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  • BCER
    The Business Coalition for Education Reform (BCER) is made up of 13 national business-led organizations and 600 state and local business-education coalitions that coordinate their efforts to increase the academic achievement of all students by promoting business involvement in education at the national, state and local levels. To do so, the partners leverage resources and expertise; build partnerships to help states and communities learn from each other's experiences; and provide technical assistance to a growing network of state and local coalitions.
  • 14. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
    The Education, Career, and Community program helps educators, business, and community leaders prepare youth and adults for a quality work life, active citizenship, and a lifetime of learning.
  • New Visions for Public Schools
    This Web site exists to share information about improving education for children in New York City's public schools, as well as in schools around the country, even around the world. Although New Visions works locally, in the largest school system in America, we believe the dialogue about how to improve public education should be held broadly and include anyone with a desire to contribute. Your feedback is appreciated. Please send comments to the Webmaster.
  • ASCD
    The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a unique international, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of professional educators whose jobs cross all grade levels and subject areas. In their diversity, our members share a profound commitment to excellence in education. Founded in 1943, ASCD's mission is to forge covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners.
  • Teachers Without Borders
    A teacher without Borders is a non-profit, non-denominational corporation devoted to global educational change at the high-school level for an information age. We create an appropriate match between worldwide research on learning with effective, personalized educational solutions at the local level.
  • New Horizons
    Every day New Horizons for Learning connects people to one another and to resources, serving the worldwide Internet community by offering an expanded view of teaching, learning, and developing intelligence more fully. Our activities include publishing materials, producing conferences, consulting, and collaborating on projects and programs.
  • Public Agenda Online
    The two-fold mission of Public Agenda is to:
  • AEL, Inc.
    AEL is a nonprofit, regionally oriented education research, development, and service institution. Its mission is to link the knowledge from research with the wisdom from practice to improve teaching and learning. AEL works closely with schools, school districts, and states to develop, test, and refine practical products and processes that address needs expressed by local educators. Resources thus developed are then available to others working on similar problems.
  • NCREL
    Throughout the country, teachers, parents, principals, community members, policymakers, and students are working toward a common goal: improving our nation's schools to make them safe and productive places where children can learn and grow. Since 1984, the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory has been a partner and resource in this important endeavor.
  • Educational System Reform
    Within the Education and Human Resource Directorate, the Division of Educational System reform (ESR) serves as a focal point for the Directorate's systemic reform efforts by managing large-scale programs designed to strengthen the science, mathematics and technology education (SMETE) infrastructure of states, urban centers, and rural areas.
  • Of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools by Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup
    This site was interesting because it was a poll of the public opinion on schools. The questions ranged from ideas and opinions on topics from reform issues to vouchers. There is a lot of interesting insight.
  • Contemporary Research in the United States, Germany, and Japan on Five Education Issues: Structure of the Education System, Standards in Education, the Role of School in Adolescents' Lives, Individual Differences Among Students, and Teachers' Lives
    With a title like that you really don't need a description. A very interesting site with comparisons of the United States math teaching techniques with those of Germany and Japan. Excellent site.
  • Educational Research and Improvement Reports and Studies
    A diverse look at education reform from charter schools to after school programs. A wonderful place for information.
  • Educational Reform From the Inside Out
    This site says that the teacher is the key to educational reform in America, not money, books, and technology. Since teachers have such an impact on students, the teachers need to have an honest concern for the students and be a good model for them.
  • Realizing the Promise of Technology: The Need for Systemic Education Reform
    This site states that we have had technology in our schools for some time, but we don’t know what to do with it yet. It is being used for the wrong reasons, it should be for the purpose of enhancing the education of our students, but in many cases it is not. This site also has a table illustrating the shifts in teachers, beliefs, and practices over the last several years.
  • Educational Disaster, Which Will We Choose?
    This site points out the fact that our society is capable of achieving the educational goals we have set, but many are not willing. This site has many links about all aspects of educational reform.
  • Home Schooling: An Educational Reform
    This site discusses home schooling as an alternative to reforming the schools. It talks about the things that are being done to improve the quality of education that a child can receive if home schooled.
  • Using Technology to Support Educational Reform
    This site says that since technology has become so rampant in our society, then we should be using it in our classrooms to improve the education of our students.
  • Trends in Education Reform
