Discipline: www.teacherpathfinder.org/support/discipline.html
Discrimination (See Race-based school assignment and discrimination)
Distance learning (see also Homeschooling, Online Education and Virtual Schools): http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Distance_Learning/K_12
Diversity: www.baeo.org (African-American) www.nabse.org (African-American) www.hcreo.org (Hispanic) www.nd.edu/~latino (Hispanic) http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/by_culture_or_group/native_american/k_12 (Native American) www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm (Asian) http://ourseeds.tripod.com/langartslinks.html (Muslim) www.aauw.org/200/gg.html (gender issues)
Donations (tax-deductible ways to give; see also Private sector initiatives): www.donorschoose.org (provide classroom grants for needed projects directly to teachers) www.scholarshipfund.org (provide scholarships for low-income kids to attend private schools)
Drama: http://childrenstheatre.easystorecreator.com/order.htm#
Dropouts:
Drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention: www.casacolumbia.org (report, "National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse X: Teens and Parents")
Dumbing down: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=22792
Dyslexia (see also Learning disabilities, Reading categories and Whole Language):
Early childhood education: www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php/542.html http://crab.rutgers.edu/~goertzel/daycare.htm www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/pd031299e.html http://secc.rti.org/publications.cfm (national study)
Economic development and public education: www.kwfdn.org (search for the study, "Public Schools and Economic Development: What the Research Shows"
Economics education:
Educational freedom index:
English (see also Reading): www.ncte.org (National Council of Teachers of English) www.edexcellence.net/foundation/publication/publication.cfm?id=337 (grades for the English standards of the 50 states)
English language learners (teaching English to non-English speaking children) http://dww.ed.gov (federal government website, Doing What Works, for educators and others)
Entrepreneurs:
Environmental education: www.seaworld.org/conservation-matters/eea/about.htm
E-Rate (see also Technology) www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5831 www.ed.gov/Technology/eratemenu.html (E-rate) www.dslreports.com/shownews/61477 (E-Rate scandal)
Evolution: www.trueorigins.com (anti-evolution) www.talkorigins.com (pro-evolution) www.answersingenesis.org (pro-creationism) www.discovery.org (pro-intelligent design) www.ncseweb.org (anti-creationism and intelligent design)
Family development: www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm
Family structure and educational attainment: www.sutherlandinstitute.org (report, "More Than Money: The Influence of Family Structure on Prosperity and Educational Attainment")
Federal funding and programs: www.ed.gov (U.S. Department of Education) www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml (No Child Left Behind) http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/suppservices/index.html (extra help for needy children, including free after-school tutoring) www.nces.edu (National Center on Education Statistics) www.eric.ed.gov (Education Resources Information Center database) www.relnetwork.org (10 regional government research labs) www.ctredpol.org/pubs/TitleI_FUnds_6July2005/Title_I_Funds_6July2005.pdf (Title 1 remediation for disadvantaged children) http://www.ppionline.org/ndol/print.cfm?contentid=1249 (making Title 1 more effective) www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst (phonics grants for disadvantaged children) www.ncpa.org/iss/edu/ (search in the "Federal Funding and Programs" category) www.edweek.org (search for article, "Watchdog Agency Faults Ed. Dept. for Financial Mismanagement")
Finance: www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/hanushek.html www.alec.org (search for the report "Show Me the Money" www.nsba.org/site/page.asp?TRACKID=&CID=452&DID=8737 www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/ed_finance/intro.htm www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/ed_finance/intro.htm www.heritage.org/research/education/K-12.cfm www.edfacilities.org/rl/bond_issues.cfm http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/nelsonp/FAMILY/BondIssueKiller.pdf (Iowa consultant who has successfully led campaigns to defeat school bond issues and tax-levy lid overrides) www.cblpolicyinstitute.org/privatepublic.htm (article, "Paying Private Prep School Prices for Public Schools," explores how per-pupil spending figures given to the public are for operating expenses only, and exclude large amounts of money for construction, debt services and other costs) www.flinthill.org (article, "Facts About Education Spending in Kansas" and see the list of financial solutions archived under Publications - Education - Innovations)
