Where to Find More Information
The following websites may prove useful in a variety of ways. Some of them provide research data about the effects of standardized testing, after school programs, arts education and parental involvement. Please familiarize yourself with some of the data, and use it in letters, press releases, public displays and any other medium that will help push our message and inform the general public. Other sites provide useful information for starting your own local coalition of interested parties, or joining an already existing one. A few detail the work that some organizations are currently involved in and that you may wish to build upon.
Parents for Public Schools
www.parents4publicschools.com Every Child Matters
www.everychildmatters.org
For information about Innovative Schools, and information about the No Child Left Behind Act:
Center for Collaborative Education
www.cce.org
Class Size Matters
www.classsizematters.org
Coalition of Essential Schools
www.essentialschools.org
Rethinking Schools
www.rethinkingschools.org
Small Schools Project
www.smallschoolsproject.org
Small Schools Workshop
www.smallschoolsworkshop.org
For more information about "No Child Left Behind"
Briefing Papers developed by Public Education Network and The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
www.publiceducation.org
Fair Test
www.fairtest.org
NoChildLeft.com
www.nochildleft.com
Public Agenda provides opinion poll numbers on a variety of issues
www.publicagenda.com/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=education
A report released by Public Agenda, documenting many studies
www.publicagenda.com/PDFStore/PDFs/where_we_are_now.pdf
For Information about Rural Schools, try this website:
Rural School and Community Trust
www.ruraledu.org For information concerning After School Programs, try these websites:
After-School Alliance
www.afterschoolalliance.org
Citizen Schools
www.citizenschools.org
Massachusetts 2020 Foundation
www.mass2020.org
For information about Early Learning, try these websites:
Build Initiative
www.buildinitiative.org
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
www.clasp.org
Early Care and Education Collaborative
www.earlycare.org
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
www.fpg.unc.edu
Getting Ready School Readiness Indicator Initiative
www.gettingready.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
www.naeyc.org
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
www.nbcdi.org
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
www.nccic.org
National Institute for Early Education (NIEER)
www.nieer.org
National League of Cities: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
www.nlc.org/iyef
Ready to Learn
www.pbs.org/readytolearn
Success By Six
http://national.unitedway.org/sb6
For information concerning Service Learning, try these websites:
Learning in Deed
www.learningindeed.org
National Service Learning Clearinghouse
www.servicelearning.org
Youth Service America
www.ysa.org
For Information about Community-Based Partners, try these links:
Association of Children's Museums
www.childrensmuseums.org
Association for Library Service to Children
www.ala.org/alsc
Association of Science Technology Centers
www.astc.org
For information about Arts Education, try these websites: Association for the Advancement of Arts Education
www.aaae.org
Arts Education Partnership
www.aep-arts.org/Champions.html
A couple of reports from the Arts Education Partnership
www.aep-arts.org/finalpressrelease.doc
&
www.aep-arts.org/PDFFiles/GAAReport.pdf
For information about Parental Involvement, try these websites:
Advocates for Children of New York
www.advocatesforchildren.org A Department of Education Study
www.ed.gov/pubs/FamInvolve/execsumm.html
Family Support America
www.familysupport.org
From a Public Agenda report
www.publicagenda.com/PDFStore/PDFs/where_we_are_now.pdf
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
www.ncpie.org
National PTA
www.pta.org
Parents for Public Schools
www.parents4publicschools.com
Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE)
www.pureparents.org
Project Appleseed has developed a Parent Participation Pledge. Check it out here:
www.projectappleseed.org/pledge.html
Resources for Teachers
American Federation of Teachers
www.aft.org
National Education Association (NEA)
www.nea.org |