    This site discusses how the introduction of technology in the classroom has improved the efficiency of student comprehension.
  • An Educators’ Guide to School Wide Reform
    An Educators' Guide to Schoolwide Reform
  • Thinking About Educational Reform
    This site addresses many of the specifics in educational reform. It discusses ways to improve the school systems, the classroom, how we can improve our understanding of learning, teaching and education, the frequent mistakes made in education and many more insightful information.
  • Co-nect Schools: comprehensive school reform for grades k-12 using project-based learning
    This site discusses way of integrating technology and the internet into the curriculum to spark interest in the students learning.
  • News Bureau – Clinton’s Case for State Education Reform
    This web site is put together by Columbia and deals with President Clinton’s ideas for educational reform on the national level
  • 1) Mathematicians and Educational Reform
    This is a national web site put together by the University of Illinois that is a national project to promote math and the programs and publications to promote these ideas.
  • Educational Reform Moving Forward
    This site contains numerous articles written on various levels and topics concerning educational reform. The articles are very far reaching in the material that they cover.
  • Engines for Education – Thinking about Educational Reform
    This is a very interesting site. The site discusses such topics as the monetary impact that educational reform will have on the average citizen
  • Reflecting on Sputnik: Linking the Past, Present, and the Future of Educational Reform
    This web site discusses the impact in the United States educational system, specifically in science and mathematics, after the launch Sputnik by the Russians
  • Educational System Reform
    This particular web site gives some interesting statistics on the work that schools are doing to improve the education of their students, among other interesting information
  • Engines for Education
    A look at the problems with our current educational system and how we can go about fixing them
  • Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation – Educational Choice
    This web site explains the Friedman Foundation and their education of lawmakers and parents concerning education
  • Teacher’s Professional Development in a climate of Educational Reform
    This web site is a listing of articles written by teachers themselves concerning educational reform.
  • A Study of Charter Schools – First Year Report 1997
    Information is given about the role of state government in the charter school system. The implementation of charter schools is also explained as well as the impact on the students themselves.
  • UCLA Charter School Study
    This site displays the Teachers for Urban Schools and Communities 3-year project which is investigating the Santa Monica Unified School District’s reform efforts.
  • Urban School Reforms Don’t Improve Education
    This site argues that implementing reform does not solve the problem. School Officials should be held accountable.
  • School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education
    This site presents negative ideas on the school voucher program.
  • LEAD Center
    The site describes a learning center at the University of Wisconsin. It is dedicated to evaluation reform efforts.
  • Equity in the Reform of Math and Science Education
    The site serves as a reference tool for those trying to implement equity in Math and Science.
  • Educational Reform Theory and Methods
    This site provides various links, which deal with current reform theories and methods, which being used to reform schools.
  • Institute on Education Reform
    The site is presented by the University of Kentucky’s education department and it provides links to current reform trends.
  • Restructuring Education: You Can't Get There from Here: The Need for a New Logic in ...
    This is a very brief site that gives the explanation for why we need a new educational reform. This site lists the reasons for the new reform and the benefits it will bring to the classroom.
  • An Educators' Guide to Schoolwide Reform
    http://www.aft.org/edissues/schlwrfm.htm
  • Trends in Education Reform
    The site describes past reforms that have revolutionized learning and how reforms can improve.
  • Chapter 1Introduction to the Elements of School Reform
    This is a very descriptive website that offers an outline on how to reseach educational reform. The site provides links the the information on reform.
  • INstitute for educational refrom: Charter Schools
    This site contains updates on the current reform. We find many links to informational reform sites.We also find extensive reports on the current reform.
  • Videotapes for the 21st Century classroom
    The web site promotes the sale of educational tapes which describe revolutionary and innovative ways to teach
  • School Reform News
    This site carries reprints of hundreds of education articles reporting on school reform.
  • The PACERS Small Schools Cooperative
    This is a unique association of 29 small public schools set in a rural environment throughout Alabama. Their education reform program theme is "Better schools building better communities."
  • CPR for the Family Homepage
    This website explains why the people of West Virginia feel that education reform is destroying our nation. They state that they have pulled the mask off of education reform.
  • New Visions for Public Schools
    This is New York's largest nonprofit reform organization. News is updated weekly and
  • Language and Education Reforms for Gujarat
    This interesting site gives information on education and language reform in Gujarat, India. Some of the subjects addressed are; How to reform Gujarat education and the Ills of education and teacher rights.
  • Education Reforms and Students at Risk
    This site explores the student at risk of failure in America's schools. The causes for student failure and strategies for reform are discussed
  • Urban School Improvement Program
    This site studies projects developed to help reform urban schools
  • New Horizons for Learning
