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Education Week on the Web - Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives.

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education - Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school.

PEPE, Inc. - The only organization in the Philippines specifically devoted to the advancement and propagation of the theory and practice of popular education. As part of its commitment to human development, PEPE provides education services to a diverse set of sectors and groups - urban poor, peasants, lawyers, doctors, women, and indigenous peoples.

National Center for Policy Analysis - NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues.

Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education - provides non-partisan research, information and communication on education to Canadian policy-makers, education partners and the public.

Moral Issues in Education - Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto

Popular EducationTool Kit - Popular Education is a tool to raise people's critical awareness about the world around them, based on their personal experience. This site includes resources and exercises using Popular Education techniques.

Organizational Development in Education - Optimizing schools, colleges, and universities through proven techniques such as cultural change, strategic measurement, process consulting, and other methods.

National Center on Education and the Economy - Policies, tools, technical assistance and professional development that people everywhere can use to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems.

Foundation for Academic Standards & Tradition - Organization of college, university, and high school students restoring high academic standards and humanistic study of the liberal arts in the Western tradition -- publishes ARGOS, a student e-journal.

The Arena of Ideas - Links, information, and discussion of issues in education from a conservative perspective.

Education Law Foundation: Northampton, MA - This foundation exists to eliminate K-12 academic tracking or ability grouping which deprives millions of students a fair educational opportunity.

Equity Center - Committed to helping public school personnel embrace the key concepts of equity and eliminate bias and discrimination in the context of their day-to-day activities.

SchoolReformers.com - An Internet starting point for parents who care about their children's education.

Center For Children and Education - Provides information and assistance to help students and parents improve their public schools in low income, African American and Hispanic communities.

Quantum Literacy - A site devoted to the improvement of literacy (reading, writing and spelling the English language) with good links to other literacy pages.

Our Nation's Kids: Is Something Wrong? - A report on people's thinking in national issues forums. This report describes what happened as people deliberated about issues related to our nation's kids: the values they drew on, the considerations they took into account, the costs and consequences they weighed as they talked, listened to others, and had time to reflect on the issue.

The Emperors Nakedness: Undressing Ignorance in the Classroom - Pedagogy needs a re-think.

Almanac of Policy Issues: Education - Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues.

Massachusetts State Colleges Under Attack - Massachusetts state colleges are a tremendous resource for the state, but the commonwealth's own Board of Higher Education seems bent on their destruction.

From Inkwells to an Electronic Learning Community - Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education.

NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Education Survey - Public approves of higher taxes for schools, but wants fairness in funding; support weak for vouchers and unclear for charter schools. Read or take the poll.

Teachers' Advisory Board of the Children's Scholarship Fund - U. S. educators have crafted a statement of principles as a guide to expanding educational opportunity for all children and enhancing teaching as a profession.

Reuter Foundation - Reuters Foundation is an educational trust, managed and financed by Reuters, the world news organisation. By reflecting the diverse interests of Reuters and its employees around the world it aims to make a distinctive contribution towards journalism, education and humanitarian issues.

The Calculator Dilemma - Essay about whether or not calculators in various forms truly help students on exams.

Education Matters - Essays on Public Education - Sandra Nichols writes about bilingual education, safe schools, small schools and the importance of trust and good communication between students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

America Counts - National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.

Educational Pathways to Power - An address by Hilary Lips - recipient of the New Zealand Federation of University Women's Distinguished American Scholar Award - and distributed by Radford University's Center for Gender Studies.

Independent Voices for Better Education - Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability.

Education Law On-Line - A legal and legislative information service for education and school lawyers and for school administrators.

Internet Sources for Higher Education Policy and Research - Links to higher education policy centers (both university-based and freestanding), associations, publications, and other policy-related issues, from the American Council on Education.

Teaching and Learning Celebration - Explores the best practices regarding current educational issues as presented by leading educators.

The Kid-Safe Network - A nation-wide educational program to teach children and parents about the dangers of child molesters. Learn special methods to avoid these dangers.

Educational Pathways to Power - An address by Hilary Lips - recipient of the New Zealand Federation of University Women's Distinguished American Scholar Award. Discusses gender discrimination in educational and career guidance.

International Correspondents in Education (ICE) - ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues.

Written Off - DallasNews.com - Photographic essay about the growing problem of dropouts in Texas schools.

Media Visions - Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology.

Edexhell - Success through Disqualification - Campaigning for investigation into the UK examination board Edexcel, after a series of errors in papers, marking and information. Petition, timeline and other campaign details.

The Right to Education Project - A resource on the status of the right to education as outlined by the United Nations, supporting the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on education. Includes links to allied organizations.

Daily News Headlines - From Edweek.

People For the American Way - Education Issues - Issues and articles.

NYTimes.com - Sleep Is One Thing Missing in Busy Teenage Lives - Many teenagers live in a state of chronic sleep deficit that can affect mood, behavior, schoolwork and reaction time. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

NYTimes.com - With Cheating on the Rise, More Colleges Are Turning to Honor Codes - Research shows less cheating at colleges with strong honor codes than at those without them, so some campuses are adopting codes for the first time. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

NoIndoctrination.org - Read student postings about sociopolitical bias in college courses and orientations.

Heartland Institute - Education - Articles reporting on school issues and reform efforts in the US.

Different Approaches: Equity in Higher Education - Series of abstracts focusing on various aspects of equity issues.

Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments - Explores the advantages and limitations of alternative assessments.

Equity & Excellence in Education - Journal providing teachers, education faculty and students, and administrators with professional coverage of current equity issues, especially those having legal and economic significance.

Equity and Diversity - A resource for educators concerned about creating equitable conditions for children.

School Funding Equity - Includes and overview of the causes and impact of disparities in public school funding in the US. Offers articles, links and related resources.

Teaching Tolerance - Serves as a clearinghouse of information about anti-bias programs and activities being implemented in schools across the country.

University of Toronto: Sociology & Equity Studies in Education - Information on degree programs and related resources.

Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing - Focuses attention on how educational standards, assessments, and tests can be used more fairly.

University of Woolongong: Centre for Equity Research in Education - Includes information on programs, staff, and students.

California State University, Long Beach: Center for Language Minority Education & Research - Promotes equity in schools and society, and explores equity and access issues in oppressed communities.

University of South Australia: Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work - Focuses on research and development projects at the interfaces between education, work and community, with a strong underpinning focus on social justice and equity.

Our Children, Our Communities and Our Future - A policy framework for equity in education in Saskatchewan schools.

Gender Equity in Education - Resources for promoting a heightened awareness of the need for gender equity in education for both girls and boys.

The Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium - Private non-profit corporation developing school programs that provide equal learning opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds. Provides desegregation assistance and other services to school districts in DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, and DC.

National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators - A national network of educators and representatives from industry, government, and nonprofit organizations who share a commitment to continued improvement of the recruitment, retention, and graduation of African-Americans, Latinos, and American Indians in engineering and related fields.

Women and Minorities in Math and Engineering - A program designed to provide opportunities for success to underrepresented students in the College of Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Vermont.

National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Sciences - GEM is a network of universities, companies, government agencies, alumni and faculty working to together to provide graduate education in engineering and science to underrepresented minority students.

Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network - WEPAN is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1990 to be a catalyst for change to enhance the success of women in the engineering professions.

Multicultural Education Pavilion - Provides educators, students, and activists resources and dialogues on equity, social justice, and multicultural education.

Cultural Knowledge Newsletter - A resource for those interested in learning more about diversity and culture.

Maasai Girls Education Fund - The Fund encourages the education of Maasai girls in Kenya by covering all costs of education including boarding, travel, and books.

Education Policy Analysis - Full text archive to this peer-reviewed scholarly journal.

Comprehensive Legislative Update on Education (CLUE) - Provides daily updates on state policy issues of concern to K-12 education.

The Candian Education and Policy Administration Network - Provides comprehensive links for information about elementary and secondary educational policy and administration issues throughout Canada.

National Center for Policy Analysis - Education Issues - Provides an overview of current issues in education, including affirmative action, school choice, funding and testing.

AACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse - Provides information to assist users in the study of education policies, especially as related to teacher preparation.

Foreign Academics in Japan - A collection of essays and resources dealing with the issue of employment terms and conditions for foreign professors, lecturers and researchers in Japanese universities.

American Youth Policy Forum - Nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.

Center on Education Policy - Acts as the national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools.

Education Policy Unit (EPU) - Researches educational policy in South Africa.

Institute for Educational Leadership - Offers programs focusing on the establishment of leadership networks and examining policy issues.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US (SIECUS) - Promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.

Pregnancy Prevention - Very large list of Internet links and references on education programs and other measures to prevent adolescent pregnancy.

Mother's Voices - National grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to HIV/ AIDS advocacy and education. Includes advice for parents wanting to talk to their children about sex.

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP) - Non-profit organization with a mission to prevent teen pregnancy by supporting values and stimulating actions that are consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence.

Parents' Rights Coalition - Conservative group providing information and criticism on gay-related education materials and programs.

Florida Abstinence Evaluation - An effort to understand and assess the implementation of sexual abstinence education programs throughout the State of Florida.

Sexuality Education in the Schools: Issues and Answers - Site argues that school-based sexuality education programs conducted by specially-trained educators can add an important dimension to children's ongoing sexual learning.

Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health - Daily reports on reproductive issues; includes sex-education topics.

Does Sex Education Work? - Article reviews research and argues that a comprehensive risk prevention strategy should use multiple elements to protect as many of those at risk of pregnancy and STD/HIV infection as possible.

A Look at the 'Sex Respect' Curriculum - Critique of abstinence-only sexuality education, from Rethinking Schools, a nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. (Summer 1998)

Sexuality Education: How Americans Really Feel - An analysis of a 1999 poll showing broad support for sexuality education to prevent disease and pregnancy.

