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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. |
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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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People For the American Way - Education Issues - http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12
Issues and articles. |
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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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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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Lessontutor.com - Educational Policy Issues - http://www.lessontutor.com/policyissues.html
Essays about teaching and the politics of running schools. |
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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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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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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/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. |
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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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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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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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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. |
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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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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 : 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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National Center for Policy Analysis - http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html
NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues. |
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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. |
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Christian Science Monitor - Learning - http://www.csmonitor.com/rss/learning.rss
News feed of the newspaper's weekly coverage of education topics. |
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CSMonitor.com - Before you cheer, sign here - http://csmonitor.com/2002/0312/p11s01-lecl.html
Article on public school extracurricular activity liability waivers. |
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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.] |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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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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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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. |