- National Association of School Psychologists - Position Statements
Research-based statements covering most every controversial educational issue in US schools.
http://www.nasponline.org/information/position_paper.html
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- National Center on Education and the Economy
Policies, tools, technical assistance and professional development that people everywhere can use to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems.
http://www.ncee.org/
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- NPR : Hearing Voices: High School's 'Quiet Kids'
Producer Hilary Frank of the 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]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4557214
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- NPR : Homework: How Much is Too Much?
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.]
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/mar/homework/index.html
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- NPR Talk of the Nation : Intellectuals on Campus
Join host Neal Conan for a discussion about intellectualism on campus. [32:31 streaming audio broadcast]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1182223
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- NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Education Survey
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.
http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/education/education.front.html
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- NYTimes.com - Sleep Is One Thing Missing in Busy Teenage Lives
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.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/health/children/05SLEE.html
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- Organizational Development in Education
Optimizing schools, colleges, and universities through proven techniques such as cultural change, strategic measurement, process consulting, and other methods.
http://www.toolpack.com/education.html
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- Our Nation's Kids: Is Something Wrong?
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.
http://www.nifi.org/reports/detail_issues.aspx?itemID=301&catID=17
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- People For the American Way - Education Issues
Issues and articles.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12
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- PEPE, Inc.
The only organization in the Philippines specifically devoted to the advancement and propagation of the theory and practice of popular education. As part of its commitment to human development, PEPE provides education services to a diverse set of sectors and groups - urban poor, peasants, lawyers, doctors, women, and indigenous peoples.
http://www.pepe.org
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- PopEd Toolkit - Popular Education in Action
Environmental Education exercises using popular education methodology. Workshops in ozone protection and sustainable transportation.
http://www.flora.org/mike/
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- Public Agenda Online
Articles on US education issues.
http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=education
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- Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education
provides non-partisan research, information and communication on education to Canadian policy-makers, education partners and the public.
http://www.saee.bc.ca/
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- The Condition of Education (USA)
An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000, 2001 and 2002.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/
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- The Emperor's Nakedness: Undressing Ignorance in the Classroom
Pedagogy needs a re-think.
http://www.specmind.com/vixen/undressing.htm
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- The Kid-Safe Network
A nation-wide educational program to teach children and parents about the dangers of child molesters. Learn special methods to avoid these dangers.
http://www.kidsafenetwork.com/
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- The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school.
http://www.highereducation.org/
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- The Right to Education Project
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.
http://www.right-to-education.org/
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