Trend Toward Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Means Many U.S. Teenagers Are Not Getting Vital Messages About Contraception - Report of an Alan Guttmacher Institute study.

Parents for A Responsible Health Curriculum - Parent organization to inform parents of laws regarding health education and to promote parental involvement in the development of school health curriculum.

Abstinence for Singles - Education program to promote responsible sexuality. Primarily focused on schools, non-profits, and similar institutional groupings.

Condomplations - Site for safer sex education. The webmasters are said to be Registered Nurses.

Back to School with the Religious Right: Sexuality Education - Reviews opposing approaches (abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education) and the efforts by political and religious groups to control how the topic is taught in U.S. schools.

Laubach Literacy - Nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to helping adults of all ages improve their lives and their communities by learning reading, writing, math and problem-solving skills.

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) - America's largest non-profit children's and family literacy organization.

Applied Scholastics: Opening the Doors to Learning - Acclaimed as a major breakthrough in education by specialists and lay practitioners alike, the Applied Scholastics approach developed by L. Ron Hubbard is called Study Technology.

Time To Read - Time To Read, Time Warners nationwide volunteer literacy program, assists adults and teens who read at or above the fourth-grade level and with children in grades 2-6.

Barksdale Reading Institute - Designed to dramatically improve the reading skills of children through a systematic and direct implementation of a research-based reading reform model.

National Center for Family Literacy - Details about initiatives, research and statistics on literacy, newsletter, projects, a FAQ, press releases, and links to community programs.

Literacy and Education - "This page has assorted links to papers on literacy and education, as well as links to several related gopher archives."

New Literacy Through Technology - Is technology developing a whole new kind of literacy? Once-literate people may find themselves classified as illiterate according to this new system.

Quit Whining and Read - The goal of the program is to increase awareness of the needs of literacy programs and offer financial support to these programs through the sales of Quit Whining and Read shirts, tote bags and magnets.

National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy - California's Berkeley hosts the research consortium called NCSWL, aimed at understanding how writing is best learned and taught--from the early years through adulthood. Completed research, workshops and publications as well as researchers are covered.

FIU Libraries - Florida International University Library's Information Literacy section enables links to various academic and practical resources on Literacy research, opinion and training.

Literacy Online - University of Pennsylvania site concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide.

Verizon Reads - Verizon partners with local celebrities in communities to connect literacy to a familiar face, bring attention to a critical issue and raise awareness and funding for the cause. Find a list of program partners, celebrity helpers, personal testimonials, and contact information.

NIFL Literacy Forums and Listservs - Forums and listservs related in some way to literacy. Provided by National Institute for Literacy. Includes archives and search engine.

National Center for Literacy - Hosted by Harvard, good resource for links to literacy both as an academic study and to practical materials such as their inexpensive materials "Focus on Basics."

Adult Education Participation in North America: International Perspectives - U.S. Department of Education, Human Resources Development Canada, and Statistics Canada drew upon the results of the International Adult Literacy Survey and examined levels of literacy achieved in North America.

Cornerstone - A national literacy initiative of The New York Institute for Special Education in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. News, mission, staff, participating schools and school districts, relevant links, and contact information.

Books Without Borders - An ongoing quest by Lovatt Davis to achieve literacy in Nigeria. The project will see a container load of books donated by New Zealand school children shipped to Nigeria. Details about the project, news updates, and contact information.

NYTimes.com - When Backyards Were Laboratories - Scientific literacy begins at home. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) - LINCS is the literacy community's gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the Internet. The goal of LINCS is to bring adult literacy-related resources and expertise to a single point of access for users throughout the world.

LiteracyTent - A collaborative environment for literacy-related resources including news, discussions, field-generated documents and mailing lists.

Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy - Research and community support center whose focus is increasing awareness of the overall spectrum of literacy issues.

OTAN - The Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) is a California state site with technical assistance, communication linkages, and electronic resources for the adult education and literacy practitioner.

National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) - "NALD is Canada's adult literacy information network. NALD is the one-stop centre for information on adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities in Canada. NALD also provides links with other services and databases across North America and overseas." Bilingual: English & French

The Adult Literacy of Boston - A Joint effort of Roxbury Community College and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Provides definitions, FAQs, and links to other literacy information.

Adult Literacy and Technology Network - A national effort dedicated to finding solutions for using technology to enhance adult literacy.

East Side Adult Education - The East Side Adult Education Program will provide a learning environment which fosters student success, encourages life-long education, and meets changing community needs.

Rhode Island Workforce Literacy Collaborative - Unified effort to provide information about adult literacy programs, events, and resources throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

Nebraska Literacy - One of 12 state resource centers that make up the Midwest Adult Literacy Information System. (With support from the National Institute for Literacy).

St. James ESL Program - St. James ESL Program is a non-sectarian, non-profit, volunteer and community-based organization that provides English and other instruction to adult refugees and low-income immigrants in Seattle, Washington

Literacy Online - Literacy Online is cosponsored by the International Literacy Institute and the National Center on Adult Literacy, and hosted at the University of Pennsylvania. Literacy Online is dedicated to providing useful information concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide.

Maryland Adult Literacy Resource Center - Maryland Adult Literacy Resource Center: resources and information for adult literacy providers and students in Maryland.

Literacy Services of Wisconsin - Offering free adult basic education tutoring, provides adults instruction in reading, writing, GED/ high school equivalency test preparation and English as a second language.

Northern Kentucky Adult Reading Program - Program of basic reading instruction for adults in the northern Kentucky area.

Exploring Adult Literacy - Evolving electronic peer-reviewed journal intended for adult literacy practitioners in adult basic education, family literacy and workplace literacy. Provides practical, but research-based short articles on new ideas in the field as well as position papers, lesson plans, reviews, and an interactive forum for adult literacy providers.

ABC Canada - A national non-profit literacy organization, in partnership with business, labour, educators and government. The focus is on public awareness programs and helping the private sector to establish workplace basic education programs.

Literacy Resources - Rhode Island - The Swearer Center for Public Service, Literacy Resources, Rhode Island Campus.

The Ohio Literacy Resource Center - Provides support, training and resources for practitioners who work with adult literacy students in the state of Ohio.

Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier County - A nonprofit organization, working to eradicate illiteracy in this community.

Literacy Volunteers of America - Rhode Island - Rhode Island affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of America, a national nonprofit organization.

Welcome to the Literacy Center' - Attleboro, Massachusetts training and support services.

Literacy NOW - Offers a way for teens and adults to learn to read by themselves in the privacy of their own home at their own pace and schedule, namely a series of three videos entitled, "I Want To Read," containing 115 learning segments and totaling five and one half hours running time.

Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles - An organization that promotes adult, family and workplace literacy efforts in greater Los Angeles through networking.

Eureka! - Resource for adult basic education instructors. Search a lesson database by topic or program type and discover lessons that have been used successfully by instructors with their students.

National Institute for Literacy - Descriptions of and pointers to the programs, services, activities, publications, and legislative efforts of this independent federal agency that links the literacy field to state and federal lawmakers.

Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council - Nonprofit agency providing literacy programs for adults and out-of-school young adults in western Pennsylvania.

The Caribbean Regional Council for Adult Education (CARCAE) - CARCAE, established in 1978 as the umbrella agency for Adult Education in the Dutch, English, French and Papiamento-speaking Caribbean. National Adult Education Associations and individual members working in a wide variety of social spheres.

Miami Valley Literacy Council - The primary, volunteer-based literacy provider in the Miami Valley (Dayton, Ohio region).

International Literacy Explorer - "An overview of literacy issues in an international context. Useful for teachers, policy makers, researchers."

LiteracyLink - For adult students and their teachers, LiteracyLink offers online GED modules, and information about the PBS Workplace Essential Skills series.

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy - Disseminates research and best practices in the adult basic education field to practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. Includes teaching materials and teacher training materials, as well as scholarship information for doctoral programs.

Literacy Volunteers of America - 40 million Americans are functionally illiterate. LVA is a national network of certified, locally-based education programs committed to increasing literacy for adults and their families.

Adult and Continuing Education from About.Com - Extensive list of information selected by an adult education specialist; free email newsletters.

Northwest Regional Literacy Resource Center - Resource for practitioners in the field of adult literacy, basic skills and English as a Second Language.

Literacy Council of Jefferson County - Provides free tutoring services to Jefferson County, Washington, USA residents with low literacy skills.

National Assessments of Adult Literacy - Provides statistics and figures on adult literacy rates, and current as well as projected trends in literacy education.

National Adult Literacy Agency - Ireland's national adult literacy site with links to resources, local contacts, literacy tools, press releases, and notices for conferences, publications and related concerns.

America's Literacy Directory - Refers students and volunteers to literacy, GED, and English programs in their neighborhood. Provides detailed information about types of services, class times, program fees, and directions.

Technology Issues for Educators - Teams of educators participating in an online course developed a set of white papers on how new information and communication technologies affect schools. They produced educators' guides to Access Issues, Credibility and Web Evaluation, Free Speech versus Censorship, Privacy, Commercialism, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Plagiarism, Computer Crime and Technology Misuse.

Publications by Donald Leu - Various publications on internet and literacy.

PrairieNet Community Network - The PrairieNet organization attempts to decrease the size of the digital divide by offering technology-based classes.

Media Awareness Network - Offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community and "food for thought"on our fast-evolving media culture.

National Educational Technology Standards - Provides educators with criteria to use and factors to consider for better implementation of technology in public education.

Assessment of Information Literacy: Lessons from the Higher Education Assessment Movement - This paper reviews higher education assessment methods; identifies useful theories and practices; describes assessment programs in academic libraries; and makes recommendations for changes in library education and for future research.

Developing New Literacies: Using the Internet in Content Area Instruction - Paper discussing using the new literacy in content area instruction, how this area is changing, time restrictions, protection of children, keeping up with new developments and preparing children for their literacy and learning futures.