    This group advocates programs for educational reform. The mission is to enhance the overall quality of life for children who are at-risk for, or who experience developmental disabilities and their families
  • Charter School Project
    Organization works in affiliation with Core Knowledge to bring about educational reform and encourages national charter school growth.
  • Partnership for Excellence & Accountability in Teaching
    Educational reform advocates join together to advocate stronger standards for teachers and research innovations in education reform.
  • The Teacher Universe
    Resource center for educators and administrators , offers curriculum reform models and news about federal grants and assistance.
  • QuESt Whole-School Reform Model
    The Quality Educational Systems - Tool for Transformation (QuESt) model for educational reform is described in this article.
  • State by State Summary of School Reform in the U.S.
    A comprehensive state by state update on education reform legislation, progress, hang-ups, culprits, supporters and obstructionists.
  • Technology Policy, Research & Planning, Information & Resources
    A document that guides people who are developing state education reform plans. Education reform under Goals 2000.
  • National Governors Association Center for Best Practices: Education Reform
    The NGA focuses on extra learning opportunities, higher education, systematic reform, accountability, and technology. Also gives Issue Briefs and Statelines.
  • National Conference of State Legislature: The ABC's of Education Reform
    This site carries profiles of successful reform programs, advice on setting statewide standards, and provides documents to give state legislators knowledge to make changes is education.
  • Charter Schools Development Center
    Their goal is to provide technical assistance to charter school reform in California and nationally. They offer aspects of charter school planning, operations, and oversight.
  • Governors Education Reform Study Commission
    Governor Barnes of Savannah, Georgia made a speech to the Education Reform Study Commission pleading for bold changes in school, making education the #1 priority. This site gives his commission members, committees including school climate, funding, and public hearings.
  • Studies of Education Reform
    The office of Educational Research and Improvement funded 12 studies to examine various aspects of reform. Some of the ideas included are for Early Childhood Education and Systematic Reform.
  • The Catalog of School Reform Models
    This is a huge web site that consists of all of the 64 reform models put into effect in by the government in 1997. It includes success analysis as well as how the modes are to be implanted.
  • OUR FAILURE TO FOLLOW THROUGH
    This is a short but interesting article in regard to a model that began 26 years ago. The article describes the follow through model as well as some of its shortcomings.
  • The Laboratory for Student Success
    This is a wonderful site we could all use. There is much information from "old school" practices that work to new and innovative techniques for teaching.
  • Does the Public School System Favor High-income Students?
    This site raises issues after the Fraser Forum issued a report card on schools. At first there are a lot of tables and statistics but the further you look there are some good articles on poverty and how it affects the children's education and some ideas.
  • ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
    This site is packed with information from statistics to improving teaching quality. The format is nicely set up and easy to access "faq's".
  • International Comparison of Teacher Salaries And Conditions of Employment
    A really great site that reflects on the salaries of teachers not only in the United States but in other countries. The information discusses how pay increases, as well as working conditions could help reform education.
  • Office of Reform and Dissemination
    This site provides many links that can help to explain the reform going on in the United States. There are links that will connect you to a page that is the national reform program.
  • Curriculum & Instructional Leadership Branch
    This page is from a California education department. This page offers many links that can connect us to many issues that deal with the educational reform. We can look at private, and public schools reform. This site also has a link for the goals 2000 program.
  • Trends in Education Reform
    This page deals with the educational reform and computers in the classroom. This page offers three links that are frequently asked questions about the reform. The page outlines the major issues of reform, and provides a dictionary for clarification.
  • Learn
    Not only does this page deal with the reform there are many other links that deal with violence in the schools and other numerous topics that are present in today’s school system.
  • Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
    This web site is designed by a foundation that is dedicated to educational reforms. In this web site I found a link that described the current reform-taking place in Dayton, Ohio. There are also links to the education reform books that help to clarify the current reform movement.
  • Celt Corporation
    This is another example of a site that provides current information on the school reform. We are able to look deep into the current educational reform that is taking place. The site provides us with links that can take us to a number of different sites that deal with reform. This site also provides information on the current technological reform-taking place in education.
  • The Education Alliance
    This site responds to the needs of diverse student populations in the public schools.
  • Knowledge Applications Division
    This site is dedicated to The Knowledge Applications Division (KAD). This directs and coordinates activities focused on inquiry, knowledge development, and systematic documentation of nationwide reform assistance and dissemination efforts.
  • National Education Reform Issues
    This is a site that has many articles on educational reform.
