Education

Almanac of Policy Issues: Education
Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/index.shtml

America Counts
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.
http://ed.gov/americacounts/glenn/

The Condition of Education (USA)
An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000, 2001 and 2002.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/

CSMonitor.com - Learning
News coverage of education (K-12, college, and adult ed.).
http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/

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.
http://www.geocities.com/edexhell/

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.
http://www.tellingthetruth.com/education_matters/

Education Week
Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives.
http://www.edweek.org/

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.
http://www.runet.edu/~gstudies/sources/nz/keyaddr.htm

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.
http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/

From Inkwells to an Electronic Learning Community
Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v10n2/laporte.html

Future of Freedom Foundation: Education
Collected essays presenting a libertarian perspective on the U.S. education system. Among the issues addressed are vouchers, compulsory attendance laws, and school violence.
http://www.fff.org/issues/education.asp

Global Campaign for Education
Promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilizes public pressure on governments and the international community to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people. Includes news, resources, and action plans.
http://www.campaignforeducation.org/

Heritage Foundation Research: Education
Subject index of the think tank's policy papers on school choice, students' rights, charter schools, and other issues in U.S. education.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/

Independent Voices for Better Education
Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability.
http://www.ivbe.org

International Correspondents in Education (ICE)
ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues.
http://www.ice-online.net/

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.
http://www.acenet.edu/resources/policy-research/

Joannejacobs.com
Weblog of the freelance writer and former San Jose Mercury News columnist. Most entries are about education issues, both college and precollege.
http://www.joannejacobs.com/

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.
http://www.kidsafenetwork.com/

Lessontutor.com - Educational Policy Issues
Essays about teaching and the politics of running schools.
http://www.lessontutor.com/policyissues.html

Media Visions
Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology.
http://www.media-visions.com/education.html

Moral Issues in Education
Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto
http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77/

National Association of School Psychologists - Position Statements
Research-based statements covering controversial educational issues in US schools.
http://www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/position_paper.aspx

National Center for Policy Analysis
NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues.
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html

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

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.
http://www.ncee.org/

NPR : Homework: How Much is Too Much?
NPR presents a multi-part series on homework -- how educators are balancing mandates to improve test scores against a chronic lack of resources and the need for children to have enough time to be children. [Four segments, each in Realaudio format.]
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/mar/homework/index.html

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.
http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/education/education.front.html

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.
http://www.nifi.org/reports/detail_issues.aspx?itemID=301&catID=17

People For the American Way - Education Issues
Issues and articles.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12

Popular EducationTool Kit
Popular Education is a tool to raise people's critical awareness about the world around them, based on their personal experience. Resources and exercises using Popular Education techniques.
http://www.flora.org/mike/

The Quick and the Ed
Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education.
http://www.quickanded.com/

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.
http://www.right-to-education.org/

NPR : Hearing Voices: High School's 'Quiet Kids'
Producer Hilary Frank of the Hearing Voices radio project presents the voices of some quiet kids, teenagers, who feel isolated from the cultural life of their high schools. The story originally aired on member station WBEZ's Chicago Matters. [4:07 streaming audio broadcast] <small>(March, 2005)</small>
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4557214

NPR Talk of the Nation : Intellectuals on Campus
Join host Neal Conan for a discussion about intellectualism on campus. [32:31 streaming audio broadcast] <small>(March 4, 2003)</small>
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1182223

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.] <small>(November 5, 2002)</small>
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/health/children/05SLEE.html

CSMonitor.com - Before you cheer, sign here
Article on public school extracurricular activity liability waivers. <small>(March 12, 2002)</small>
http://csmonitor.com/2002/0312/p11s01-lecl.html

Christian Science Monitor - Learning
News feed of the newspaper's weekly coverage of education topics. [RSS]
http://www.csmonitor.com/rss/learning.rss

The Quick and The Ed
Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. [Atom]
http://www.quickanded.com/atom.xml