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Society: Issues: Education is intended for websites dealing with public issues related to education: access to education, financing of education, government control of schools, legislation, policy, news, etc.

Sites specifically intended for students or teachers, or with a classroom focus, should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory of Reference: Education.

Subcategories of Society:Issues:Education and cross-linked categories include Bilingual Education, Education Reform, Home Schooling, Literacy, School Choice (vouchers, etc.), Sex Education, and Church-State Relations:Public Schools. (As of 6 April 1999.)

Sites in Education

Education Week on the Web
Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives.

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school.

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.

National Center for Policy Analysis
NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues.

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.

Moral Issues in Education
Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto

Popular EducationTool Kit
Popular Education is a tool to raise people's critical awareness about the world around them, based on their personal experience. This site includes resources and exercises using Popular Education techniques.

Organizational Development in Education
Optimizing schools, colleges, and universities through proven techniques such as cultural change, strategic measurement, process consulting, and other methods.

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.

Equity Center
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.

The Emperor's Nakedness: Undressing Ignorance in the Classroom
Pedagogy needs a re-think.

Almanac of Policy Issues: Education
Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues.

Massachusetts State Colleges Under Attack
Massachusetts state colleges are a tremendous resource for the state, but the commonwealth's own Board of Higher Education seems bent on their destruction.

From Inkwells to an Electronic Learning Community
Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education.

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.

Education Matters - Essays on Public Education
Sandra Nichols writes about bilingual education, safe schools, small schools and the importance of trust and good communication between students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

America Counts
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.

Independent Voices for Better Education
Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability.

Internet Sources for Higher Education Policy and 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.

Teaching and Learning Celebration
Explores the best practices regarding current educational issues as presented by leading educators.

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.

International Correspondents in Education (ICE)
ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues.

Media Visions
Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology.

Edexhell - Success through Disqualification
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.

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.

Daily News Headlines
From Edweek.

People For the American Way - Education Issues
Issues and articles.

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.]

NYTimes.com - With Cheating on the Rise, More Colleges Are Turning to Honor Codes
Research shows less cheating at colleges with strong honor codes than at those without them, so some campuses are adopting codes for the first time. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

NoIndoctrination.org
Read student postings about sociopolitical bias in college courses and orientations.

Heartland Institute - Education
Articles reporting on school issues and reform efforts in the US.

Educational Pathways to Power
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.

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.]

The Condition of Education (USA)
An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Heritage Foundation 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.

Future of Freedom Foundation: Education
Collected essays presenting a libertarian perspective on the U.S. education system. Among the issues addressed are vouchers, compulsory attendance laws, and school violence.

In Your Right Mind
Focused on concern that the schools often fail students whose learning styles differ from the pattern labeled as "normal." Includes essays and an FAQ.

Expect the Best from a Girl
This site supports a national campaign for educational equity for girls in their early teens.

Lessontutor.com - Educational Policy Issues
Essays about teaching and the politics of running schools.

Christian Science Monitor - Learning
News feed of the newspaper's weekly coverage of education topics.