Higher Education in the Information Age - 1997 symposium about the technological future and new models for delivery of education; new markets, competition, opportunities, issues, and business relationships in education; and the future of the undergraduate experience. Participant background and program details.

TeenLit.com - Dedicated to publishing teen writing, as well as book reviews by teenagers. Teachers and parents of adolescents will find useful information. Teen and teacher discussions, author home pages, and more

Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and Technology - This paper discusses using hypermedia to eliminate the language barriers that limited English proficient (LEP) students experience in the school settings.

The Implications of Electronic Information for the Sociology of Knowledge - Article by UCLA professor Richard Lanham which discusses how the current trend of text moving from paper to screen will force us to rethink literacy

Interactive Instruction for Adult Learners - Links to adult literacy topics including interactive geography games, grammar, voter involvement, lesson plans with Internet-based resources and a link for low-level literacy learners.

Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals - Stevan Harnad in this D-Lib Magazine piece argues for self-archiving of scholarly work.

Literacy in the Information Age: Campus Honors Class - A capstone course that draws on students' experience throughout their undergraduate program to discuss a series of themes such as community, the political sphere and education which have been impacted by the new information technologies.

LIS391/COMM 391: Literacy in the Information Age - This course explores what it means to be information literate in today's world. Students examine a number of information literacies, from print to multimedia, from stand-alone to networked, and discuss a variety of themes including community, politics, and education.

Critical Thinking in an Online World - Author Debra Jones argues that critical thinking is a key component of information literacy instruction in this conference paper from 1996.

Structuring writing for reading: hypertext and the reading body. - This paper examines some textual devices that writers may use to pre-structure the activities of their readers. HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is used as an 'explicating device' to explore how writers can provide reading instructions, and how these can be experienced by readers. Structuring devices like paragraphs and sections, and hypertextual elements like notes and references are investigated in detail. In this way, the paper aspires to contribute to 'an ethnomethodology of textual practices'. - Abstract from Article

First Monday: Technology and Education - This article deals with the mainstreaming of technology into the education system and the chaos that often ensues, the benefits of this change, and how it might be managed.

Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge - Outlines the U.S. Department of Education's plan to increase information literacy in the classroom. It discusses issues such as equity, access and development.

Information Communication Technology in New Zealand - Supports the integration of Information Communication Technology and Information Literacy across the curriculum. It outlines the SAUCE model for research and problem solving and aims to provide articles and resources to encourage higher thinking in the classroom.

Learning Online: Extending the Meaning of Community - A review of three programs from the Southeastern United States, which describes how online learning enhanced three organizations: SeniorNet, Neighborhood Networks, and Bridging the Gap of Isolation/Powering Up.

Alliance for Childhood - Resources relating to the recently formed Alliance for Childhood on technology literacy.

FutureKids of South Florida - This organization is dedicated to "Helping teachers and children around the world master the power of the computer" along with providing "technology education solution for public and private schools as well as other organizations". FutureKids also offers computer classes for anyone: from the whiz kid to the adventurous grandparent.

Digital Immortal - Article by Robert Lucky (pdf) questioning the continuing dominance of information technology. Original manuscript title: "Information Technology: Will This Too, Pass?"

Technology CyberTrends - Quotes from managers, professionals, consultants, journalists, futurists, and educators regarding the digital revolution, digital dawn, information highway, Internet, etc.

Educational Technology: Media for Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression - Describes a new way of classifying uses of educational technologies, based on a four-part division suggested by John Dewey: inquiry, communication, construction, and expression.

TILT Texas Information Literacy Tutorial - A short presentation of the meaning of literacy in the information age.

International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the use of information technology to aid in learning, teaching of K-12 students and teachers. A major goal of the organization is to bridge the "digital divide".

Educom Review: Information Literacy as a Liberal Art - The article suggests that a liberal education, originally based on the idea of the "Renaissance man" notion, should apply to technology as well. Shapiro and Hughes also, believe that this new definition of literacy affects the quality of liberty in society.

Cult of the Palm Pilot - This essay appears on the Boston Phoenix webpage. Dan Kennedy reflects on the changes in literacy practices that palm computing makes possible.

The Internet: A Medium or Message? - An article discussing the Internet as being more than just a medium. It has the ability to create change.

Expanding the Definition of Technological Literacy in Schools - Discusses role of schools in an Information Age where technology has become truly pervasive and defines our environments. The Industrial Age model of schooling vs. schooling in the Information age are discussed and misconceptions of technology are identified.

Do Presidential Candidates Use the Internet? - A survey of president candidates on how much they know how to use web sites.

Educational Technology Timeline - A timeline running from 40,000 BC to 2203 AD linking to important events in the development of educational technologies.

The Gutenberg Elegies - Excerpts from the printed book _The Gutenberg Elegies_ by Sven Birkerts. Concerning the ways language and thought change together in a little dance.

Literacy in the Information Age - As we enter a new millennium, the technology that we use to communicate with each other is proceeding at a fantastic pace. The key questions for us as educators are how is this technology best used to benefit our students, and how will this new technology affect them and their futures?

Orality, Literacy, and the Future of Computer-Mediated Communication - A historical perspective on the growth of electronic communication. Offers examples from Socrates to Martin Luther of how technology influences human interaction.

Technology used in Adult Literacy Programs - This is a paper on how technology is affecting adult literacy programs.

Tella: Virtual School in a Networking Learning Environment - The present paper describes factors that have facilitated the transformation of industrial societies to information and network societies; the possibilities of virtual school as a future-oriented school form; the tools of the new information and communication technology; and global networking as a framework for the learning environment.

Will Libraries Survive? - Geoffrey Nunberg reviews the history and politics surrounding the digitization of libraries.

Expanding the Concept of Literacy - This article discusses a new definition of literacy which states, "Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and communicate messages in a variety of forms." The concept of "text" is expanded to include messages of all sorts.

Association of Christian Community Computer Centers (AC4) - Nondenominational organization which supports Christian community computer centers across the world in their effort to provide access, skills and relationships needed to succeed in the information age. The key goal of AC4 is to assist churches and Christian organizations to become a major driving force behind computer literacy just as they were with basic literacy.

Academicians' Guide to Information Literacy - An introduction to the concept of information literacy and model information literacy programs. It is designed specifically for academic administrators and faculty. Many links to additional related resources.

Information Literacy as a Liberal Art - Article which discusses literacy in a broad, historical sense, and lists seven dimensions of literacy.

Information Literacy: A Clarification - Provides a history of literacy, including discussion of different concepts of literacy. It focuses specifically on the nebulous concept of "information literacy" and its impact on schools and libraries.

Electronic Textbook: Bilingual Education - Information on BE policy, regulations, definitions of bilingual programs, and professional programs.

History of Bilingual Education - Bilingual education is not an invention of the 1960s; earlier waves of immigrants often enrolled their children in bilingual or non-English-language schools. In 1839, Ohio became the first state to adopt a bilingual education law.

National Council for Languages and International Studies - This site provides a look at the work of the NCLIS and the Joint National Committee for Languages. The member organizations of NCLIS-JNCL are united in their belief that all Americans must have the opportunity to learn and use English and at least one other language.

Bilingualism Study Group - The Bilingualism Study Group of the University of Miami was formed in Fall 1988 to engage in the scientific study of bilingualism as well as to promote general awareness of bilingual issues in the community.

A concise defense of bilingual education - Bilingual education is a dual-language program designed to provide equal educational opportunities to students of limited English proficiency.

Mercator-Education - European network for information, documentation and research into regional or minority languages in education.

Bilingual Education Report - A review of biliingual education, its shortcomings and status.

Bilingual Education (Ohio University CALL) - Links to definitions of common terms and sites for and against bilingual education.

NYTimes.com - Wave of Pupils Lacking English Strains Schools - Students who do not speak English well or at all are increasingly enrolling in smaller, rural American school districts with little or no experience or resources to teach them. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

NYSBEN - Information and resources for educators on New York State regulations, policies, guidelines, and effective practices for educating students with limited English proficiency.

Debunking the Myths of the Unz Initiative - English is still being taught to immigrants but not in the manner and pace that nativists would like. The opponents of Bilingual Education feel that a child, regardless of age, must be placed in an intensive English-only learning environment, without regard to any other parts of the curriculum.

Bilingual Ed. Legislation Passes House - from Education Week

The Bilingual Debate Index Page - Now that Proposition 227 has been approved, how should it be implemented?

100 Protest Initiative to End Bilingual Teaching - Los Angeles Times

The Case Against Biligual Education - Atlantic Monthly: Why even Latino parents are rejecting bilingual education.

Online NewsHour Forum: Bilingual Education -- September 29, 1997 - An excellent examination of the debate over bilingual education by PBS.

IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education - A number of articles about the issue from the Intercultural Development Research Association.

The Pros of Bilingual Education - Commentary by Domenico Maceri, The Denver Business Journal.

Brisk stresses bilingual education for Americans - Daily Free Press. When Maria E. Brisk came to America as a graduate student, she was lucky enough to be fluent in English as well as her native Spanish. But the Boston University professor realizes not every child has been awarded such a chance. Brisk said the nation will suffer later if it is unwilling to offer financial support for bilingual programs.

Bilingual Education and the 'Sink or Swim' Myth - "An all-or-nothing referendum that pivots on simplistic half-truths is a poor way to resolve the issue." - Los Angeles Times.

Hundreds Wait for Bilingual Education - Los Angeles Times - Hundreds of students whose parents have petitioned for bilingual education in the Los Angeles school system are in limbo while principals try to arrange bilingual classes.

Canada offers Americans bilingual education lessons - Denver Rocky Mtn. News

The Politics of Language: - Hispanic Magazine. From a teacher's standpoint, there is no debate regarding bilingual education: Students' understanding in their native tongue makes school subjects accessible. Even though those in the classroom ought to know the situation best, politicians continue to politicize and debate the issue.

