 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. |
 America Counts - http://ed.gov/americacounts/glenn/ National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. |
 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. |
 NYTimes.com - Sleep Is One Thing Missing in Busy Teenage Lives - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/health/children/05SLEE.html 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.] |
 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] |
 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] |
 NPR : Homework: How Much is Too Much? - http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/mar/homework/index.html 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.] |
 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. |
 Heritage Foundation Research: Education - http://www.heritage.org/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. |
 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. |
 Lessontutor.com - Educational Policy Issues - http://www.lessontutor.com/policyissues.html Essays about teaching and the politics of running schools. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 National Center for Policy Analysis - http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues. |
 Education Week - http://www.edweek.org/ Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives. |
 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. |
 Equity Center - http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/ 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. |
 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. |
 Media Visions - http://www.media-visions.com/education.html Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology. |
 Independent Voices for Better Education - http://www.ivbe.org Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. |
 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. |
 Educational Pathways to Power - http://www.runet.edu/~gstudies/sources/nz/keyaddr.htm 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. |
 People For the American Way - Education Issues - http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12 Issues and articles. |
 Our Nation's Kids: Is Something Wrong? - http://www.nifi.org/reports/detail_issues.aspx?itemID=301&catID=17 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 they weighed as they talked, listened to others, and had time to reflect on the issue. |
 Christian Science Monitor - Learning - http://www.csmonitor.com/rss/learning.rss News feed of the newspaper's weekly coverage of education topics. |
 CSMonitor.com - Learning - http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/ News coverage of education (K-12, college, and adult ed.). |
 CSMonitor.com - Before you cheer, sign here - http://csmonitor.com/2002/0312/p11s01-lecl.html Article on public school extracurricular activity liability waivers. |
 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. |
 Almanac of Policy Issues: Education - http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/index.shtml Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues. |
 International Correspondents in Education (ICE) - http://www.ice-online.net/ ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues. |
 National Association of School Psychologists - Position Statements - http://www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/position_paper.aspx Research-based statements covering controversial educational issues in US schools. |
 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. |
 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 |
 The Quick and the Ed - http://www.quickanded.com/ Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. |
 The Quick and The Ed - http://www.quickanded.com/atom.xml Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. |