Financial mismanagement and corruption (see also Corruption): www.heartland.org/archives/education/nov00/roundup.htm www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa542.pdf www.rppi.org/schoolcorruption.shtml www.edweek.org (search for articles: "Newark Sues State, District Over Losses," "Superintendent of Wealthy District Charged in Embezzlement Scandal," and "A Hard Lesson for Kansas City's Troubled Schools" http://www.rppi.org/es179.html (competitive bidding and contracting) www.amazon.com (search for Lydia G. Segal and her book, "Battling Corruption in America's Public Schools")
Financial equity: www.excellence.net/institute/gadfly/issue.cfm?id=153#1869 (article, "Who Could Be Against 'Adequate' School Funding?") www.publiceducation.org ("A Guide to Public Engagement and School Finance Litigation") www.edexcellence.net/institute/charterfinance (funding inequities between charter schools, which are publicly-funded, and regular public schools, are a new concern, but the demand for parity for charter schools shows that as long as charter schools are funded with tax dollars, the pressures will be unbearable for them to morph more and more like the public schools) www.aasa.org/publications/SA/2004_08/deroche.htm (one solution: weighted student allocation, where low-income, non-English speaking and learning-disabled students receive more government funding per pupil than average) www.ucc.org/justice/education/state.htm (equity as a social-justice issue, from a faith-based perspective)
First Amendment freedoms for students, including journalists: www.asne.org/index.cfm?ID=3816 www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=73952&sid=2
Food and Nutrition:
Foreign language:
Foundations involved in education: www.edexcellence.net (Thomas B. Forham Foundation, with excellent education reports, including an online publication, Education Gadfly) www.gatesfoundation.org (Bill and Melinda Gates) www.philaedfund.org (help and scholarships for inner-city youth in Philadelphia) www.annenberginstitute.org (at Brown University; focuses on inner-city youth and reforms) www.edutopia.org (fostering innovation with funding by moviemaker George Lucas) www.rockpa.org (Rockefeller Foundation favors national standards; see also www.Edin08.com offering cool graphics with state-by-state statistics) www.broadfoundation.org (Eli and Edythe Broad, one of the largest funders of education programs for children and youth in poverty) www.kauffman.org (math, science and technology education funded by the late Ewing Kauffman of Kansas City)
Fringe benefits (see also Personnel, Salaries and Retirement): www.educationnext.org/20033/71.html (total compensation packages are far beyond salary) www.ncsl.org/programs/health/healthcostsrpt.htm (health care cost containment ideas) www.nctr.org (National Council on Teacher Retirement) www.nasra.org (National Association of State Retirement Administrators) www.ebri.org (Employee Benefits Research Institute) http://www.nctq.org/nctq/publications/debate.jsp (teacher work schedules vs. other careers)
Geography: www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions
Gifted and talented: www.nagc.org (National Association for Gifted Children) www.sengifted.org (good resource on the social and emotional needs of gifted kids) www.nationdeceived.org (report from the Templeton Foundation that shows how schools have been made too easy for smart kids) www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank www.tip.duke.edu (Duke University's Talent Identification Program) www.aegus1.org (underachieving gifted kids) www.davidsoninstitute.org (excellent gifted advocacy, with a special school for the gifted in Nevada) www.GT-Cybersource.org (Davidson Institute's database) www.hoagiesgifted.org (good resource listings) www.AppliedGiftedEd.com (Pennsylvania advocate for the gifted)
Global education (see also United Nations and International Baccalaureate): www.ewa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?page_id=273 www.countrywatch.com/school/school_default.aspx www.crossroad.to/text/articles.html www.ibo.org/partnerships/governments (International Baccalaureate and the U.N. are connected)
Governance (national): www.ed.gov (U.S. Department of Education) www.ecs.org (Education Commission of the States) www.nasbe.org (National Association of State Boards of Education www.ccsso.org (Council of Chief State School Officers)
Governance (state): Find your state education department using a search engine. Typical web addresses: New York: www.nysed.gov Florida: www.fldoe.org Texas: www.tea.state.tx.us Colorado: www.cde.state.co.us California: www.cde.ca.gov
Government Regulations & Compliance: www.ed.gov (U.S. Department of Education) http://www.thompson.com/public/library.jsp?cat=EDUCATION (article bank from a publishing firm on NCLB, Title I, special ed, legal issues, etc.)