Opinions Vary on Studies That Back Bilingual Classes - Los Angeles Times. As the debate over bilingual education bounds toward a spring ballot initiative, two studies scheduled to be released today land on the side of teaching children in their native language first, then gradually switching to English. However, critics of bilingual education and even some supporters raised questions about the studies.

Researchers back bilingual programs - Supporters link success in learning English with use of native language in classroom.

Bilingual Education Column - Education Week - A Texas judge's remarks to a mother who spoke to her child in Spanish have sparked a national controversy. Bilingual-education advocates have asked the judge to apologize to all Hispanics, and have criticized him for a lack of understanding of their field.

English Immersion--A Necessary Lesson - Congressman Wally Herger on English Immersion. My father grew up in a household where only Swiss German was spoken. When my father started school, however, he rapidly assimilated to the English language. And my father was the rule, not the exception.

Bilingual education valuable in Texas - Instead of plans to cut bilingual education, Congress should be looking for ways to expand it -- to guarantee that all children have the opportunity in learn in two languages so they can function in a multi-lingual world.

Hoover Essay- Bilingual Education: A Critique - The evolution of the bilingual education debate from its origin in the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Bilingual Education Act (1968).

Issues Page: Bilingual Education - An article from Education Week which examines different bilingual program models and reviews the debate over bilingual education. Includes links to related Education Week articles.

Gov. Bush supports bilingual education - Seattle Times.

U.S. Bilingual Education Funds Ruled Out for Ebonics Speakers - Washington Post.

Loco, Completamente Loco - Reason magazine: The many failures of bilingual education.

Massnews.com - Bilingual Education Troubled Program - Massachusetts has over 40,000 bilingual education students, and is one of only nine states in the US to require bilingual education in all districts where there is a sufficient number of students who are not proficient in English.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! - A manufacturers' labor shortage in Dalton, GA becomes a campaign to attract Mexican workers and create a bilingual population. Time Magazine.

Twisted Tongues: The Failure of Bilingual Education - Article by Rosalie Pedalino Porter of the READ Institute arguing that bilingual education represents a radically departure from treatment of earlier generations of immigrant children and a form of segregation.

American Civil Liberties Union Briefing Paper - - Restrictive language laws have been enacted periodically since the late 19th century, usually in response to new waves of immigration. These laws, in practice if not in intent, have punished immigrants for their foreignness and violated their rights.

English for the Children - English for the Children, a California initiative to end bilingual education in public schools, a project of One Nation/One California

Media Alliance Toolkit for Bilingual Activists - Information about Bilingual education and Proposition 227, providing information for educators, students, journalists and parents. Media Alliance. Training and resources for media workers, activists and, community organizations.

Title VII Legislation - For bilingual education, language enhancement, and language acquisition programs.

Language Policy Web Site - An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.

Graphic: State Bilingual Education Requirements - A map view of the bilingual education policy in each state.

READ Institute - A national organization that supports research on English language learning and on effective schooling for language minority children in the United States.

English Language Fluency Act - Bill Summary & Status

Massachusetts Law and Regulation - Chapter 71A: Transitional bilingual education. January, 1997.

Committee for Education Funding - The nations's largest non-partisan education coalition representing over 100 organizations who advocate for increased federal investment in education funding at all levels.

Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation - Educates parents about school vouchers, tax credits, tax deductions, elementary school scholarships, private schools and public schools. Located in Indiana and Colorado.

Redesigning School Finance: Moving the Money to the School - Discusses directly giving money to schools to spend as needed.

How Public-Private Partnerships Can Facilitate Public School Construction - Paper by Ronald Utt for the Heritage Foundation (BG1257es).

The Folly of an Education Spending Race - Heritage Foundation paper BG1258. Criticizes current use of public education funds and offers public policy solutions.

Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation - A foundation supported by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. Advocates restructuring the education system to ensure educational service competition and free choice.

Center for Education Reform - Advocacy, statistics, resources and guidance on education reform issues and action at the school, district, state and national levels, from School Choice, charter schools, and educational entrepreneurialism to high academic standards, teacher professionalism and local control.

School Choice Programs: What's Happening in the States - This world renowned conservative research facility publishes details and statistics on each state's School Choice efforts, and maintains links to many other Choice sites.

School Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Education Reform - Latest worldwide research shows competitive schools serve families better than government run schools. Compares public school systems to free market alternatives based on vouchers, tax-credits, and privatization. Many essays, articles, book reviews, and complete book chapters included.

Why School Vouchers Can Help Inner-City Children - The Manhattan Institute feature article by The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore "The City That Reads.

Educational Issues - National Center for Policy Analysis whitepapers on education issues, particularly School Choice and teacher's union obstruction of Choice reforms.

Floridians for School Choice - Action-oriented and effective advocacy for giving every family in Florida the opportunity to choose their child's school using public education funds as a scholarship.

Citizens For Educational Freedom - Promotes the primary rights of parents with regard to freedom of choice, justice and quality in education for all regardless of wealth, color or creed by allocating a fair share of educational tax dollars for each child to take to the school of the parents' choice while protecting parents and schools from undue government regulation and control.

Education Policy Institute - Documented inside information on PTA and teacher unions. Education research and policy analysis from a public choice and pro-market perspective, plus expert revelations on teacher unions, collective bargaining in education, PTA issues, and education reform matters.

The Parent Information Center - Assists parents in making informed decisions about the educational choices available in Colorado by producing a report card on public schools.

National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools - National organization supporting parents, students and teachers enrolled in alternative education. Membership information, publications, resources, jobs, news, and contact information.

Contract management of public schools - The experiences of school systems in the U.S. with private management hold valuable lessons for any school system considering contracting

Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation - Lots of school choice information. Look especially at their state by state summaries of current efforts.

School Futures Research Foundation - School Futures  is committed  to providing  every child with  a world-class  education.  Working in collaboration with public school systems throughout the United States, the not-for-profit foundation provides a competitive, performance-oriented alternative for students who are trapped in historically low performing schools. 

Effectiveness of School Choice in Milwaukee: A Secondary Analysis of Data from the Program's Evaluation - For five years Harvard researchers refused to release data for secondary analysis by other members of the scholarly community. Correcting for errors in the original, this still relevant re-analysis found that students enrolled in choice schools for three or more years did better than a comparable group attending Milwaukee public schools.

School Vouchers Links - Definitions of some common terms used regarding the issue as well as links to sites for and against school choice through vouchers.

Universal Tuition Tax Credit - Mackinac Center for Public Policy - "Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education". Also available as a 76 page download.

Reason Magazine - a dynamic libertarian perspective - NEA supporters are out of touch with the increasingly pro-voucher black community, Rep Jackson got booed off the stage when he spoke against school choice in Milwaukee.

Black Alliance for Education Options - Supports empowering low income black families with school choice.

School Choice Information Center - Institute for Justice champions individual liberty, free market solutions, and limited government in their collection of school choice articles

Virtual Charters: Public Schooling at Home - K12, a Virtual charter school led by former education secretary, Bill Bennett, provides free curriculum, computers and connections for homeschoolers.

Teachers for Better Education - Grass-roots organization of teachers who support school choice and the Opportunity Scholarship program.

Teacher Unions and School Choice in countries that have both - Scholarly work includes lots of data by Alexis de Tocqueville Institution on Sweden, Germany, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Russia, New Zealand, Belgium, France. Teacher Choice site chock full of articles!

Faith In Public Schools Fades - African-American parents with children in Georgia public schools are more likely than white parents to think private companies should run those facilities.

Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America - Makes points that it feels unite a coalition of inner-city African-Americans, economic libertarians cultural conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Unnatural Monopoly in Education - Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Think-tank studies focus on economics of parents exercising their God-given rights as primary educators of children.

Alliance for Separation of School & State - Argues against any interference by government in education.

Jews and School Choice - School choice is the most readily apparent solution to the problem of assimilation...If the Jewish organizations could remove themselves from their lock step adherence to the liberal arguments of yesterday.

Academic Choices - YES; Vouchers - NO - Vouchers are a bad School Choice delivery system similar to standing in line for food stamps, or filing a tax return.

Issues2000.org: School Choice - Presidential candidates's views on school choice and vouchers, both pro and con.

Teachers in Focus Magazine - Choice research from teacher's perspective. Census data says teachers are fifty percent more likely than the public at large to choose private schools.

Choice Accomplished Kiwi-style - A Cabinet Minister and a Member of New Zealand's Parliament testifies to the overwhelming success of School Choice started in the 1970's and completely implemented. Elimination of bureaucracy doubled classroom spending.

Dr. Quentin Quade's essays on school choice - Part of Blum Center at Marquette University's effort to collect, organize, synthesize and distribute information regarding school choice efforts across the country.

Excellent Education for Everyone - Organizing grassroots movement throughout NJ where spending is $10,975 but half the students in inner-city public schools don't graduate.

Charter School Success - Arizona had 1/3 of the nations Charter Schools. This insightful study by a business and economics writer looks at competitive effects on all schools.

Resources for Teachers Needing Help - The American Society for Ethics in Education offers help to stop abuse and corruption where unions and school systems fail techers.

The Right Thing; Why liberals should be pro-choice - A Brookings Institution fellow, in The New Republic, discusses emerging political constituencies for Choice versus the cognitive dissonance created by our current government monopoly.

Commentary Magazine - Are School Vouchers Un-American - Gary Rosen, associate editor of this American Jewish Committee magazine stirred a hornet's nest of opposition with this indictment of teachers' unions and public schools.

The Charter School Project - A non-profit organization networking with charter schools to bring about much needed education reform.

School Choice Act - MODEL LEGISLATION - Model School Choice legislation follows common sense objectives. Child-centered funding follows students, empowering parents and teachers, without vouchers.

Charter Schools Development Center - Resources for charter school developers and charter granting agencies.

