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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. |
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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. |
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The Quick and the Ed - http://www.quickanded.com/
Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. |
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America Counts - http://ed.gov/americacounts/glenn/
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. |
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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. |
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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. |
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National Center for Policy Analysis - http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html
NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues. |
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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. |
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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. |
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CSMonitor.com - Learning - http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/
News coverage of education (K-12, college, and adult ed.). |
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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. |
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Popular EducationTool Kit - http://www.flora.org/mike/
Popular Education is a tool to raise people's critical awareness about the world around them, based on their personal experience. Resources and exercises using Popular Education techniques. |
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The Quick and The Ed - http://www.quickanded.com/atom.xml
Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education. |
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Media Visions - http://www.media-visions.com/education.html
Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology. |
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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] |
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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] |
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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. |
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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.] |
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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. |
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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 |
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Edexhell - Success through Disqualification - http://www.geocities.com/edexhell/
Campaigning for investigation into the UK examination board Edexcel, after a series of errors in papers, marking and information. Petition, timeline and other campaign details. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Independent Voices for Better Education - http://www.ivbe.org
Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. |
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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. |