Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education - provides non-partisan research, information and communication on education to Canadian policy-makers, education partners and the public. - http://www.excellenceineducation.ca/
The Quick and the Ed - Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. - http://www.quickanded.com/
The Quick and The Ed - Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. - http://www.quickanded.com/atom.xml
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/
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/
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/
Public Agenda Online - Articles on US education issues. - http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=education
CSMonitor.com - Learning - News coverage of education (K-12, college, and adult ed.). - http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/
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
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
NPR Talk of the Nation : Intellectuals on Campus - Join host Neal Conan for a discussion about intellectualism on campus. [32:31 streaming audio broadcast] - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1182223
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
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/
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/
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
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
Heartland Institute - Education - Articles reporting on school issues and reform efforts in the US. - http://www.heartland.org/IssueSuites.cfm?issId=3
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.] - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/health/children/05SLEE.html
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/
Media Visions - Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology. - http://www.media-visions.com/education.html
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/
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/
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/
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
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
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/
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/
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/
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/
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