Grade level issues: www.ascd.org (search under "Grade level issues") www.gradelevelgold.com (grade-appropriate learning ideas for parents and teachers)
Graduation rates: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ewp_08.htm
Grammar: www.howtotutor.com/grammar.htm www.readbygrade3.com/cvrltr.html
Grants: http://www.axiomfire.com/af2/Start?linkid=1OodrnG0UbeYbMK13T3w
Grassroots organizations: www.chalkboardproject.org (Oregon) www.EdWatch.org (Minnesota) www.edsource.org (California) www.EducationReport.org (Michigan) www.catalyst-chicago.org (Chicago area) www.illinoisloop.org (Illinois) www.ed-red.org (suburban Illinois) www.southern-style.com/education_problems_and_solutions.htm (Alabama) www.BettyPeters.com (Alabama) www.crlive.com (Iowa; see education/iowalive) www.nceducationalliance.org (North Carolina; school choice) www.allianceforqualityed.org (South Carolina) www.EdExIdaho.org (Education Excellence Idaho) www.schoolreport.com (Vermonters for Better Education)
Handwriting:
Health issues (see also Nutrition): -- In general: -- School nursing: -- Impact of foundations: www.eagleforum.org/column/1997/jan97/97-01-01.html -- School-based health clinics: www.nasbhc.org (pro) www.edwatch.org (con; also use search engine to find Congressional testimony, "The Role of Federal Education and Labor in School Based Health Clinics" by Karen R. Effrem, M.D. -- Ritalin and other medications: http://www.schoolhealth.com/shop/mc_archive_medsnschlprint.asp -- Asthma: http://www.cdc.gov/health/asthma.htm -- Medicaid: www.aasa.org/publications/sa/2000_ob@feddate.htm
Head Start: www.heritage.org/Research/Education/BG1701.cfm www.cato.org (search for "Head Start")
Hispanic: See Minority issues
History (school subject): www.jeremiahproject.com/heritage.html www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw
History (of school reform):
Home Learning Ideas (to supplement regular schooling; see also Afterschooling): www.eduplace.com (from Houghton Mifflin; add /maf to the address for math activities; see the eGlossary)
Homeschooling (see also Distance Learning, Online Education and Virtual Schools): www.hslda.org (Home School Legal Defense Association) www.consideringhomeschooling.org www.nheri.org (National Home Education Research Institute) www.naaha.com (National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance) www.education-otherwise.org (United Kingdom homeschooling website)
Homeschooling / private schooling contracts:
Homeschooling co-ops / curriculum providers: www.co-opcurriculums.com/html/co-ops.html http://www.fchm.org (church-based homeschooling co-ops) www.oklahomahomeschool.com (on multiage teaching, unit plans and curriculum guides)
Homework Help: www.homeworkcentral.com/curr/homework/default.shtml www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html
Homosexuality:
Sites that generally oppose the spread of homosexuality in schools:
www.MassResistance.org (noted grassroots group in Massachusetts and nationwide) www.afa.net (video, "It's Not Gay") www.drthrockmorton.com (Dr. Warren Throckmorton, expert on sexual orientation change) www.pfox.org (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays) www.narth.com (National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) www.exodusglobalalliance.org (Worldwide Christian organization promoting sexual orientation change through faith-based means) http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS02E3&f=WA06J11 (link between homosexuality and child sexual abuse) www.family.org/socialissues/ (Focus on the Family's site; see "Sexual Identity/Gender" articles)
Sites that generally favor the spread of homosexuality in schools:
www.glsen.org (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network www.pflag.org (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/ (American Civil Liberties Union's site) www.hrw.org (Human Rights Watch, listed under "LGBT Rights") www.safeschoolscoalition.org (focusing on the needs of sexual minority children and parents) www.nclrights.org/publications/ha-legaloverview.htm (National Center for Lesbian Rights lists legal issues regarding harassment and discrimination) www.lambdalegal.org (national pro-gay legal rights group)
Illiteracy: http://www.readingstore.com/illiteracy_and_violence_confusi.htm (link to violence)
Immigrants, including illegal aliens attending public schools (also see Bilingual ed):
Inclusion (see also Special education): http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0326/p11s02-lepr.html
Inner-city school reform (see Urban issues)
Insurance: www.wpri.org/Reports/Volume18/Vol18no1.pdf (report by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute on the need for competitive bidding for health insurance for school employees) www.cholarisk.com/Files/Risk Management Brochure for Schools.pdf (report about property and casualty insurance and self-insurance for schools)
International Baccalaureate program (see also Global education and United Nations): www.eagleforum.org/educate/2003/july03/global-citizen.shtml
International ed: http://www.internationaleducationmedia.com/greece/index.htm
International test comparisons:
Internet freedom and wise use (see also Protecting kids):
Kindergarten: www.edwatch.org (search "kindergarten readiness") www.cato.org (search "all-day kindergarten") www.homeschooling.about.com/cs/kindergarten/a/kindergarten.htm