4Choice - A workable school choice plan - Common sense School Choice objectives, International Test Scores, John Gatto's shocking origins of public education, links to simple model legislation.

Kossor Education Newsletter - Psychological Treatment Programs Masquerading as Education revealed by a Certified School Psychologist who concludes that we must create alternative schools.

Success in Urban Choice Schools - Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) abstracts on concerns addressed by urban families.

Cost of Education - Cato Institute study: What Would a Voucher Buy. Documents the cost of public and private education.

Eliminate Governmental Interference in Education - Alliance for Intellectual Freedom in Education supports Choice, with emphasis on homeschooling.

Institute for Transformation of Learning - Dr. Howard Fuller's organization focuses on getting options for black children.

SchoolReformers Newsletter and resources - Subscribe to their newsletter to keep up with nationwide press current articles. Use school reform activists tools for local networking, doing research, resources on fundraising, organizing, giving speeches.

WorldNetDaily: Vouching for Liberty by Alan Keyes - Article by the conservative commentator proposing public school choice in the United States without vouchers.

School Choice Wars - John Merrifield, economics professor at University of Texas, in articles and a new book, explains why K-12 schools governed by market forces would be much more attractive to teachers than the status quo.

Remarks by Ted Forstmann - We Can Fix Education - Successful businessman Ted Forstmann explains why he joined the education revolution against the forced school monopoly, creating the Children's Scholarship Fund, and Parents in Charge.

Parents In Charge - How Do We Build Better Schools - Policy brief focuses on teacher issues of quality and salary differentials affected by school choice.

School Choice Research - Harvard University Index - Program on Education Policy and Governance presents research papers and executive summaries on the results of innovative US policies, including programs in Washington, DC, Dayton, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The National Charter School Clearinghouse - Provides resources on Charter school research topics: funding, grant writing, fundraising tips, school accreditation, teacher certification, special needs, grants, charter school resources, school choice, and education reform.

Michigan Union Accountability Act: - Mackinac Center for Public Policy takes aim at teacher unions as the main barrier to School Choice. See study, proposed legislation, and other policy research.

Reason magazine - Well-hyperlinked article thoroughly exploring aspects of choice. Reason's Education archives contain dozens more articles spanning several years.

Grandfather Education Report - Series presents graphs, data, and analysis that show disturbing trends in performance, cost, grade inflation, testing standards, union power, bureaucracy.

Choices For Children - Choices for Children is an organisation dedicated to help America fulfill its promise of an equal opportunity to a quality education by giving all parents the right to choose the school of their choice. It should be the parent's decision.

Fraser Institute - Competitive Market Solutions - See what Americans can learn from school choice success in Canada. The Case for School Choice: Models from the United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Sweden.

FOXNews - Are Parents Boycotting Public Schools? - A growing movement of leaders advising parents to take kids out of public schools is joined by Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Marlon Maddoux.

Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students - 20,760 student achievement test scores and their family demographics make this the largest study of home education to date. In every subject and at every grade level of the test batteries, home school students scored significantly higher than their counterparts. Conducted by Dr. Lawrence M. Rudner, Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.

Who Got It Right? Retrospective on the Department of Education - Thomas Fordham think tank juxtaposes federal bureaucratic promises with lack of results, concluding that in 20 years DOE has wasted billions satisfying teachers unions, and is detrimental to education.

Toward Tradition - School Vouchers - Advocates School Choice based on Torah and traditional Jewish principles: parents must have responsibility and control, teachers and schools are agents of parents, education should inculcate values as well as knowledge.

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - Actual June 2002 supreme court decision stating for the fourth time that school choice has no first amendment problem in religious schools. Acrobat format.

School Choice Research - The Heritage Foundation Index - Subject index of policy papers produced by world renowned think tank.

School Choice Research - Manhattan Institute Index - Comprehensive summary of education reform policy studies published by their Center for Civic Innovation.

School Choice Research - The Cato Institute: Index - Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs based on classical values of individual liberty, limited government, free markets.

School Choice Research - Brookings Institution - Brown Center on Education Policy presents its research, books, and commentary.

Education Week - Why Vouchers, From a Teacher's Point of View - School Choice unleashes forces of competition, benefitting teachers. Well-written economics.

Advocacy Groups, Policy Centers and Think Tanks - Boston College's extensive list of resources. Be sure to click on their homepage too.

School Choice: Issues and Answers - Citizens for a Sound Economy research paper is easy to read and well referenced. It covers 8 forms of Choice.

PACE Parents Advancing Choice in Education - Montgomery County, Ohio grassroots example of community scholarships and guidance, helping parents exercise choice.

Freedom Of Education - News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.

School Choice: Good for Teachers - A teacher explores reasons why Choice will increase demand and salaries for good teachers.

School Reform News - Reprints of education articles reporting on school reform efforts nationwide from School Choice to Teacher Unions.

School Reform News - The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for school reformers, with 1000s of articles on vouchers, test scores and graduation rates.

Rethinking Schools -- Special Section on Vouchers -- Fall 1998 - Claims an assault on public education. Presents education establishment arguments against vouchers.

Wisconsin Education Association Resources on Vouchers - Particular focus on opposition to Milwaukee's program

Electronic Policy Network - School Vouchers - Analyses, from several sources, of the U.S. debate over school vouchers.

Every Child Counts - Sponsored by the NAACP and People for the American Way, supports school reform and opposes voucher programs.

Citizens Committee for Public Information - ACLU sponsored group that is working to end Florida's Opportunity Scholarship Program.

School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education - Anti-Defamation League says vouchers pose a threat to their values. These programs subvert the constitutional principle of separation of church and state and threaten to undermine the current system of public education.

What Should the Left Learn from School Choice Debates? - Analysis of weak points and vulnerabilities

Choice Options: School Choice, Yes -- But What Kind? - Essay on the debate over "school choice" and the history and future of public education in America.

Moral and Normative Aspects of School Choice - Resource page containing abstracts from a conference held at Boston College in Spring 2001 plus other links.

Obligation, Inc. - Seeks to empower citizens with the resources they need to protect children from the popular culture.

BadAds.org - Site has tools and suggestions to put an end to intrusive advertising. Includes information for parents, teachers, and kids.

Captive Kids - A report on commercial pressures on kids at schools.

Commercialization of the classroom - Channel One uses valuable teaching time to present nonessential -- and at times potentially harmful -- material.

Selling America's kids - Consumers Union report on commercial pressures on kids in the 90's. See also the follow-up report listed above, "Captive Kids".

Fighting the cola wars in schools - Washington Post article looks at the implications of Coca Cola and Pepsi's efforts to sell soda in schools.

Commercialism in Education Research Unit - CERU, directed by Professor Alex Molnar, conducts research, disseminates information, and helps facilitate dialogue between the education community, policy makers, and the public at large about commercial activities in schools.

Public Education: Commercial Activities in Schools - A US government report shows commercialism in public schools to be "widespread and on the rise." [14.1 MB in size PDF-format document.]

Advertising / Commercial Ventures - An annotated bibliography of resources (articles, documents, and web pages) that deal with corporate involvement in K-12 schools. Compiled by an information specialist.

Branded for Life? - Christian Science Monitor report on marketing efforts to develop brand loyalty with children.

PTAs and Commercialism in Schools - Speech given by Charlotte Baecher of Consumers Union in February 1999 to approximately 150 PTA representatives in New York State.

Sponsored Schools and Commercialized Classrooms - Report on schoolhouse commercializing trends in the 1990s. Introduction analyzes Greenbrier High School's "Coke in Education Day" and includes a lengthy press review.

Students Against Commercialized Classrooms Organization (SACCO) - SACCO is a student-run group which concentrates on eliminating harmful commercial influences from the public schools.

Rethinkingschools.org - Teachers Beware: Corporate Science Invades our Schools - Corporate-sponsored materials are being used more frequently in schools, often because it is free of charge. The author is concerned about the bias in such materials.

Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools - Works to protect the right of Washington children and youth to a commercial-free education. Includes upcoming events, action alerts, newsletters, and how to get involved.

Students Against Testing - A nationwide network of students who oppose test and score-based schooling, and support life-based learning. Features information on how to get involved and an interactive message board.

Students Speak Out! - Offers forums for students of all ages to express their opinions about school.

Eye on Education: Students' Voices - Boston's WGBH 89.7 goes behind the scenes with YWCA's Youth Voice Collaborative to produce "Classroom Voices: Teen and Teacher Radio Diaries." Features audio and transcripts of interviews with students.

School Daze: What Students Think About School - An archive of students' writing about school life, covering a variety of topics such as teachers, peers, discrimination and parental pressure. Also offers help to students in writing about their own experiences.

I Really Hate School - A place to share your problems with school and sometimes get helpful or humorous advice.

Love/Hate: School - A discussion board where people can post their opinions about school.

National Center for Fair and Open Testing - A nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests.

Achieve - Organization devoted to improving the rigor and clarity of the process of standard-setting and testing. Provides standard-setting and benchmarking services to states and districts.

National Council on Measurement in Education - The primary U.S. organization of measurement researchers and practitioners involved in educational testing.

Why Testing Experts Hate Testing - Explanations of and counterarguments to often-used criticisms of standardized tests.

CRESST Homepage - The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.

Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy - Boston College center, generally critical of standardized testing, housing several research projects, including the NBETPP and CEST.

The International Study Center at Boston College - ISC home page, headquarters for research on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), PIRLS, and other ISC projects.

OECD PISA Online - The new Programme for International Student Assessment of the OECD, involves dozens of countries testing their 15 year olds skills and knowledge as they approach the end of compulsory education.

Standardized Test Scores - NPR - A growing number of parents who are complaining that the use of standardized tests to promote or hold back students in public schools is unfair. RealAudio.

Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools - A collection of articles examining the use of proficiency tests. Rethinking Schools, Spring 1999.

The Education Trust - EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.