  • Critical Issue: Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Educational Reform
    This site is dedicated to the assessment of student achievement. Student assessment is changing, largely because today's students face a world that will demand new knowledge and abilities.
  • Benchmarks and Standards as Tools for Science Education Reform
    This site is dedicated to setting benchmarks and standards to help science in educational reform
  • Educational System Reform
    This site is dedicated to serving all the nations children, and serving them well. This site demands an excellent and equitable education system for the 21st century.
  • Changing Schools through Experiential Education
    This site is dedicated to Experiential Education. Experiential education is the process of actively engaging students in an experience that will have real consequences.
  • Technology and Education Reform
    This is a site dedicated to technology and how to use technology to help educational reform.
  • Trends in Education Reform
    This is a site that is dedicated to education reform.
  • Research for Action
    This is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization working in educational research and reform to insure opportunities and outcomes for all students.
  • Center for Establishing Dialogue in Teaching and Learning Center for
    An educational organization that provides foundations for moving current educational theory into the classroom. We bring teachers and communities together for educational reform.
  • Middle Web: Exploring Middle School Reform
    This site allows people who are interested in improving middle schools can check here for a variety of resources. The site is informative to just the middle school but it allows for students or teachers interested in these grades to go to this site.
  • Annenberg Foundation
    The Annenberg Foundation's current focus is to provide grants for pre-collegiate education, public schools restructuring and reform. This site allows for people to see different programs used to get educational reform.
  • Educational Reform in France, West Germany, the United Kingdom and Hungary
    This particular site is very interesting because it allows for teachers and students to see how other countries are dealing with Educational Reform. It tells how different schools look at different aspects as to how to improve their school system.
  • Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration
    This site is another link to the address listed above. The site allows you to share information and network with others involved in the comprehensive school reform project. You are able to view profiles from other CSRD school and have discussions with the other members in this same reform program.
  • Comprehensive School Reform Demonst
    This site talks about a comprehensive school reform as a means to improve student achievement through reorganizing and revitalizing entire schools.
  • About Educational Reform
    This site is a very informative place to find answers to questions, others opinion, and facts on educational reform. This site has articles about educational reform, instructional technology and skills based learning in K-12.
  • Rethinking Schools
    This is a nonprofit publication of educational materials to advocate the reform of elementary and secondary education, with strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.
  • Greenwood Publishing Group
    This web site deals with Educational Reform and the Transformation of Southern Africa. Contents of this web site vary from facts about Southern Africa to their Theory of Educational Reform.
  • Center for Educational Reform
    This easy-to-read guide contains everything you ever needed to know about what to do with our schools, from making community-based changes to far reaching state reforms.
  • State Responses to Summit Action Statement
    Upon adopting the 1999 National Education Summit Action Statement, governors, education leaders, and business leaders agreed that each state would develop a detailed response to the Summit Statement with specific targets and timelines for action. Achieve agreed to post those responses on its Web site.
  • Maryland School of Public Affairs Welfare Reforms Academy
    This web site is interested in making sure people understand the new welfare reform law.
  • Welcome to Urban Middle-Grades Reform Network
    This web sties tells about the networks activities, districts and working documents for middle-grades education reforms. This web site tells about the policies and practices for a urban middle-grades reform.
  • The 1999 National Education Summit
    They have archived the complete policy statement as well as other background documents from the summit.
  • California Network for Educational Charters
    This is an outline on places you can visit. I found this very interesting also.
  • Association of professional Oklahoma educators
    This article promotes Oklahoma's school system. It invites you to browse the website.
  • ATPE Regions
    This article tells us about Texas's education groups. I find it interesting to look at what other states have to support their teachers.
  • Citizen's Guide to Educational Reform--School Choices
    This site discusses the problems with the educational system, specifically, the problem with the curriculum and government-run school systems verses the free educational market.
  • Association of Educators in private practice
    AEPP is an association of enterprising educators providing teaching and learning services to youth and adults and a wide array of public and private organizations. This site gives information on things that deal with the AEPP.
  • ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS Transforming Urban Public Education
    This article informs you on sites you can visit, and it also provides you with an understanding of advantage schools.
  • Introducing America's Choice™ for School Design
    This article gives an outlook on how the NCEE (National Center on Education and the Economy) works, and what benefits it gives.
  • Accelerated Schools
    This site is a unique combination of proven educational methods and effective motivation
  • The alliance for parental involvement in Education.
