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A Measured Response: Americans Speak On Education Reform - http://www.ets.org/aboutets/americaspeaks/survey2001.html
Testing service-sponsored survey showing a majority of Americans want both increased federal funding and greater accountability in public education. |
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Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education - http://www.saee.ca
Non partisan research and policy analysis related to raising achievement in Canada's public schools. |
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Education Reform - The "Tough Standards" Movement - http://www.education-reform.net/
A critical examination of formal education is presented from many perspectives: political, medical, psychological, and sociological. It makes a case that the student should be in charge of his own education. |
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A Nation At Risk - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html
The prominent 1983 report on American education, from the National Commission on Excellence in Education. |
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MDRC Education Research - http://www.mdrc.org/area_index_1.html
Education research focused on programs with the potential to improve education outcomes for large numbers of low-income students. |
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Research for Action - http://www.researchforaction.org/
A Philadelphia-based non-profit organization working in educational research and reform to insure opportunities and outcomes for all students. |
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School Funding Equity Mischief - http://home.att.net/~pcbworks/TandI.html
An essay about the root causes and the effects of wasteful spending in the public school system. |
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Franchise by Examination, Education and Intelligence - http://www.abelard.org/iqedfran/iqedfran.htm
The nature of intelligence is examined in terms of education and heredity . The author proposes radical changes to law and education to further human social advance. |
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A Nation Still At Risk - http://edreform.com/pubs/manifest.htm
A follow-up to "A Nation At Risk", from the Center for Education Reform. |
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Prisoners Of Time - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PrisonersOfTime/index.html
Report of the U.S. National Education Commission on Time and Learning. Schools tend to structure the learning process according to time allotted, not the other way around. The Commission recommends various solutions to this problem. |
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National Issues Forum - Education - http://www.nifi.org/discussion_guides/guides.aspx?catID=10
A non-partisan site that presents summary information and opposing viewpoints on education reform issues. |
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Farming the Permafrost: How Public Education Defeats Reform - http://users.rcn.com/jonmarin//ed_reform.htm
An essay by Jonathan Marin, describing a unique political landscape created by the constituencies on both sides of education reform debates. |
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Do Children Need Recess? - http://www.geocities.com/recessplease/
A collection of references to research, journal articles, position statements, and news about the importance of recess in elementary school education. |
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Balancing Accountability and Local Control - http://www.reason.org/ps268.pdf
Identifies school takeover efforts that have seen some success including increased accountability, expanded flexibility, and more involved local officials and parents. |
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Redesigning Public Education: The Kentucky Experience - http://home.windstream.net/fosterjd/
A historical review of the origins and implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA). |