Test Bashing Series - A series of essays from the year 2000 that counter allegations made by standardized testing's opponents.

ETS on the Issues - Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests.

National Association of Test Directors - The National Association of Test Directors (NATD) is an association of professionals with responsibilities for administering assessment programs in K-12 public educational settings.

Education Consumers Clearinghouse - Provides education's consumers access to information and opinion independent of the education community and sympathetic to the consumer's concerns and priorities.

Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation - This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice.

ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library - List of links to dozens of documents on testing in the Education Research Information Clearinghouse: Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC/AE) database.

AFT: Academic Standards Main Page - Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.

The Evils of Mandatory Testing - As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers.

Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing - Essay on the positive "unintended consequences" of high-stakes testing.

CAHRS: Index of Working Papers - Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University. In particular, see papers by John Bishop on student testing and John Boudreau on personnel testing.

National Education Goals Panel Website - NEGP, composed of national and state elected officials, publishes research and issue papers with a strong focus on standards, measurement, and measureable outcomes.

Buros Institute - The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.

NCPA - Education - Testing, International Comparisons and Curriculum - Essays that review news and magazine stories, from the politically conservative National Center for Policy Analysis

Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions - Complete 1992 report from the former Office of Technology Assessement, now available in PDF format.

Cheating Teacher Skews Schools' Test Scores - The unfair help given to students forced Lawrence, Kansas school officials to ask the state education department to throw out some test results.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress - The "Nation's Report Card" since 1969, assessments have been conducted on national samples of schools periodically in major subject areas.

What Does School Reform Really Mean? - An essay from a teacher critiquing standards and tests.

STATS at Work: The War Against Testing - Summary of article challenging SAT opponents' logic, methods, and evidence.

Education Commission of the States: Assessment - Assessment issue directory from ECS, an organization formed through a bipartisan interstate compact to help state officials study education issues.

Brouhaha on National School Testing - Most American parents are being told by local schools that their children rank "above average" in both reading and math. Christian Science Monitor.

Public Agenda - Education issues site of the public opinion polling organization that has conducted several polls on standards, testing, and the public's opinion toward both.

National Assessment Governing Board - Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

College Entrance Examination Board - Organization representing hundreds of colleges responsible for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the Advanced Placement (AP) program, and various equity efforts.

ACT, Inc. - The organization responsible for the American College Test, required for admission to the public colleges in the majority of states; manages other tests and programs, too.

New Standards Project - Effort to promote standards and tests entirely performance-based; now housed at the National Center on Education and the Economy.

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation: Standards, Testing & Accountability - Reports, essays, and links from organization generally supportive of raising standards and measuring their achievement.

Scans: Real Tests for Real Kids - Wired News: Canadian educational software developer Gerry Morgan may have found a way to assess qualities such as creativity, insight, and teamwork.

ETS: Policy Information Reports - Several dozen research reports from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known tests. Reports are authored both by ETS researchers and invited critics.

San Francisco Testing Decision - NPR - A report on a San Francisco School Board decision to defy the state law that requires all students to take standardized tests in English only. RealAudio.

When a Test Fails the Schools, Careers and Reputations Suffer - Article accusing a testing company of making scoring mistakes and then covering them up. New York Times. Requires registration.

Measuring What Matters - PDF format report from business/economic development group supportive of testing.

Student Assessment and Testing - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Equity Center position paper.

Statewide Mathematics Assessment in Texas - A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards.

Frontline: Secrets of the SAT - Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).

Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll - Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.

Curriculum Support Key to Test Success - Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.

Curriculum Alignment in Texas - Texas is changing from the TAAS to the TAKS test.

Appropriate Use of High Stakes Testing in Our Nation's Schools - Provides information on the appropriate use of testing in schools. Although testing is a valuable part of educational assessment, when tests are used in high-stakes circumstances, a number of safeguards must be in place.

National Research Council: Board on Testing and Assessment - The BOTA was created to assist policymakers and the public on issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, and the armed services.

NCTE Moves to Present Own Voice on High-Stakes Testing - Members of the National Council of Teachers of English pass a resolution to encourage continued research regarding the impact of high-stakes testing.

NCTE.org - On Developing a Test Taker's Bill of Rights - Resolution passed at the NCTE 2000 annual meeting.

Peter Sacks - Site maintained by Peter Sacks, author of books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement testing in education and the workplace.

Alaska's High School Qualifying Examination - Beginning in 2002, Alaska students must pass an examination to graduate from high school. This site examines graduation testing and raises important questions.

Mass Insight - Organization generally supportive of Massachusetts state testing.

Ohio Proficiency Testing Examined - An examination of the results of Ohio's proficiency tests, finding a strong correlation with socioeconomic status.

Virginia School Tests - NPR - The reaction in Virginia to the state's efforts to connect test scores to school accreditation. RealAudio.

Test Usage Information Links - Research, articles, and information about high stakes tests and their misuse from group opposing Virginia's Standards of Learning tests.

New York Cheating Teachers - NPR - Teacher and school evaluations are often tied to such test scores. RealAudio.

About MCAS - Massachusetts Education Department site describing the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.

Division of Student Assessment - Texas Education Agency official site. Information on the TAAS and end-of-course examinations.

Exploring Rapid Achievement Gains in Texas and North Carolina - Report written for the National Education Goals Panel investigating two states' higher rate of improvement on national tests throughout the 1990s.

The Harmful Impact of the TAAS System of Testing in Texas - Summary of a qualitative research study conducted by two education professors in Texas. 128K pdf document.

What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? - Rand Corporation's study of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test scores in Texas. Includes link to Rand Corp. press release and Rand CEO's statement.

School Report Gets RAND-y Reception. VitalSTATS November 2000 - STATS essay critical of the content and the timing of the RAND report on Texas testing.

The Texas School Miracle Is for Real by Jay P. Greene - Article defending the Texas testing program and criticizing the methods of testing opponents.

State Idea to Expand TAAS Testing Unfair - High Wired.net student opinion.

Bush's 'Texas miracle' in schools? TAAS tells - Gains on TAAS are not paralleled in other measures of student achievement. Capitol Alert.

Minority Groups Seek to Stop Achievement Testing - A key Texas case goes to trial as minority groups seek to stop a school reform trend. U.S.News & World Report.

TAAS Cheating - NPR - Several schools officials in Texas caught manipulating school testing data to improve their schools' rankings. Requires RealAudio player.

Bush Praises Local Districts' Use of TAAS for Promotion - Bush said he appreciates local school districts using the power of local control to address the problem of social promotions. Lubbock Online.

Lawmaker Wants TAAS Testing to Include Special Ed Students - A Houston legislator has filed a bill that would require all state school districts to include most special education students in the TAAS. Lubbock Online.

TAAS Provides Needed Accountability - Amarillo Globe-News Opinion.

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.

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.

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.

School-to-Career Partnership - Business/Education Expectations (BE2): a regional effort designed to help students acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for success.

Truth, Lies, Rumors and Rumbles - Putting the "public" into Public Education for the Southern Regional School District.

Save Our Schools Network - Anita Hoge offers advice to local board members and parents, helping them maintain local control and fight Outcome Based Education.

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.

Public Education Network - A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.

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.

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.

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 - A nonprofit organization increasing student achievement in public schools through comprehensive school improvement.

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.

Acton Institute's Education Page - Proposing reform through morality in education, parental responsibility, and free market education.

DEEP - Democracy Ethics & Educational Principles - Resources in Character Education, Service Learning, Citizenship Education, and Educational Reform from an educational nonprofit organization.

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.

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.

Partnership for Kentucky Schools - Voice of the business community in Kentucky education reform efforts.

Equal Child Abuse - An expose of how fraudulent Supreme Court rulings have inflicted massive damage on our public education system.

National Campaign for Customized Education - Presenting a specific model for reform, to help students nationwide by rescuing America's failed educational system.

Terri L. Miller, Ed.D. - Creating excellent learning environments one school at a time

Articles by Larry Phillips - Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.

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.

Save Our Schools, Inc. - A non-profit organization that provides educational tools to public schools so children may achieve their full potential.

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.

Current Issues In Public Education - A Canadian site dedicated to providing information, opinion and research related to public education reform issues. Maintained by British Columbia School Trustee Katherine Wagner.

LEARN - What citizens need to know about education reform, school to work, early childhood education, and the restructuring of America.

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.

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.

Politics in Education and at Work - An article calling for political involvement to reform US education to better prepare workers for technical vocations.

Public Schools Today - Original articles regarding the state of education, and resources to aid in further study of education issues.

Put Parents in Charge - Who should be in charge of a child's education? Site promotes parental control, competition, and reform.

Public School Issues & Reform - A public service subsite addressing public school issues and reforms. Includes a user moderated threaded commentary forum.

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.

The National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform (NCCSR) - Created to improve the national dissemination of information on comprehensive school reform.

Aimee's Education Page - Articles about educational reformers such as Charlotte Mason, Maria Montessori, and others, with a focus on classical education.

Is It Good for the Kids? - A monthly column by ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter, which addresses timely educational issues.

Toward a National Education Laboratory - Discussions and recommendations for the establishment of a breakthrough National Education Research and Development Laboratory

Education Freedom Foundation - Parents need to accept responsibility for educating their children, and stop expecting others to foot the bill through taxation.

Good Schools - Presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and teachers in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.

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.

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 Massachusetts education reform efforts over the years.

On the Mark by Mark Weston - A compendium of columns written by Mark Weston about the role of technology in strengthening teaching and enhancing learning.

The Campaign for Meaningful Student Involvement - Information and resources meant to encourage student/adult partnerships and action to create better schools.

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.

Internet Education Exchange - Providing news, tools, and guidance to bring more education options to your community.

Alliance for the Separation of School and State - News and essays on the struggle to end Government-operated schools and compulsory attendance.