    This article informs the reader how he or she can get involved with the Alliance for parental involvement in Education.
  • MiddleWeb
    This site explores the challenges of middle school reform. It is an excellent resource for parents and educators. It includes middle school diaries, resources, and news articles.
  • Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
    Expeditionary Learning is designed to challenge students to met rigorous academic and character standards. This program is based on adventure and community based activities.
  • Education for the Future
    Education for the Future is a non-profit organization that assist public schools with systemic reform through the development of school portfolios and comprehensive data analysis.
  • Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation
    The Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes increasing the understanding of educational opportunities for all children. One of it’s reform efforts is educational choice.
  • Effective Education
    This web page explains hoe to reform public education by making it more effective. It includes a library with essays and research bases. It also includes a section on parent involvement.
  • The Public Education Network
    The Public Education Network connects you to proven strategies for improving students academic achievements in public schools. It also expands on other publications on school reform.
  • Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination
    This site links teachers, students, parents, policy makers, and administrators with the best information on educational research, reform, and statistics.
  • EdWeb
    EdWeb is an information site that explores educational reform and school technology. On this site, you can download educational resources and explain educational policies.
  • The Learning Exchange
    This site is a center for educational consulting, training, research and hands-on learning experiences. The Learning Exchange has become a nationally recognized catalyst for educational reform and improvement.
  • The National Library of Education
    This site has valuable info on education databases, special education projects, and links to the U.S. Department of Education. Through The National Library of Education students and educators can get answers to their questions through a list of experts.
  • Selected Readings: Gifted Students and Educational Reform
    This is a site put together by ERIC. The site has microfiche collections that talk about gifted students and the need for educational reform.
  • Educational Reform
    This is a site that contains articles about professional development and school improvement. There is also links to problem-based learning information.
  • AISES Multicultural Educational Reform Programs
    This is a site about Indian reform of schools in the United States. This site contains links to teacher and curriculum programs and also links to other multicultural education web sites.
  • Pathways to School Improvement
    This is a site that contains links to help the parents and family to get involved in reforming schools. Some of the links are math, science, technology, curriculum and goals/standards.
  • National Education Association
    This is a comprehensive site that has links to education, students, teaching, issues and news. This site instructs parents and society on how they can aid in the eduactioan reform in their children's school system.
  • Technology Counts '98
    High-tech pathways to better schools is what this site advocates. Technology has helped raise children's test scores and this site has case studies and test score study for reference.
  • Blending Gifted Education and School Reform
    This site has information agbout how gifted eduation should be blended into school reform. This site contains questions about what we believe, issues, strategies and how to have a successful gifted education program in place.
  • The Case Against Block Scheduling.
    This is a site about the problems with block scheduling. The web site contains several arguments why block scheduling in the schools is not a good thing. The site is against this type of educational reform in the United States.
  • Center for Educational Leadership and Technology
    This site is made by a nationally recognized leader providing comprehensive solutions to educational reform and technology challenges. This site contains information about technology in education and advocates the use of technology.
  • Trends and Issues: Educational Reform and Restructuring
    This is a comprehensive site that says "Reformers see most to gain from targeting the whole school as a system." This site gives several ways we are trying to reform but also the obstacles the reform faces in its path.
  • Educational Reform
    This is a site that has information about the idea that reform can no longer be put off. This is something that needs to happen and this site has information about success oriented schools.
  • Star Schools: U.S. Dept. of Education
    This is a site that has information about the technological initiatives that the government is trying to use. This site also has an educator's guide to the use of technology in the schools.
  • Association of American Educators
    This is a site for the Association of American Educators. This is a group of concerned educators from around the country came together to address the problem of low public esteem for our national
  • The Center for Educational Reform
    This is a comprehensive site with links to information about educational reform, such as charter schools and school choice.
  • EdWeb
    Explores the worlds of educational reform and information technology.
  • Classroom Connect
    Working with educators to bring the power of the Internet to their students.
  • Reform of intermediate and secondary education
    The trends in secondary education preceding Wilson Riles' establishment of the Reform of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RISE) Commission in 1974.
  • EmTech: School Reform
    Full list of web addresses for school reform.
  • Center for Education Reform
    Nationwide Reform Must Be A Local Effort
  • What Works: Reform
