resources

Resources on Current Issues

Last updated: April 19, 1999

http://www.ruralchallengepolicy.org/

The Rural Challenge Policy Statement on Standards in Public Education--offering a perspective on standards that should be of interest to urban as well as rural schools and communities.

http://www.aasa.org/

American Association of School Administrators:

http://www.ascd.org/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

http://www.cde.ca.gov/

California Department of Education

http://www.cde.ca.gov/board/board.html

California State Board of Education adopted standards

http://www.ca.gov/s/learning

California Home Page on Learning Opportunities in the State

http://sccac.lacoe.edu/

Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center (Los Angeles County Office of Education)

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/

San Diego County Office of Education

http://www.cse.ucla.edu/

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)

http://www.edweek.org/

Education Week on the Web: The weekly newspaper's on-line edition. A good place to look for recent information on current educational issues.

http://www.nmsa.org/

National Middle School Association

http://ericeece.org/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education

http://www.pdkintl.org/

Phi Delta Kappa International (and Kappan magazine): Phi Delta Kappa is an international organization for professional educators. The organization's mission is to promote quality education, with particular emphasis on publicly supported education, as essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life. PDK's Public School Advocacy page provides resources on such topics as vouchers and charter schools.

http://www.ed.gov/

U.S. Department of Education: Federal education priorities, funding opportunities, research and publications.

http://www.teachers.net/

Teachers.Net--all kinds of stuff for teachers, including lesson plans and a humor page!

http://www.upenn.edu/gse/cpre

Consortium for Policy Research in Education (The University of Pennsylvania): a national research and development center on "Increasing the Effectiveness of State and Local Education Reform Efforts." The Research and Links pages can be especially helpful.

http://www.wested.org/

WestEd is a non-profit research, development and service agency dedicated to improving education and other opportunities for children, youth and adults. Drawing on the best from research and practice, we work with practitioners and policymakers to address critical issues in education and other related areas: from early childhood intervention to school-to-work transition; from curriculum, instruction and assessment to safe schools and communities. I tried a search of this web site for information on "vouchers" and retrieved 30 web-based links.

http://www.aasa.org/	American Association of School Administrators:
http://www.ascd.org/	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
http://www.cde.ca.gov/	California Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/board/board.html	California State Board of Education adopted standards
http://www.ca.gov/s/learning	California Home Page on Learning Opportunities in the State
http://sccac.lacoe.edu/	Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center (Los Angeles County Office of Education)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/	San Diego County Office of Education
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/	National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
http://www.edweek.org/	Education Week on the Web: The weekly newspaper's on-line edition. A good place to look for recent information on current educational issues.
http://www.nmsa.org/	National Middle School Association
http://ericeece.org/	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
http://www.pdkintl.org/	Phi Delta Kappa International (and Kappan magazine): Phi Delta Kappa is an international organization for professional educators. The organization's mission is to promote quality education, with particular emphasis on publicly supported education, as essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life. PDK's Public School Advocacy page provides resources on such topics as vouchers and charter schools.
http://www.ed.gov/	U.S. Department of Education: Federal education priorities, funding opportunities, research and publications.
http://www.teachers.net/	Teachers.Net--all kinds of stuff for teachers, including lesson plans and a humor page!
http://www.upenn.edu/gse/cpre	Consortium for Policy Research in Education (The University of Pennsylvania): a national research and development center on "Increasing the Effectiveness of State and Local Education Reform Efforts." The Research and Links pages can be especially helpful.
http://www.wested.org/	WestEd is a non-profit research, development and service agency dedicated to improving education and other opportunities for children, youth and adults. Drawing on the best from research and practice, we work with practitioners and policymakers to address critical issues in education and other related areas: from early childhood intervention to school-to-work transition; from curriculum, instruction and assessment to safe schools and communities. I tried a search of this web site for information on "vouchers" and retrieved 30 web-based links.