Ami's Anti-School Zone - Argues that school is harmful and unnecessary, and provides advice for students on surviving and/or leaving. Also features poetry, famous quotations and a list of successful "drop-outs".

Anarchy and Young People: Ending Compulsory Schooling - Argues why school must be abolished and offers alternatives.

Anti-School Page - Library, mailing list, blacklist and links related to the hazards of schooling.

Compulsory Government Education: Origins and Solutions - Explores the history of compulsory education and how it might be abolished.

Promote the Ending of Required Schooling - Urges an end to required schooling and features a "Declaration of Independence from Public Schools".

What's Wrong with Public Schools? - An essay which contends that public schooling is immoral for students, parents and taxpayers in general.

Freedom Of Education - News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and the separation of school and state, and providing information on the history of compulsory schooling.

InfoWeb - Block Scheduling Information - A well balanced research report on various components of block scheduling in 25 high schools in North Carolina.

The Problem With Block Scheduling - The Case Against Block Scheduling: An Educational Fad that Hurts Academic Performance.

Block Scheduling issues - Listing of studies and web sites that have data on Block scheduling

Block Scheduling - FAQ, schools using block scheduling, discussion listservs, and links to research and resources.

Block Scheduling Articles - A large selection of articles on block scheduling from the Music Educators National Conference (MENC).

Austin ISD Changes from Block Scheduling - Article in Austin American Statesman describing the change from block back to traditional.

School Change and Block Scheduling - Web site offers tips on developing and implementing an alternative (block) schedule.

Block Scheduling: Is this Right for Americas Public Schools? - A research paper focusing on the pitfalls and benefits of block scheduling.

Online Block Scheduling Resources - Reports on block scheduling from the Web site of the American Association of School Administrators.

Education Policy Analysis Archives - Block Scheduling Effects on a State Mandated Test of Basic Skills - Study which examined the effects of a tri-schedule on the academic achievement of students in a high school. The tri-schedule consists of traditional, 4x4 block, and hybrid schedules running at the same time in the same high school. Effectiveness of the schedules was determined from the state mandated test of basic skills in reading, language, and mathematics.

Block Scheduling - Look Before You Leap - Article written by the American Federation of Teachers union. Summarizes pros and cons.

Phi Delta Kappan - Block Scheduling Revisited - Article looks at why schools moved to block scheduling, analyzes the benefits and pitfalls that educators have experienced, compares rates of student achievement, scrutinizes the overuse of the lecture approach, and reviews effective instructional strategies. Concludes with some specific recommendations to maximize the benefits of block scheduling in the future.

Alternative Scheduling - Results of alternative scheduling efforts implemented at Space Coast Middle School, Brevard County, Fla.

Block Scheduling: A Solution or a Problem? - This articles discusses whether block scheduling is a flexible scheduling alternative that benefits students, or a fad that's sure to pass.

Vermont Campus Compact - A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - "FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom" in American universities.

FAST: Foundation for Academic Standards & Tradition - Organization of college, university, and high school students devoted to high academic standards and humanistic study of the liberal arts in the Western tradition.

The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty of America's Campuses - How university administrators, particularly in campus student affairs divisions, have abridged the civil liberties of students and faculty members, and what can be done to redress the problem.

University Secrets: An Indictment of Higher Education - University Secrets is the full text of a book describing higher education's failure to educate students and its exploitive transfers of funds. It criticizes grades, SATs, tracking, and housing policies.

The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and Higher Education Reform - Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge.

Pope Center for Higher Education Policy - Conservative public policy organization publishing white papers and other reports on how to improve higher education. Global in interest, but having a special emphasis on North Carolina.

American Council of Alumni and Trustees - Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education.

National Alliance for College Athletics Reform - Dedicated to insuring that big-time college sports do not compromise the educational missions of colleges and universities.

Tuition-free MIT - A radical proposal arguing that schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which have many ties to wealthy corporations, should not charge their students tuition.

Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform - Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses.

The Futures Project - Analysis of the role market forces play in higher education with the goal of developing and implementing thoughtful, market-oriented policy options.

Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship - Goals, activities, newsletter, membership info, and articles on current issues from SAFS, which seeks to uphold academic freedom and high standards against political correctness at universities in Canada.

A Student's-Eye View of Education's Fall and Decline - Explores why a more innovative and progressive approach to education is held back by an institutional mindset that is threatened by, and even hostile to, revolutionary changes.

Impact of Internet on Higher Education - Report examining major university presidents perceptions of the impact of Internet on education & pressures that promote & inhibit.

Margit Stange Support Committee - Academic gender bias lawsuit news with background on gender disparaties in US universities and equity issues in higher education.

The Pew Charitable Trusts - Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform.

Student Diversity Program at Cal State Fullerton - The SDP is designed to address the retention of "At Risk" students. Using unconventional methods of intervention, SDP has demonstrated over 90% success at California State University, Fullerton.

The Learning Community Commons - The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States.

Higher Education Reform site of The Pew Charitable Trusts - Research, information, and case studies from multiple grantees of The Pew Charitable Trusts working on higher education reform issues.

Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Project - Dedicated to fostering national/international discussion and initiatives that address the question: How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the societal needs of the 21st Century?

Discourse on Shamefulness - An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston.

The Irascible Professor - Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers.

The National Academy for Academic Leadership - The academy educates academic decision makers to be leaders institutional change that improves student learning. Administrators and faculty will develop the knowledge and skills to effect systemic institutional change.

Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform - Calling for reform in higher education against speech codes, political correctness, multiculturalism, gender feminism, misinformation about the Vietnam War, and other instruments of academic oppression.

University of Illinois College of Medicine Expose - A brief expose by a former medical student of the practices which occurred at the largest medical school in the Midwest in the 1990s.

Foundation Coalition - An NSF-sponsored initiative funding systemic reform in undergraduate engineering education at seven schools.

Rutgers After Lawrence: Reforming a Once-Great University - Faculty essay on the reforms needed at Rutgers University to strengthen academics and reduce the destructive impact of Division I athletics.

Student Loan Hell - Biblical argument for abolishing the ban on student loan bankruptcy discharge, as well as links to other student loan information sites.

UEdge - Providing case study analysis and informed opinions about higher education policy and works to assist students and the general public to understand key issues that affect them.

Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues - A review of U.S. federal education policy, including the Higher Education Act, Pell Grants, student loans, teacher training, and distance education.

Year Round Schools - Research reports on year-round education by the British Columbia Teacher's Federation.

Stop Year-Round School in Auburn - Information from an organization that defeated a year-round school proposal.

Donoho - A Year-Round School? - News and information about the year-round movement. Also presents some alternatives.

Year-Round Schools - Bibliography of studies and reports related to year-round schooling.

Summer Camp Professionals Speak Out Against Year-Round Schooling - A commentary by the American Camping Association stating that year-round learning is not the same as year-round schooling.

Year-Round Education: A Strategy for Overcrowded Schools (An ERIC Digest) - Confronted by overcrowded schools and tight budgets, school districts in about 30 states are keeping schools open year round.

Cost Effectiveness of Year-Round Schooling - An annotated bibliography and synthesis of the research as of May 1995.

Year-Round Schooling in South Brunswick - Reviews of the feasibility of year-round schooling as a cost saving measure.

The National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE) - A non-profit organization which advocates improved K-12 education through the implementation of alternative schedules.

Year-Round School: The Long History of Failure - Over a decade of research documents that year-round school fails to deliver on promises of education and cost-savings benefits.

More Schools Go Year-Round To Boost Achievement - A growing number of Chicago public schools are adopting or maintaining a year-round schedule solely for academic reasons.

Commentary: Year-Round Schooling - Year-round schooling is the solution to many problems, according the President of the National Association of Year-Round Education.

Year-Round Schooling - A position paper from the Alberta Teacher's Association discussing the many facets of the year-round school movement.

Age Discrimination in Schools - Advocates an end to grade placement based on age.

Success for All: An Independent Look at Robert Slavin's SFA - Research and opinions about a leading school reform model from independent sources.

Grandfather Education Report - A comprehensive review, in picture/graphic form,of the status and trends of education quality and its cost.

A Nation At Risk - The prominent 1983 report on American education, from the National Commission on Excellence in Education.

A Nation Still At Risk - A follow-up to "A Nation At Risk", from the Center for Education Reform.

Student Achievement and School Design - Two real schools whose outstanding standardized test scores are natural outgrowths of intentional curriculum and program design.

Research for Action - A Philadelphia-based non-profit organization working in educational research and reform to insure opportunities and outcomes for all students.

School Funding Equity Mischief - An essay about the root causes and the effects of wasteful spending in the public school system.

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.

Remedial Course Report in College - A report discussing the trends in the increasing percentage of university students requiring remedial courses, because of poor high school quality output.

The Decay Of Western Education - Articles describing the decay of education in western civilization in modern times.

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.

Redesigning Public Education: The Kentucky Experience - A historical review of the origins and implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA).

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.

School Reform for Efficiency in Instruction - School organization should respect the diversity in abilities and attainments of the students.

Success Oriented Schools - Save our schools through success orientation, without increasing costs are adding personnel.

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.

Education Week on the Web--Special Reports - Special reports and in depth research of issues that affect education and reform.

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.

MDRC Education Research - Education research focused on programs with the potential to improve education outcomes for large numbers of low-income students.

Transforming Learning Communities - A research project on school change and school improvement.

There Are No Failing Schools - The idea of failed schools maybe the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. This is an analysis of the idea.

Program on Education and Civil Society - PECS promotes critical analysis and public understanding of school reform efforts nationwide. Since 1996 PECS has commissioned over 60 research papers on education...

A Measured Response: Americans Speak On Education Reform - A national public opinion poll indicates a majority of Americans are demanding both increased federal funding and greater accountability.

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.

National Issues Forum - Education - A non-partisan site that presents summary information and opposing viewpoints on education reform issues.

Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education - Non partisan research and policy analysis related to raising achievement in Canada's public schools.

