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Proposing reform through morality in education, parental responsibility, and free market education.
http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/education/index.html

Resources in Character Education, Service Learning, Citizenship Education, and Educational Reform from an educational nonprofit organization.
http://www.democracy.org

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.
http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~lead/

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.
http://www.middleweb.com

As an elected member of the Ohio State Board of Education, Diana Fessler is working to promote positive reform in Ohio's schools.
http://www.fessler.com/

Putting the "public" into Public Education for the Southern Regional School District.
http://www.cris.com/~Awolinsk/

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.
http://www.edexcellence.net/

A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.
http://www.publiceducation.org

A nonprofit organization increasing student achievement in public schools through comprehensive school improvement.
http://www.naschools.org

Provides information on how more educational freedom-of teachers to teach, parents to choose, and the public to know- will improve public schools.
http://comnet.org/cpsr/

Committed to assisting school districts in building the capacity needed to support change at the school and classroom levels.
http://www.clsr.org/

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.
http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,T_CEN_EDS,00.html

An expose of how fraudulent Supreme Court rulings have inflicted massive damage on our public education system.
http://ttokarnak.home.att.net/Educ.html

Presenting a specific model for reform, to help students nationwide by rescuing America's failed educational system.
http://customizededucation.org

Creating excellent learning environments one school at a time
http://www.terrilmiller.com

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.
http://www.projectappleseed.org/

A non-profit organization that provides educational tools to public schools so children may achieve their full potential.
http://www.soschools.org/

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.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/redefining_education

What citizens need to know about education reform, school to work, early childhood education, and the restructuring of America.
http://www.icehouse.net/lmstuter/

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.
http://www.constitution.org/lanc/monitorial.htm

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.
http://www.oqe.org

An article calling for political involvement to reform US education to better prepare workers for technical vocations.
http://votech.about.com/educatio...ech/library/weekly/aa031800a.htm

Original articles regarding the state of education, and resources to aid in further study of education issues.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/public_schools_today

Offering different perspectives on education reform issues, including original essays, quotations, relevant links, and suggestions for student-driven reform.
http://members.tripod.com/edutrue/a-files/index.html

Created to improve the national dissemination of information on comprehensive school reform.
http://www.goodschools.gwu.edu/

A monthly column by ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter, which addresses timely educational issues.
http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/kids/kidsarchives.html

Discussions and recommendations for the establishment of a breakthrough National Education Research and Development Laboratory
http://futuresedge.org/national_education_lab.html

Presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and teachers in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.
http://www.goodschools.com/

Parents Raising Educational Standards in Schools. Wisconsin parents identify problems and offer advice on dealing with your child's school system.
http://www.execpc.com/~presswis/

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.
http://www.edbenchmarks.org/

A compendium of columns written by Mark Weston about the role of technology in strengthening teaching and enhancing learning.
http://www.convergemag.com/magaz....phtml?category=1515000000000058

Information and resources meant to encourage student/adult partnerships and action to create better schools.
http://studentinvolvement.net/

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.
http://www.all4ed.org

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.
http://www.pacificresearch.org/centers/csr/

Assists students and the general public in the independent analysis of higher education issues and policy choices.
http://www.bigtenu.org/

News and commentary about education reform issues in Minnesota and the nation.
http://edreformnews.info/

Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.
http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/

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]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4544036