Latino: See Minority issues
Laws, rules and regulations:
Learning disabilities (see also Dyslexia): www.charityadvantage.com/aacld/HomePage.asp (African-American children) http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite
Legal issues: www.thomasmore.org (Thomas More Law Center) www.aclj.org (American Center for Law and Justice) www.lc.org (Liberty Counsel) www.asbj.com (American School Board Journal) www.nsba.org/cosa (National School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys) www.abanet.org (American Bar Association; see litigation, children's law, pro bono)
Legislation:
Lesson plans:
Libraries:
Lifelong Learning:
Literacy (see also Reading and Learning disabilities): www.famlit.org (National Center for Family Literacy) www.nifl.gov (National Institute for Literacy)
Mathematics: www.nctm.org (pro-status quo, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) www.mathematicallycorrect.com (anti-status quo; excellent grassroots site; started in California) www.wheresthemath.com (another good grassroots site, from the State of Washington) www.edexcellence.net/foundation/publication/publication.cfm?id=338 (Fordham Foundation's grades for the math standards in the 50 states) http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/projectm3/meeting%20the%20needs.html (Project M3, University of Connecticut Neag Center)
Mathematics curriculum: www.mathematicallycorrect.com/books2g.htm www.mathematicallycorrect.com/everyday.htm www.kimberlyswygert.com/archives/001644.html www.edwatch.org (search "Integrated Math") www.commonsensepress.com/mathpage.htm http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20074005/ (study shows math software doesn't help test scores)
Mathematics homework help:
Medicaid: impact on schools: http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/2000_06/feddate.htm
Mental health issues: www.edwatch.org (search "mental health")
Mentoring: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/news/volunteer.shtml
Merit pay / performance pay / differential pay / battlefront pay (see also Salaries and Teacher pay): www.heartland.org/new/IssueSuiteTopic.cfm?issId=3&istId=365 http://www.nrtwc.org/newsroom/352.htm www.city-journal.org/html/11_3_why_merit_pay.html www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/pd030900e.html www.freerepublic.com/forum/9392119971d53.htm (Cincinnati) www.educationnext.org (report, "Dollars & Sense: What a Tennessee Experiment tells about merit pay) www.city-journal.org/html/8_1_school_choice.html (article, "School Choice: The Last Civil Rights Battle")
Middle schools:
Minority issues (see also Multicultural education and Race-based school assignment and discrimination): www.nabse.org (National Alliance of Black School Educators) www.hcreo.org (Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options) www.NAMEorg.org (National Association for Multicultural Education) www.naaha.com (National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance) www.urbancure.org (Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education; Star Parker)
Models for reform:
Multiage grouping: www.edfacilities.org/rl/grade_configuration.cfm
Multicultural education: www.ascd.org (search under "Education topics") www.psparents.net/CulturalSensitivity.htm www.encounterbooks.com/books/lolap/lolap.html (book by Sandra Stotsky, "Losing Our Language," exploring the academic down side of multiculturalism)
Music: www.childrensmusicworkshop.com
News: www.EagleForum.org/educate/index.html www.edexcellence.net/foundation/gadfly http://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=6
No Child Left Behind (see also Federal programs): www.educatorroundtable.org (anti-NCLB group)
Nutrition: www.schoolnutrition.org (School Nutrition Association) www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/ (federal free and reduced lunch program) www.sbdrc.org/Pages/page44.html (soda pop ban) www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/service/learnpub.html (nutrition, breakfast, learning and behavior) http://busycooks.about.com/od/breakfastrecipes/a/brownbaglunch.htm (home-packed lunches) www.nutrition.about.com/od/schoollunches/qt/funschoollunch.htm (home-packed lunches) www.loveyourveggiesgrants.com (grants for improving nutrition at school)
Online education (see also Distance Learning, Homeschooling and Virtual Schools): www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/distance-national.asp www.wested.org/online_pubs/virtualschools.pdf www.clonlara.org/compuhigh.htm
Opting out of objectionable curriculum/activities/speeches/surveys/questionnaires: www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ppra/index.html www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html www.pacificjustice.org/resources/forms/sexopt.cfm
Parent education on K-12 issues: www.learningfirst.org/parents (reading and math tip sheets)
Parent groups, grassroots: www.theparentsnetwork.org (Southern states) http://theriver.com/Public/tucson_parents_edu_forum/ (Arizona) www.execpc.com/~presswis (Wisconsin) www.schoolreport.com/AdTI/index.htm (Vermont)