    Reform programs for various school systems.
  • US Dept. of Edu.
    The Administration's priorities include national efforts to improve reading and math, reduce class size, strengthen school construction, and promote major new 1999 initiatives.
  • Dr. Theodore Sizer
    Two of Dr. Sizer's books,Horace's Compromise and Horace's School, explore the motivation and the ideas of the Essential school reform effort.
  • CATALYST: Voices of Chicago School Reform
    An independent magazine created to document, analyze and support efforts to improve public education in Chicago
  • Parents and School Reform
    Parents and School Reform America's Promise.
  • Creating Educational Reform
    They come together to share their own experiences and expertise through discussion groups and "best practice" sessions, as well as to learn from nationally recognized researchers and practitioners who will be giving presentations about model programs and legislation.
  • Understanding the Implementation of Educational Reform
    The purpose of this set of papers is to illuminate the school reform implementation process by presenting data from two studies examining themes in "scaling"up" reform designs.
  • New York Networks for School Renewal
    As the networks develop into functioning collaborations, they will be invited to apply to join the Learning Zone.
  • Middle School Reform
    Memphis City Schools initiated its Middle School Reform effort to implement the middle school concept/philosophy into the school system.
  • Focus on Children
    The mission of the Focus on Children comprehensive reform plan is to transform each school in the system into a community that provides a safe, motivating, and fully engaging learning climate, that sets the highest expectations for all students, and a place where all adults are committed to the success of every child.
  • John I. Goodlad New Schools, New Teachers
    Address the two issues at the heart of education in the 1990s-school reform and teacher Preparation
  • Is There a Role for Professional Development Schools?
    first, teaching is not a profession; and second, that there is something desirable, both for teachers and for the public welfare, in making teaching a profession.
  • Standards and position statements.
    Social Studies for Early Childhood and Elementary School Children Preparing for the 21st Century
  • Nongraded Primary Education
    In the 1990s, educators and citizens are reevaluating their schools and proposing reforms to meet the needs of diverse social and economic groups.
  • Content of the Curriculum, 2nd ed.
    rather than simply amending the original work, we would ask experts in each field to take a fresh look at the content of the curriculum.
  • Educational Leadership
    By building and using a repertoire of teaching strategies and techniques, both new and experienced teachers are better able to help all students succeed in school.
  • Educational Reform
    It still comes down to the teacher and the student. Education reform won't change a thing if the teacher doesn't believe in the reform. It won't change a thing if the teacher is not well-educated and not well trained.
  • A Citizen's Guide to School Reform
    This site cuts through the rhetoric on school choice, vouchers, and public schooling by bringing together historical evidence and modern research.
  • Trends In Educational Reform
    THE SUCCESSFUL PROLIFERATION of computers in K-12 classrooms across the country is due partially to recent associations between education technology and school reform.
  • MiddleWeb: Exploring Middle School and Middle Grades Reform
    Many kids make it or break it the middle grades -- either they acquire the academic knowledge and skills they need to achieve in high school (and life), or they fall so far behind they drop out or drift through high school with little hope of a successful future.
  • Education Reform Experts
    Has published articles and given presentations on the roles of teachers and students as they work together to facilitate students' understanding of texts and writing of texts. Has worked with several teachers' collaborative efforts to better understand the complexities of teaching, learning and assessment, and to study where universities and schools should be heading in the 21st century.
  • The Community for Education Foundation
    It is our mission to motivate America's young people to dream of significant accomplishments and provide them with the tools they need to achieve their goals.
  • The Community for Education Foundation
    It is our mission to motivate America's young people to dream of significant accomplishments and provide them with the tools they need to achieve their goals.
  • Center for Education Reform
    Advancing the agenda for education in a Democracy through the simultaneous renewal of schools and the education of educators.
  • Why School Reform is Needed
    Many of the ultimate consumers of public schools, employers and college professors, say that the typical high school graduate lacks the skills needed to succeed in work or college
  • Pathways to School Improvement
    In most instances, children come to school ready to learn but with different cultural educational , and environmental experiences to draw from. It is the responsibility of the educational system to meet children where they are and encourage and support their development from that point
  • The Center For Education Reform
    Elements of Accountability: Making Standards, Assessments and rewards and Consequences Work Together
  • The Education Alliance
    Believing that language, culture, and diversity are fundamental to the success of educational reform, the Alliance creates partnerships with educators, policy-makers, researchers, and business and community agencies.
  • Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
    Thomas B. Fordham lived in Dayton, where the Foundation resided for many years. The Foundation is dedicated to the reform of the K-12 educational system in the greater Dayton area.
  • Pathways To School Improvement
    Evidence shows a strong connection between parent and family involvement in schools and children's academic achievement, attendance, attitude, and continued education.