School Reform in Massachusetts: Initiatives in 1893 and 1997 - Looks at two education reform models used in Massachusetts public schools in the past. A comparison of Charles Eliot's proposal in 1893 and the state government mandate of 1997.

Do Children Need Recess? - A collection of references to research, journal articles, position statements, and news about the importance of recess in elementary school education.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform - A national network of parents, community members, teachers, administrators, researchers, unions, and funders working to improve public schools.

No Excuses - A national effort organized by The Heritage Foundation to mobilize public pressure on behalf of better education for the poor. There is no excuse for the academic failure of most public schools serving poor children.

Annenberg Institute for School Reform - The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University promotes and advocates the serious redesign of American schooling, especially in the areas of urban schools and disadvantaged students.

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.

Urban Education Web - UEweb offers manuals, brief articles, annotated bibliographies, reviews and summaries of outstanding publications, and conference announcements in urban education.

Center for Urban Education - Dedicated to supporting school-based research and reform efforts that focus on the problems and issues confronting urban schools.

Urban Middle Grades Reform Network - A working group of district administrators responsible for middle-grades reform. The network's goal is to strengthen middle-grades reform efforts in participating urban districts.

The Commission on Improving Curriculum-Based Assessment - A commission of the Chicago Public Schools to design a viable system of curriculum-based assessment for initial use in Chicago.

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.

Mathematically Correct - Devoted to the concerns raised by parents and scientists about the invasion of our schools by the New-New Math and the need to restore basic skills to math education.

AKSES Writing System - A phonemic writing system ensuring that children read and write all words in their oral vocabularies by the first grade, and that adults use written English as easily as speech.

The Bridge Project - The project's goal is to improve opportunities for all students to enter and succeed in higher education by strengthening the alignment between higher education and K-12 curriculum standards and assessments.

Citizenship Curriculum - Advocating reform through citizenship education. Curriculum outline, with related commentary by the author.

Project 2061 - A long-term initiative to reform K-12 science education nationwide.

NCTM Dialogues - An open forum for the exchange of points of view about issues in mathematics education. It provides essays about compelling, complex, and timely topics in mathematics education that transcend grade levels. Dialogues does not present official policies of NCTM. Site includes current and back issues.

School Reform - A Mindful Approach - A program is presented for school reform which considers social priorities and mental development.

Accelerated Schools Project - A comprehensive approach to school change, designed to improve schooling for children in "at-risk" situations.

Educational Research Analysts - We review public school textbooks from a conservative, Christian perspective. We can show you what's wrong and how to fix it.

Aim at Middle Grades Results - A middle grades reform model focusing on rigorous curriculum, a safe school environment, and effective resources and teachers.

Arts for Academic Achievement - A school reform model utilizing arts integrated into core subjects to enhance student achievement. Originated with a grant from the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.

The National Right to Read Foundation - Our mission is to return to reading instruction which follows scientifically based reading research. This site is designed to provide assistance for those engaged in this effort.

21st Century Basic Skills - A discussion of the skills required for living in the new century, and of research that defines the types of learning activities most appropriate for building these skills.

American Society for Ethics in Education - A brutally frank discussion of the corruption in the public education system, as seen by an educator.

Education Revolt - Ideas and solutions offered by an employee of the Seattle School District.

Guerrilla Teachers - A public forum for all teachers and non-teachers interested in transforming the public school system.

National Center for Education Information - An authoritative source of information about alternative teacher preparation and certification in the United States.

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.

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.

The Voice - Examines the poor working conditions and lack of representation that teachers struggle against, as well as offering a strategy for change.

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.

National Center for Exploited and Abused Teachers - Describing how difficult a teacher's job is today. Intervening variables impede progress to higher scores and a better prepared citizenry.

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.

The Efficacy Institute - The Institute promotes education reform by implementing high standards of academic achievement for children and young adults.

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.

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 Politics of Evolution - Ray Suarez and guests discuss the politics of teaching evolution on NPR Talk of the Nation.

Book On State History Altered After Evolution Vote - References to fossils and a sea that once covered the state have been removed from the new text. [The Wichita Eagle]

Senator Defends Boe Stance On Evolution - Wichita lawmaker says schools can't afford to ignore public opinion. [The Wichita Eagle]

College Sports Opinion - Offerse criticisms of American college sports, including discriminatory NCAA regulations, commercialization, and anti-academic pressures.

Men's Sports Jeopardized by Title 9 - Interpretation of an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is leading many schools to disband one or more men's sports.

Did We Jump on the Wrong Bandwagon? - Problems with inclusion in physical education.

National Alliance for College Athletics Reform - Organization for fighting college sports corruption.

NYTimes.com Magazine - Football is a Sucker's Game - Long feature article discusses the lures and pitfalls of fielding a major college football program. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

Frontline: Medicating Kids - A one hour documentary which examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children.

Salon News: P is for Prozac - How a government corrupted by special interests is spawning a generation of medicated preschoolers.

Psychiatric News: Charges of Overdiagnsis, Overmedication of ADHD Are Exaggerated, Study Shows - Summarizes an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

JS Online: Lawmakers hear stories of Ritalin overuse - Lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee hear complaints and comments about the use and abuse of Ritalin.

ADHD Study: Study Points to More Targeted Use of Ritalin: Drug Not Effective For All - While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain known as the putamen which helps to control movement and attention.

Drugged Obedience in the School - Summarizes how various narcotics increase and decrease sensory attention and motor activity, and argues that medicating children to get satisfactory behavior is the wrong approach for a number of reasons.

Over Diagnosis of ADHD, Overuse of Ritalin, and its Causes - Short article with references.

Ritalin - Miracle Drug or Cop-Out? - Republication of an article by Ken Livingston.

Connecticut Bars Schools from Suggesting Drugs for Kids - A new Connecticut law prohibits schools from suggesting that children with attention deficit disorder be put on Ritalin or other mood-altering drugs amid concerns kids are over-medicated. Diane Orson reports on Morning Edition, from NPR. Realaudio format. 3:53 in length.

NYTimes.com - Schools' Backing of Behavior Drugs Comes Under Fire - State legislatures are moving to prevent schools from recommending or requiring that parents put their children on behavior medication. This comes at a time when many drug manufacturers are encouraging parents to consider their products as possible solutions to school problems. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

No More Ritalin - Book by Dr. Mary Ann Block covering the use of Ritalin and a non-drug approach to treating children diagnosed with ADHD.

Parents Told to Give Child Ritalin - Parents are told by the court to give their child Ritalin.

Resolution to Ban Ritalin - Presentation by Patti Johnson, Colorado State Board of Education, encouraging the banning of Ritalin.

Ritalin and ADD/ADHD. - Information on the use of Ritalin on school children; side effects and evidence of over-medication; tips for parents on how to tell if their child needs Ritalin and how they can help their child handle the symptoms for which they have been prescribed the drug.

ADHD and Medication - Balanced information on the proper use of Ritalin in individuals who might have attention deficit disorder.

Better Children through Chemistry - Article, presented by Meta News, on the use of drugs, particularly Ritalin, to combat ADD.

Why Ritalin Rules - How has it come to pass that where every child from preschool onward can recite the "anti-drug" catechism by heart, millions of children are being legally drugged with a substance so similar to cocaine that, as one journalist accurately summarized the science, "it takes a chemist to tell the difference"?

NYTimes.com - Harvard Committee Works to Restore the Honor of the B Plus - Addresses grade inflation issues at Harvard over the years. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view]

Changes in High School Grading Standards in Mathematics, 1982-1992 - A RAND corporation research report which is free to download. Concludes that grade inflation did not occur over the decade covered by the report.

Boston Globe - Harvard's Quiet Secret: Rampant Grade Inflation - Rampant grade inflation has made Harvard's top prize for students - graduating with honors - virtually meaningless.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Grade Inflation: It's Time to Face the Facts - Harvard professor discusses the issue at his school and in his classes.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Can Untenured Faculty Members Stop Grade Inflation? - A former teaching fellow at Harvard reveals some of the pressures on nontenured professors to give good grades.

The Chronicle: Colloquy: Grade inflation? - Government scholarships or tax breaks on tuition that are contingent on students' achieving certain grade-point averages may be responsible for unintended grade inflation on college campuses.

Grade Inflation and Corporatism - Questions the assertions that schools are catering to students as "consumers" and trying too hard to please them to keep their business.

The Guardian - Inquiry into exam grade inflation claims - Claims have been made that the passing scores for GSCE maths have been systematically reduced to give better results.

Fiscal Policy Effects on Grade Inflation - Article with references stating that grade inflation exists and one of its causes is fiscal and budgetary policy, specifically, enrollment-based funding formulas as a means of allocating funds for higher education.

NYTimes.com - Harvard Faculty Votes to Put the Excellence Back in the A - Harvard is switching to a new grade scale as well as limiting the number of students which can graduate with honors, both in response to the general trend of grade inflation on campus. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

Grade Inflation: The Current Fraud - Study finds that grade inflation is most prevalent at at the poorest performing schools.

Jacksonville.com: Thousands of students victims of 'grade inflation' - One school's experience with changing grading schemes and increasing expectations of students.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Duke Professor Releases Data on Grade Inflation at 34 Colleges - Professor is trying to highlight the scope of the grade inflation problem by compiling a database of average grade-point averages over time at various four-year colleges and placing the information on his Web site, GradeInflation.com.

National Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities - Graphs, charts and commentary by a concerned professor.

Regulation of Private Schools in America - Pertinent to homeschooling as many families have no other regulation than the private school statutes (for example, California and Texas).

Speak Out - 1996 article by then-Governor George W. Bush stating his support for homeschooling.

Seduction of Homeschooling Families - Foundation for Economic Education warns about systematic undermining and co-opting of the homeschooling movement by establishing government homeschooling programs. An article by Chris Cardiff.

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