Parental involvement: www.back2school2007.com, an engaging website with tips from the Parent Teacher Organization www.pta.org/ia_pta_positions_1116959239593.html, Parent-Teacher Association policy www.ptotoday.com/magParent.html, Parent Teacher Organization article bank www.ncpie.org, National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam33.html, research on benefits of parental involvement from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory www.familyfriendlyschools.com, Dr. Steve Constantino www.finenetwork.org, Family Involvement Network of Educators
Parental involvement and fund-raising: www.toolboxforeducation.com (grants through Lowe's)
Parental rights (see also Opting out and Privacy): www.eagleforum.org (search parental rights)
Parenting:
Parent-teacher communications:
Partnerships (see Business and school partnerships)
Penmanship (see Handwriting)
Pension reform: www.nais.org/career/article.cfm?ItemNumber=145387 (see section on "Compensation") http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~jvanderh/rmi306/dbvsdc.htm (defined benefit vs. defined contribution)
Performing arts: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/Education www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Personnel (see also Salaries, Teaching categories, Fringe benefits, and Retirement): www.eiaonline.org (see "Contract Hits")
Philanthropy (see Foundations and Private scholarships)
Phonics: www.nrrf.org (National Right to Read Foundation) www.spalding.org (Spalding Phonics, an excellent curriculum) www.riggsinst.org (The Riggs Institute; teaches teachers how to teach reading and writing) www.howtotutor.com (AlphaPhonics, another good phonics curriculum) www.ReadByGrade3.com (good reading research and help for parents of struggling readers) www.ReadingStore.com (background articles and books on reading issues) www.eagleforum.org (TurboPhonics) www.readamerica.net (Phono-Graphix) www.readingreformny.org (The Reading Reform Foundation of New York, a phonics advocate) http://hooked-on-phonics.com/ (commercial product; this is not an endorsement, but there is good information on this site)
Physical education (see also Recess): http://members.tripod.com/~pazz/lesson.html http://f.webring/com/hub?ring=physedring
Policy (search issues in these websites in their K-12 education sections): www.alec.org (American Legislative Exchange Council) www.ppionline.org (Pacific Policy Institute) www.mackinac.org (Michigan) www.naeducation.org (National Academy of Education) www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/aepi.htm (Arizona) www.heritage.org (The Heritage Foundation) www.brookings.edu/gs/brown/brown_hp.htm
Politics: www.EDin08.com (political action in an election year, with big foundation funding) www.eiaonline.com (unions) www.opensecrets.org (political contributions; shows teachers' unions giving 99% of their money to Democratic candidates and 1% to Republicans)
Pornography (see Protecting kids)
Poverty (see also Urban issues and Rural issues): www.pacificresearch.org (order their report, "They Have Overcome: High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools in California," by Lance Izumi, September 2002) www.sutherlandinstitute.org (report, "Neighbors in Need: A New Approach to Compassionate Poverty Relief") www.starcenter.org (Texas)
Preschool (see also Early Childhood Education): www.demipress.com (starting a Christian preschool / day care) www.sjlpp.org/documents/proposals.pdf www.edwatch.org (search "universal preschool") www.cato.org (search "preschool") www.heritage.org (search articles by Krista Kafer)
Principals: www.nassp.org (www.principals.org - National Association of Secondary School Principals)
Privacy issues (see also Opting out): www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ppra/index.html (Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, PPRA) http://media.familyrights.us/smart_parents/hatch_amendment.doc (text of PPRA) http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html (Familiy Educational Rights and Privacy Act, FERPA)
Private education: www.capenet.org (Council for American Private Education) www.nais.org (National Association of Independent Schools) www.acsi.org (Association of Christian Schools International) www.ncea.org (National Catholic Educational Association) www.naes.org (National Association of Episcopal Schools) www.elca.org/schools (Lutheran schools -- ELCA) www.lcms.org/pages/default.asp?NavID=1694 (Lutheran schools - Mo. Synod) www.amshq.org (American Montessori Society schools) www.montessori-ami.org (Association Montessori Internationale schools) www.ravsak.org (Network of Jewish Community Day Schools) http://mediaguidetoislam.sfsu.edu/intheus/04c_youth.htm (Muslim education) www.ncgs.org (National Coalition of Girls' Schools) www.nces.ed.gov/globallocator/ www.ncgs.org (National Coalition of Girls' Schools)
Private scholarships (see also Donations, Foundations, Private-sector initiatives and School choice): www.scholarshipfund.org (national Children's Scholarship Fund, offering tax deductions for donations to these funds, which give tuition grants to needy families to send their children to private school if they believe they can get a better education there) www.ceofoundation.org (Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation, San Antonio and beyond) www.pave.org (Milwaukee) www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=5094 (opposition to private scholarships from People For the American Way)
