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/
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/
Expect the Best from a Girl 
This site supports a national campaign for educational equity for girls in their early teens.
http://www.academic.org/
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/
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/
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/
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 stream
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4557214
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
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/
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 t
http://www.nifi.org/reports/detail_issues.aspx?itemID=301&catID=17
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 sect
http://www.pepe.org
Parent-Directed Education 
Contains a variety of opinions and information on various aspects of education; designed to assist parents in making informed choices.
http://www.parentdirectededucation.org/
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.
http://www.flora.org/mike/
Public Agenda Online 
Articles on US education issues.
http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=education
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/
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/
The Quick and The Ed 
Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education.
http://www.quickanded.com/atom.xml
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/
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