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TN Gov. Bredesen calls special session on education for 1/12 to reform principal/teacher eval. Great news for kids. http://bit.ly/5yXhC9 #fb
MemCollegePrep (Memphis College Prep) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:53:36 -0000
TN Gov. Bredesen calls special session on education for 1/12 to reform principal/teacher eval. Great news for kids. http://bit.ly/5yXhC9 #fb
is all charter schools and middle school reform today. Who says Christmas break is slow on the education beat?
dorieturner (dorie turner) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:35:19 -0000
is all charter schools and middle school reform today. Who says Christmas break is slow on the education beat?
"Look to tech depart. to instigate real change in the function of schools over the next 20 years. "- WOOT! education reform #educhat
msmithpds (msmithpds) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:12:25 -0000
"Look to tech depart. to instigate real change in the function of schools over the next 20 years. "- WOOT! education reform #educhat
as a teacher...i'm now totally in favor of education reform (via @whisper1111) me 2
essielou2 (esther louise) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:50:38 -0000
as a teacher...i'm now totally in favor of education reform (via @whisper1111) me 2
The education revolution: Our worldview is shifting; Our Education systems seem stuck. http://ow.ly/MBPW Can we #Reform #education ?
amitycollege (jim belcher) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:10:59 -0000
The education revolution: Our worldview is shifting; Our Education systems seem stuck. http://ow.ly/MBPW Can we #Reform #education ?
Yesterday went fabulous. Talks w/legislators were provocative and informative re: education reform & charter expansion. Now, the locals #FUN
TheNicWells (Nic Wells) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:43:29 -0000
Yesterday went fabulous. Talks w/legislators were provocative and informative re: education reform & charter expansion. Now, the locals #FUN

 

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

404 Acton Institute's Education Page - Proposing reform through morality in education, parental responsibility, and free market education.
Meta Description: [ The Institute proposes a competitive system of choice for education that would offer a variety of school concepts as options from which families can choose, thus exercising their God-given rights as primary educators of children. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Alliance for Excellent Education works to assure that at-risk middle and high school students achieve high standards and graduate prepared for college and future success. ]

Articles by Larry Phillips - Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.
Meta Description: [ This site is a repository for my writing about education and a link to various web sites that I have developed or manage. The philosophical link among the elements of the site is a belief that an understanding of our society will allow us to shape it. ]

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.

404 Center for Public School Renewal - Provides information on how more educational freedom-of teachers to teach, parents to choose, and the public to know- will improve public schools.
Meta Description: [ CPSR - Putting teachers at the center of school improvement ]

404 Center for School Reform - Resources from the Pacific Research Institute in support of parental choice in education, high academic standards and accountability, charter schools, teacher quality, and school finance reform.
Meta Description: [ Pacific Research Institute Education Policy Home Page ]

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.

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.
Meta Description: [ Human interconnectedness and innovations in higher education are explored in essay collections covering alternatives to the current trend toward making education an industry and insights into re-humanizing community education efforts, as well as aphorisms and quotables, and extensive links to Web... ]

Equal Child Abuse - An expose of how fraudulent Supreme Court rulings have inflicted massive damage on our public education system.
Meta Description: [ Judicial activism ruined America's public schools ]

Good Schools - Presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and teachers in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.
Meta Description: [ Frank presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and schools in reforming schools into the twenty-first century. ]

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

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

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning - Organization advocating standards-based school improvement programs. Includes news, issues information, research findings and curriculum materials.
Meta Description: [ McREL: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, delivering research and practical guidance to educators ]

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.

Minnesota Education Reform News - News and commentary about education reform issues in Minnesota and the nation.
Meta Description: [ Dan Lips from the Heritage Foundation describes how the A-PLUS Act would restore local control to our public schools. ]

404 New American Schools - A nonprofit organization increasing student achievement in public schools through comprehensive school improvement.

NPR : Testing Scandal in Texas Schools - Houston schools have been implicated in a cheating scandal after test scores in some Texas school districts made suspicious leaps. An inspector general is investigating at least 23 schools. Questions arose in 2004 after The Dallas Morning News found strong evidence that educators were helping students cheat at nearly 400 schools statewide. [5:12 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ Houston schools have been implicated in a cheating scandal after test scores in some Texas school districts made suspicious leaps. An inspector general is investigating at least 23 schools. Questions arose in 2004 after The Dallas Morning News found strong evidence that educators were helping stu... ]

404 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.

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.
Meta Description: [ Research on Educational choice and teaching methods in Canada ]

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

Politics in Education and at Work - An article calling for political involvement to reform US education to better prepare workers for technical vocations.
Meta Description: [ Most recent weekly features and columns, from your About.com Guide ]

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.
Meta Description: [ The mission of Project Appleseed, the National Campaign for Public School Improvement, is to organize America's 50 million public school parents to participate in the improvement of America's 15,000 public school districts. Our national award winning school improvement program is called Project ... ]

Public Education Network - A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.
Meta Description: [ The Public Education Network website is an accessible, interactive citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds. ]

Public Schools Today - Original articles regarding the state of education, and resources to aid in further study of education issues.
Meta Description: [ Public schools are under attack and with good reason. The legislators are making decisions without understanding what is really happening in the schools today. No corporation would stay in business long if run the way our public schools are run. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ 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. ]

Save Our Schools, Inc. - A non-profit organization that provides educational tools to public schools so children may achieve their full potential.
Meta Description: [ Save Our Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to help our public schools systems. ]

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.
Meta Description: [ The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports national research, publications, and projects in elementary and secondary education reform, as well as education reform projects in Dayton Ohio. We favor higher standards; accountability; equality of opportunity; a solid core curriculum taught by knowledg... ]

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

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

UEdge - Assists students and the general public in the independent analysis of higher education issues and policy choices.