Private school management / providers / franchisers: http://slate.msn.com/toolbar.aspx?action=read&id=2070329
Private schools, excellent:
Private-sector initiatives (see also Donations):
Privatization: www.sutherlandinstitute.org (report, "Saving Education and Ourselves: The Moral Case for Self-Reliance in Education") www.heartland.org (search "school privatization") www.reason.org (search "school privatization") www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueid=92 (from the pro-government Education Commission of the States)
Professional development (for teachers): http://www.teachersourcebook.org/directory.cfm
Protecting kids from pornography, sex, Internet smut, etc.:
Psychological profiling:
Public education advocacy: www.nsba.org/site/index_peac.asp?TrackID= http://www.publicedpartners.org
Publishers: http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/shopping_and_services/publishers/education/textbooks/k_12
Quality:
Race-based school assignment and discrimination: www.naeducaiton.org/Meredith_Report.pdf www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu
Reading (see Illiteracy, Phonics, Reading methods and Whole Language)
Reading aloud: www.memfox.com/reading-magic-and-do-it-like-this/
Reading help for parents: http://ldadvocates.com/what-the-red-flag-reading-screening.htm (free screening for reading problems) www.free-reading.net (free downloads of reading activities, especially for pre-K through Grade 2)
Reading methods (see also Learning disabilities, Phonics, Remediation and Whole language): http://dibels.uoregon.edu/ (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)
Recess:
Reform: www.effwa.org/main/page.php?number=32 http://www.southern-style.com/education_problems_and_solutions.htm http://www.restoringamerica.org/archive/education/editorial_index.html
Religious issues: http://www.ed.gov/Speeches/08-1995/religion.html (Religious Expression in Public Schools, U.S. Department of Education policy) www.religiousfreedomday.com/images/free_to_speak.pdf www.gtbe.org/news/index.php/1/37/165.html http://teachers.safeshopper.com/29/215.htm?696 www.syatp.com (See You at the Pole)
Remediation (see also other Reading listings, and Title 1 under Federal programs): www.ed.gov/progress/readingfirst (the federal Reading First program) www.fcrr.org (Florida Center for Reading Research) www.lindamoodbell.com (Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, well-known for working with children with dyslexia and other learning disabilities) www.haan4kids.org (foundation that runs the Power4Kids remediation program) www.landmarkschool.org (Massachusetts school turns around reading-disabled kids' learning careers) www.ReadByGrade3.com (articles, Reading Recovery not successful) http://www.nccte.org/publications/ncrve/mds-03xx/mds-309.asp?dirid=161&dspid= (need for workforce remediation in basic skills) http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=38 (Title 1 hasn't worked)
Research: www.naeducation.org (National Academy of Education) www.ernweb.com (Educational Research Newsletter) www.illinoisloop.org/research.html www.marsrrservices.com (Pennsylvania and beyond)
Retirement / Pensions (see also Fringe Benefits): www.nctr.org (article, "Alleviating Teacher Shortages Through Pension Plan Redesign") www.nasra.org (National Association of State Retirement Administrators) www.nctr.org (National Council on Teacher Retirement)
Rural issues (see also Urban issues):
Safety: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crime/ www.ascd.org (search under "Education topics")
Salaries (see also Personnel, Fringe benefits, and Teacher pay categories): www.eiaonline.com (see "School Pay and Staffing") www.ppionline.org (article, "Better Pay for Better Teaching")
School boards: www.nsba.org (good blog, BoardBuzz) http://www.eagleforum.org/questionnaire/school_board_q.html (candidate questionnaire) www.GOPAC.org (training Republican school board candidates)
School choice (see also Charter schools, Private scholarships, Town tuitioning, and Tuition tax credits): www.edreform.com including http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=825§ionID=74&NEWSYEAR=2006 www.friedmanfoundation.org including http://www.friedmanfoundation.org/resources/publications/advocate/index.html www.AllianceforSchoolChoice.org http://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=6 (Ten Principles of School Choice booklet) http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/books/edcap.html (eBook, "Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America's Schools) www.ivbe.org (Florida) www.ij.org (search "school choice" or "education" for legal aspects)
School selection:
School spending: School district spending report on www.eiaonline.com (includes rankings of states) See your district's website and your state's education department website for annual spending reports about your district and your state http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/BG1448.cfm http://www.freedomworks.org/informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=1775&isitsearch=1&search1=K-12 (Washington)
School-to-Work: www.sonnet.com/usr/kidogo/watch.tangled2.html http://www.arthurhu.com/index/stw.htm www.nccte.org/resources/reauthorization.asp
