Want to learn more about education issues in general? We think these links will be of great interest to you:
Anti-Racist Education
Enid Lee was brought to Nyack in 1995 and gave an inspirational talk which was clearly ahead of its time in this district. Check out that visit on our Enid Lee page
Also visit Enid Lee's site which has many excellent links about racism and education reform http://www.enidlee.com
ASK ERIC: http://ericir.syr.edu/
This is the best way to research current and past literature on education. Many articles can be reached through Ask Eric, from the latest on tracking to old theories of how to teach reading. Academic, but when people pontificate, "The literature says ..." this is where they get it.
BLOCK SCHEDULING :
http://7-12educators.miningco.com/education/7-12educators/msub63block.htm
Information on just that.
CHARTER SCHOOLS: http://csr.syr.edu/
A resource for people interested in founding, attending or just learning about charter schools.
EDUCATION WEEK: http://www.edweek.org/
The weekly education paper that most people in the industry read. Sort of like "Billboard" for educators.
EDUCATION JUSTICE: http://www.edjustice.org/
And we quote: " Welcome to EdJustice! Our mission is to promote quality education for students of all races and cultures. To achieve this, we need to tackle issues of educational equity, culture, and institutional racism in education. "
EDUCATION REFORM
A national leader in education reform is Rethinking Schools, an independent organization started by activist teachers in 1986. This organization has a strong emphasis on equity and social justice in public education. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
EDUCATION RESEARCH
American Educational Research Association is the leading educational research organization in the country with loads of great links and information http://www.aera.net/
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS: http://www.middleweb.com/MGNews.html
A sort of Reader's Digest of articles on Middle Schools across the country. Compiled weekly.
The Nation: www.thenation.com/print/education
Offers articles from a recent Nation magazine special issue on the Achievement Gap in public schools.
NCEA: http://www.lfc.edu/%7Eabtperkins/ncea.html
Here's a description of the National Coalition of Educational Activists, a progressive group which continues to work with PIE on
similar issues. They have a newsletter, an annual conference, and are a great resource for people who want to improve public education.
NCREL: http://www.ncrel.org/
An Illinois based company that's strong on research and curriculum, especially math and science.
NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION:
http://www.nysed.gov/
Here's where you want to go for official state policies, for test results, for
"how-to's" in maneuvering the state bureaucracy and in state education law, and much more.
Nyack Library: http://nyack.lib.ny.us/
NYACK PUBLIC SCHOOLS: http://www.nyackschools.com/
This is the site for our Nyack Public School system. Here you'll find the administration's names and numbers, a calendar, the Task Force report, various "Spotlights on Facts," etc.
READING:
Center of Improvement of Early Reading Achievement: a resource page for parents, educators and policy makers that promotes early literacy. http://www.ciera.org/ciera/index.html
A national reading panel reports on their findings using a combination of reading teaching strategies. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrppubskey.cfm
Rockland Journal News: http://www.nyjournalnews.com
Special Needs Children:
Massachusetts has a very advanced program for children with special needs. This site will fill you in on how things operate in that state. http://www.masspac.org/
A Federal site for special needs children is --- http://fcsn.org/
TEACHER MAGAZINE: http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/tm.cfm
A monthly describing current issues, strategies, etc. from the teacher's point-of-view.
TESTING: http://www.fairtest.org/index.htm
Fair test casts an intelligent, critical eye on the current testing mania. It looks at what tests work and don't, what they measure, why they're used, etc.
U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH:
http://research.cse.ucla.edu/
This site offers government supported research on subjects ranging from Gifted to Diversity and
including At-Risk, Reading, and Adult Education.
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