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Education Week - http://www.edweek.org/
Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives. |
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The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education - http://www.highereducation.org/
Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school. |
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The Condition of Education (USA) - http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/
An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000, 2001 and 2002. |
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National Center on Education and the Economy - http://www.ncee.org/
Policies, tools, technical assistance and professional development that people everywhere can use to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems. |
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Global Campaign for Education - http://www.campaignforeducation.org/
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. |
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Joannejacobs.com - http://www.joannejacobs.com/
Weblog of the freelance writer and former San Jose Mercury News columnist. Most entries are about education issues, both college and precollege. |
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America Counts - http://ed.gov/americacounts/glenn/
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. |
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Internet Sources for Higher Education Policy and Research - http://www.acenet.edu/resources/policy-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. |
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The Right to Education Project - http://www.right-to-education.org/
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. |
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The Quick and the Ed - http://www.quickanded.com/
Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. |
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Moral Issues in Education - http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77/
Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto |
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Media Visions - http://www.media-visions.com/education.html
Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology. |
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CSMonitor.com - Learning - http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/
News coverage of education (K-12, college, and adult ed.). |
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NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Education Survey - http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/education/education.front.html
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. |
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Future of Freedom Foundation: Education - http://www.fff.org/issues/education.asp
Collected essays presenting a libertarian perspective on the U.S. education system. Among the issues addressed are vouchers, compulsory attendance laws, and school violence. |
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The Kid-Safe Network - http://www.kidsafenetwork.com/
A nation-wide educational program to teach children and parents about the dangers of child molesters. Learn special methods to avoid these dangers. |
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Education Matters - Essays on Public Education - http://www.tellingthetruth.com/education_matters/
Sandra Nichols writes about bilingual education, safe schools, small schools and the importance of trust and good communication between students, parents, teachers, and administrators. |
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NPR Talk of the Nation : Intellectuals on Campus - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1182223
Join host Neal Conan for a discussion about intellectualism on campus. [32:31 streaming audio broadcast] |
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NPR : Hearing Voices: High School's 'Quiet Kids' - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4557214
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 streaming audio broadcast] |
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From Inkwells to an Electronic Learning Community - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v10n2/laporte.html
Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education. |