Science education (see also Evolution): http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc20040316_0601_tc166.htm (article on the shortage of qualified science teachers)
Secondary education (also see "High Schools" and "Middle Schools"): http://www.educationnews.org/writers/tom/The-Culture-of-Middle-Schools-and-High-Schools.htm
Sex (see also Protecting kids)
Sex ed:
Small schools: www.educationnext.org/20044/56.html www.gatesfoundation.org/education
Special education (see also ADHD, Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities): www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln (U.S. Department of Education site) www.wrightslaw.com/info/advo.index.htm (special education advocacy for parents) www.reedmartin.com/specialeducationresources.htm (good links section) www.kent.k12.md.us/kent/depart/special/definit.htm (special ed terms defined) www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084/ (National Center for Learning Disabilities parent guide) www.ideadata.org (government data under the Individuals With Disabilities Act, IDEA) www.cec.sped.org (Council for Exceptional Children) www.csef-air.org (Center for Special Education Finance) www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/14/91/1491.htm (Education Commission of the States, special education finance and other facts) www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues43.html (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, article on inclusion) www.ascd.org (see "Inclusion" under "Education Topics") www.spense.org (special education personnel) www.ldonline.org (learning disabilities) www.adhdfraud.com (physician crusades for different approaches to what looks like learning disabilities, but may not be) www.ReadByGrade3.com (parents and teachers crusade for better reading instruction in the early grades to prevent reading dysfunction and the learning problems that come with that) www.ablechild.org (parents for label- and drug-free education) www.pacer.org (Minnesota-based group for parents of SPED children; good parent training on IEP's, communicating with educators, dealing with assessments)
Speech, language and hearing:
Spelling: http://www.nrrf.org/features.htm#spelling (articles on invented spelling)
Staff development: http://www.teachersourcebook.org/directory.cfm
Standards: http://www.educationnews.org/new_home_for_the_texas_alternati.htm
Statistics: www.nces.ed.gov (federal government bank of education statistics) www.SchoolMatters.org (Standard & Poor's data and analysis on states and many districts in the U.S.)
Tax credits for private scholarships: www.azdor.gov/ResearchStats/Schooltaxcredit.htm (Arizona alone lists 57 organizations accepting private donations to provide tuition assistance for low-income students in exchange for tax credits for the donors)
Teach For America: www.teachforamerica.org (young inner-city teachers providing public service)
Teacher certification: www.LexingtonInstitute.org (search "teacher certification" or "alternative certification") www.abell.org/programareas/highlights/teacher_cert.html www.abcte.org (alternative to the national certification process) www.nbpts.org (national certification organization; tied to the National Education Association) www.education-consumers.com (search "national teaching standards" for rebuttal information) www.zigsite.com/PDFs/DistBaseModel.pdf (recommends district-based certification)
Teacher education: www.edexcellence.net/better/tchrs/teachers.html www.nctq.org (data on teacher quality)
Teacher evaluation: You can obtain your district's teacher evaluation documents from the central office to see how a teacher is evaluated.
Teacher recruitment / shortages: http://www.ed.gov/inits/teachers/archive-recruit.html www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/TRecru.htm www.ruraledu.org/rpm/rpm309b.htm (rural teacher shortages) www.soldierstoscholars.org (retired military personnel recruited as inner-city teachers)
Teacher support, nonunion: www.nstasubs.org (substitute teachers) www.endteacherabuse.info/index.html http://www.lewrockwell.com/taylor/taylor-arch.html (articles by Linda Schrock Taylor) www.teachermagazine.org (affiliated with Education Week)
Teacher pay (see also Merit pay and Salaries): http://www.heartland.org/new/Article.cfm?artId=14817 http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2005/tables/17quality-t1k.html (state-by-state teacher pay scales) www.edweek.org (search for articles on "teacher pay") http://www.myshortpencil.com/schooltalk/cgi-bin/show.cgi?tpc=2&post=8378 http://www.joannejacobs.com/mtarchives/013520.html (battle pay or "incentive bonus" pay for inner-city teachers)
Teacher quality: www.LexingtonInstitute.org/education.asp
Teachers' professional development: http://www.teachersourcebook.org/directory.cfm
Technology: www.fno.org (blog)
Television:
Tenure:
Testing (see also Value-added assessment): www.collegeboard.org (A.P. tests, PSAT, SAT) www.ets.org (Educational Testing Service) http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ (National Assessment of Educational Progress data) http://www.education.uiowa.edu/itp/itbs/ (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) www.ctb.com (McGraw-Hill assessment arm; California Achievement test, etc.) www.harcourtassessment.com (Stanford-9) www.edexcellence.net/foundation/topic/topic.cfm?topic=Testing%20%26%20Accountability