  •  Mathematicians and Educational Reform
     http://www.uic.edu/UI-Service/programs/UIC80.html

    This is a national web site put together by the University of Illinois that
    is a national project to promote math and the programs and publications to
    promote these ideas.

  •   A Study of Charter Schools - First Year Report 1997

    http://www.ed.gov/pubs/charter/

    Information is given about the role of state government in the charter school
    system. The implementation of charter schools is also explained as well as
    the impact on the students themselves.

  • Teacher's Professional Development in a climate of Educational Reform

    http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/SysReforms/little7.htm

    This web site is a listing of articles written by teachers themselves
    concerning educational reform.

  • Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation - Educational Choice

    http://www.friedmanfoundation.org/

    This web site explains the Friedman Foundation and their education of
    lawmakers and parents concerning education.

  • News Bureau - Clinton's Case for State Education Reform

    http://www.tc.columbia.edu/~newsbureau/NEWS/smith22499.htm

    This web site is put together by Columbia and deals with President Clinton's
    ideas for educational reform on the national level.

  • Engines for Education

    http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~e_for_e/

    A look at the problems with our current educational system and how we can go
    about fixing them.

  • Educational System Reform

    http://red.www.nsf.gov/EHR/ESR/

    This particular web site gives some interesting statistics on the work that
    schools are doing to improve the education of their students, among other
    interesting information.

  • Reflecting on Sputnik: Linking the Past, Present, and the Future of
    Educational Reform

    http://www.nas.edu/sputnik/

    This web site discusses the impact in the United States educational system,
    specifically in science and mathematics, after the launch Sputnik by the
    Russians.

  • Engines for Education - Thinking about Educational Reform

    http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~e_for_e/nodes/NODE-346-pg.html

    This is a very interesting site. The site discusses such topics as the
    monetary impact that educational reform will have on the average citizen.

     

  • Educational Reform Moving Forward

    http://www.monbu.go.jp/series-en/

    This site contains numerous articles written on various levels and topics
    concerning educational reform. The articles are very far reaching in the
    material that they cover.

  • Co-nect Schools: comprehensive school reform for grades k-12 using
    project-based learning

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?sTerm=Ed
    ucational%20%2b%20reform&brand=CSI&first_result=0&Type=I&Tabs=Y&SourcePage=Gat
    eway&ServiceType=CServe&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eco%2dnect%2ecom%2f
    This site discusses way of integrating technology and the internet into the
    curriculum to spark interest in the students learning.

