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    American Society for Ethics in Education - A brutally frank discussion of the corruption in the public education system, as seen by an educator.

    The LEAD Center - 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.

    MiddleWeb:Exploring Middle School Reform - 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.

    Center for Establishing Dialogue in Teaching and Learning - An educational grassroots organization that provides foundations for moving current educational theory into classrooms. We bring teachers and communities together for educational reform.

    Diana M. Fessler - As an elected member of the Ohio State Board of Education, Diana Fessler is working to promote positive reform in Ohio's schools.

    School-to-Career Partnership - Business/Education Expectations (BE2): a regional effort designed to help students acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for success.

    Truth, Lies, Rumors and Rumbles - Putting the "public" into Public Education for the Southern Regional School District.

    National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching - NCREST supports restructuring efforts by documenting successful initiatives, creating reform networks to share new research findings with practitioners, and linking policy to practice. Teachers College, Columbia University.

    Save Our Schools Network - Anita Hoge offers advice to local board members and parents, helping them maintain local control and fight Outcome Based Education.

    Thomas B. Fordham Foundation - 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.

    Public Education Network - A citizen's gateway to the world of public school reform and local education funds.

    The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence - An independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization of Kentucky parents and citizens working to improve education in the Commonwealth at all levels.

    Parental Consent on K-12 Education Issues - K-12 education issues, and what public schools are not telling you. Resources for parents regarding school reform and schools choice.

    Minnesota Education Reform News - News about education reform issues in Minnesota and the nation, including issues such as the Profile of Learning, School-to-Work, and Goals 2000.

    New American Schools - Comprehensive school reform designs that help the nation's schools significantly raise achievement for all students through design-based assistance.

    National Commission on Teaching and America's Future - NCTAF is concerned with the implications for teaching embodied in current school reforms, and seeks to create a comprehensive system of teacher development and quality assurance.

    Center for Public School Renewal - Provides information on how more educational freedomof teachers to teach, parents to choose, and the public to know- will improve public schools.

    Acton Institute's Education Page - Proposing reform through morality in education, parental responsibility, and free market education.

    DEEP - Democracy Ethics & Educational Principles - Resources in Character Education, Service Learning, Citizenship Education, and Educational Reform from an educational nonprofit organization.

    Campaign for Real Education - Campaigning for higher standards and more parental choice in UK state education. Not affiliated with any political party and funded entirely by voluntary donations.

    Center For Leadership In School Reform - Committed to assisting school districts in building the capacity needed to support change at the school and classroom levels.

    NGA Online: Education Reform - 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.

    Partnership for Kentucky Schools - Voice of the business community in Kentucky education reform efforts.

    Equal Child Abuse - An expose of how fraudulent Supreme Court rulings have inflicted massive damage on our public education system.

    National Campaign for Customized Education - Presenting a specific model for reform, to help students nationwide by rescuing America's failed educational system.

    Terri L. Miller, Ed.D. - Creating excellent learning environments one school at a time

    Articles by Larry Phillips - Various articles on education and education reform, including the standards movement, school based management, and school councils.

    Project Appleseed - 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.

    Save Our Schools, Inc. - A non-profit organization that provides educational tools to public schools so children may achieve their full potential.

    Redefining Education - 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.

    Current Issues In Public Education - A Canadian site dedicated to providing information, opinion and research related to public education reform issues. Maintained by British Columbia School Trustee Katherine Wagner.

    Independent Voices for Better Education - An organization dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. Based in Florida, the organization is planning to expand throughout the United States.

    LEARN - What citizens need to know about education reform, school to work, early childhood education, and the restructuring of America.

    The Lancasterian Monitorial System of Education - 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.

    Organization for Quality Education - 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.

    Politics in Education and at Work - An article calling for political involvement to reform US education to better prepare workers for technical vocations.

    National Center for Education Information - An authoritative source of information about alternative teacher preparation and certification in the United States.

    Public Schools Today - Original articles regarding the state of education, and resources to aid in further study of education issues.

    Put Parents in Charge - Who should be in charge of a child's education? Site promotes parental control, competition, and reform.

    Public School Issues & Reform - A public service subsite addressing public school issues and reforms. Includes a user moderated threaded commentary forum.

    School Reform in Massachusetts: Comparing Educational Initiatives in 1893 and 1997 - Looks at two approaches to education reform used in Massachusetts public schools in the past. Includes an analysis and comparision of Charles Eliot's proposal in 1893 and the state government mandate of 1997.

    Critical Editorials on Public Education - Editorials on poorly educated teachers, dysfunctional students, bureaucracy, fads, the testing mania, the certification mill, and other issues.

    EDUTRUE: Education Reform From the Top Down - Offering different perspectives on education reform issues, including original essays, quotations, relevant links, and suggestions for student-driven reform.

    The Council for Global Education - Supports education reform in peaceful conflict resolution through teacher training and providing education resources.

    Education Revolt - Ideas and solutions offered by an employee of the Seattle School District.

    The National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform (NCCSR) - Created to improve the national dissemination of information on comprehensive school reform.

    Aimee's Education Page - Articles about educational reformers such as Charlotte Mason, Maria Montessori, and others, with a focus on classical education.

    The Voice - Examines the poor working conditions and lack of representation that teachers struggle against, as well as offering a strategy for change.

    Is It Good for the Kids? - A monthly column by ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter, which addresses timely educational issues.

    Toward a National Education Laboratory - Discussions and recommendations for the establishment of a breakthrough National Education Research and Development Laboratory

    Student-Centered Education Advocacy Network - Learning is about the process, not the final answer. The move toward tougher standards is undermining critical thinking, cooperation, and integration of disciplines.

    Education Freedom Foundation - Parents need to accept responsibility for educating their children, and stop expecting others to foot the bill through taxation.

    Good Schools - Presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and teachers in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.

    Guerrilla Teachers - A public forum for all teachers and non-teachers interested in transforming the public school system.

    P.R.E.S.S. - Parents Raising Educational Standards in Schools. Wisconsin parents identify problems and offer advice on dealing with your child's school system.


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