Test prep:
Textbooks: www.edexcellence.net/foundation/publication/publication.cfm?id=335 (article, "The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption")
Think tanks (search "education" as a policy area): www.LexingtonInstitute.org/education.asp www.sutherlandinstitute.org (Utah)
Time management: www.jefflindsay.com/Block.shtml, http://geocities.com/weswalker99/
Town tuitioning (see also school choice): www.schoolreport.com/tuitioning.htm (school-choice programs over a century old in Vermont and Maine allowing towns with no schools to send kids to private schools or neighboring public schools) http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2003/12_3_03_g.html (legal aspects)
Transportation: www.psparents.net/TransportationIssues.htm
Tuition tax credits for individuals and corporations: www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=11498 (article, "Educational Vouchers and Tax Credits: A State-by-State Summary of Current Programs") www.lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/359.doc www.goldwaterinstitute.org (search for "scholarship tax credits") www.collinscenter.org (report, "Florida Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program: A Preliminary Analysis" www.forheroes.com/corporate_heroes.htm (Florida) www.rppi.org/2003schoolchoice.html www.christianlaw.org/vouchers.html (scroll down to read about tax credits)
Tutoring: http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/suppservices/index.html (free outside tutoring for needy kids in sub-standard schools) www.lindamoodbell.org (intensive individual intervention, and school programs)
Umbrella schools (school partners with parents so that children can do professionally-supported but parent-led independent study programs, or ISPs; see also University model schools): www.bayshoreeducational.com/privisp.html (California)
Unions: www.aaeteachers.org (alternative to NEA and AFT) www.nea.org (National Education Association) www.aft.org (American Federation of Teachers) www.eiaonline.com (union watchdog with free news stories by subscription) www.effwa.org (union watchdog, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation) www.nrtw.org (National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation) www.landmarklegal.org (success in exposing undue political activity using teachers' union dues, and publicizing the right of teachers to "opt out" of political action by the union using their dues) www.edweek.org (search for article, "Teachers' Union to Require Audits of Locals in Arrears" www.nrtwc.org (National Right to Work Committee)
United Nations (see also Global education and International Baccalaureate): www.americanpolicy.org (United Nations and Education sections) www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.asp www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/6535/UNPLAN.HTM www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/teichrib-engineering-social-change.htm
University model schools (part private school, part homeschool; see also Umbrella Schools):
Urban issues (see also Poverty): www.cgcs.org (Council of the Great City Schools) www.urbancure.org (Coalition For Urban Renewal and Education; Star Parker) www.temple.edu/LSS/crhdeovr.htm www.edexcellence.net/foundation/publication/publication.cfm?id=342 (educator forms Washington, D.C., inner-city Catholic school consortium with admirable results)
Valedictorian (see Academic honors)
Value-added assessment:
Violence prevention: http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Juvenile/School_Violence
Virtual schools (see also Distance Learning, Homeschooling and Online Education): www.nebraskahs.unl.edu (Nebraska) www.flvs.net (Florida) www.keystonehighschool.com (Pennsylvania) www.cmacademy.org (Christa McAuliffe Academy, Washington) www.LaurelSprings.com (Ojai, Calif.) www.wisehighschool.org (Virginia, etc.) www.blvs.org (Kansas) www.connectionsacademy.org (based in Littleton, Colo.) www.themorningstaracademy.org (Orlando, Fla.; good parent resources at bottom of homepage)
Vocabulary: www.hottotutor.com/vocaback.htm www.freerice.com (free vocabulary building exercises that raise money to fight world hunger)
Vocational/technical education:
Volunteering (see also Parental involvement and fund-raising): www.springfieldschoolvolunteers.org
Whistleblowers: www.educatorswitnessprotectionprogram.com
Whole language reading philosophy (see Reading methods) falcon.tamucc.edu/~mgrace/m_grace/WL.html www.riggsinst.org/language.htm (whole language vs. direct instruction) www.halcyon.org/wholelan.html (whole language vs. phonics-only) http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/2002_01/willows.htm
Writing: www.tcr.org/tcr/institute/stateofthetermpaper.pdf www.readbygrade3.com/cvrltr.html http://www.educationnews.org/The-Lost-Art-of-Research-Paper-Writing.htm
Year-round education: www.nayre.org (pro) www.geocities.com/weswalker99/ (con) http://schoolyear.info/ (con; Coalition for a Traditional School Year) www.SaveTennesseeSummers.org (con) www.traditionalschoolyear.org (con, Texas) www.SaveOurSummers.org (con, Florida)
Zero tolerance policies: www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/zerotolreport.html
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