  • Thinking About Educational Reform

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-results.adp?Type=I&sT
    erm=Educational%20%2b%20reform&Tabs=Y&brand=CSI&ServiceType=CServe&SourcePage=
    Gateway&first_result=0&BTS=T
    This site addresses many of the specifics in educational reform. It
    discusses ways to improve the school systems, the classroom, how we can
    improve our understanding of learning, teaching and education, the frequent
    mistakes made in education and many more insightful information.

  • An Educators Guide to School Wide Reform

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?sTerm=ed
    ucational%20reform&brand=CSI&first_result=20&Type=I&Tabs=Y&SourcePage=Web%5fNe
    xtPrev&ServiceType=CServe&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eaasa%2eorg%2fReform

    This site discusses the 24 different approaches of school wide reform.
    These approaches discusses ways to improve the whole school, rather than just
    the classroom setting.

  • Trends in Education Reform

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?sTerm=ed
    ucational%20reform&brand=CSI&first_result=20&Type=I&Tabs=Y&SourcePage=Web%5fNe
    xtPrev&ServiceType=CServe&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2fedweb%2egsn%2eorg%2fedref%2ehtm
    l

    This site discusses how the introduction of technology in the classroom has
    improved the efficiency of student comprehension.

  • Using Technology to Support Educational Reform

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?sTerm=ed
    ucational%20reform&brand=CSI&first_result=40&Type=I&Tabs=Y&SourcePage=Web%5fNe
    xtPrev&ServiceType=CServe&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eed%2egov%2fpubs%2fEdRefor
    mStudies%2fTechReforms%2ftitle%2ehtml

    This site says that since technology has become so rampant in our society,
    then we should be using it in our classrooms to improve the education of our
    students.

  • Home Schooling: An Educational Reform

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?sTerm=ed
    ucational%20reform&brand=CSI&first_result=50&Type=I&Tabs=Y&SourcePage=Web%5fNe
    xtPrev&ServiceType=CServe&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2fhorizon%2eunc%2eedu%2fcourses%2
    f287%2fpapers%2flane%2fabstract%2ehtml

    This site discusses home schooling as an alternative to reforming the
    schools. It talks about the things that are being done to improve the
    quality of education that a child can receive if home schooled.

  • Educational Reform or Educational Disaster, Which Will We Choose?

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?hit_url=
    http://www.compuserve.com/wrap/slinker.asp?ref=http://www.lycos.com/srch/index
    .html?query=educational%20reform&lpv=1&loc=fromlycosmain&Type=I&sTerm=educatio
    nal%20reform&first_result=40&SourcePage=Web%5fNextPrev&Tabs=Y&brand=CSI&Servic
    eType=CServe

    This site points out the fact that our society is capable of achieving the
    educational goals we have set, but many are not willing. This site has many
    links about all aspects of educational reform.

  • Realizing the Promise of Technology: The Need for Systemic Education Reform

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-results.adp?Type=I&sT
    erm=educational%20reform&Tabs=Y&brand=CSI&ServiceType=CServe&SourcePage=Web%5f
    NextPrev&first_result=40&BTS=T

    This site states that we have had technology in our schools for some time,
    but we donâ^À^Ùt know what to do with it yet. It is being used for the wrong reasons, it should be for the purpose of enhancing the education of our
    students, but in many cases it is not. This site also has a table
    illustrating the shifts in teachers, beliefs, and practices over the last
    several years.

  • Educational Reform From the Inside Out

    http://cissearch.compuserve.com/search/cssearch/cssearch-frameset.adp?sTerm=ed
    ucational%20reform&brand=CSI&first_result=80&Type=I&Tabs=Y&SourcePage=Web%5fNe
    xtPrev&ServiceType=CServe&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2facclaimedmedia%2ecom%2fvoafa%2f
    politics%2f52d%2ehtm

    This site says that the teacher is the key to educational reform in America,
    not money, books, and technology. Since teachers have such an impact on
    students, the teachers need to have an honest concern for the students and be
    a good model for them.

  • Citizens Guide to Educational Reform--School Choices

    http://www.schoolchoices.org/

    This site discusses the problems with the educational system, specifically,
    the problem with the curriculum and government-run school systems verses the
    free educational market.

  • Thinking About Educational Reform

    http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~e_for_e/nodes/NODE-346-pg.html

    This site discusses way to improve the education system and whether or not it
    will enhance the learning.

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