ACollegeTrade is an online auctioning service allowing college students and their parents to buy,sell and trade items for free on the web. With ACollegeTrade.com you can buy and sell textbooks, cd's, dvd's, jewelery, furniture, tickets, clothes and almost anything else for FREE!!! You can buy or sell your items locally by university or across the country to others and obtain 100% of the profit. http://www.acollegetrades.com/auctions/

The mission of the Alliance for Excellent Education is to promote high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary education and success in life.  http://www.all4ed.org/index.html

The Center for Family Involvement in Schools provides equity-focused professional development programs and resources that strengthen family-school-community partnerships and encourage and support the academic, intellectual and social development of all children.   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfis/

The Center for Teaching Quality (formerly the Southeast Center for Teaching Quality) improves student learning through developing teacher leadership, conducting practical research and engaging various communities. http://www.teachingquality.org/

The Center on Education Policy is a national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools. The Center helps Americans better understand the role of public education in a democracy and the need to improve the academic quality of public schools. We do not represent any special interests. Instead, we try to help citizens make sense of the conflicting opinions and perceptions about public education and create the conditions that will lead to better public schools. http://www.ctredpol.org/  

The nation’s schools must improve education for all children, but schools cannot do this alone. More will be accomplished if schools, families, and communities work together to promote successful students. The mission of this Center is to conduct and disseminate research, development, and policy analyses that produce new and useful knowledge and practices that help families, educators, and members of communities work together to improve schools, strengthen families, and enhance student learning and development. http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/center.htm

Citizen Schools is a leading national education initiative that uniquely mobilizes thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement by teaching skill-building apprenticeships after-school. Our programs blend these real-world learning projects with rigorous academic and leadership development activities, preparing students in the middle grades for success in high school, college, the workforce, and civic life.   http://citizenschools.org/index.cfm

 This network is devoted to those interested in the practical application of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in the classroom and in their own professional development. Especially we hope that those who feel they are "beginners" will find this a comfortable place to start being a part of the community dialog and to learn more. Not only is the CLASSROOM 2.0 social network centered on the discussion of the new technologies of the web, but you get to use those very technologies in a safe and non-intimidating way as part of the experience here: social networking (of course), user profiles, forums, blogging, photo and video sharing, and even RSS!  http://classroom20.ning.com/

Our mission is to create and sustain equitable, intellectually vibrant, personalized schools and to make such schools the norm of American public education. http://www.essentialschools.org/

Communities for Quality Education, a national education advocacy group, seeks to build a partnership between people inside and outside the education community who share the common goal of building better public schools for every child. Our immediate focus is working with groups and individuals who share our concerns about the so-called No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law and how it is being implemented. Our long-term goal is to have a much broader dialogue about the continuing public policy agenda for public schools. http://qualityednow.org/

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is the country’s premier voice in education technology leadership with a mission to serve as the national organization for K-12 technology leaders who use technology strategically to ultimately improve teaching and learning. CoSN provides products and services to support and nurture leadership development, advocacy, coalition building, and awareness of emerging technologies. http://www.cosn.org/

The Crosswalks project recognizes that to prepare students to work effectively with children and families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, higher education faculty and administrators, working in concert with family members and community partners, need support in understanding the meaning of cultural diversity and how to effectively integrate it into all facets of their preservice programs. The Crosswalks "toolbox" is searchable by state and national standards (to discover resources that address both content and diversity), by aspect of diversity (e.g., linguistic diversity) and by type of instructional resource (e.g., case studies, activities, syllabi).  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~scpp/crosswalks/toolbox/search.cfm

The mission of the journal is to advance scholarly thought by publishing articles promoting dialogue, research, practice, and policy as well as developing a community of scholarship. CIE uses a rolling publication format. Articles will be added as they are reviewed and accepted. http://cie.asu.edu/index.php

Welcome to the improved Earlychildhood NEWS website, your online resource for Teachers and Parents of children, from infants to age 8. In our Featured Content and Article Archive, read articles about child development, developmentally appropriate practice, health and safety, behavior and guidance, assessment, and much more .  http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/

The National Institute for Community Innovations, in collaboration with a growing number of internationally recognized expert communities in educational reform, has developed national networks of leaders skilled in assisting schools, districts, preparation programs and large-scale educational systems to plan and undertake sustained educational reform efforts with regard to the reform dimensions below. Each of these networks has identified exemplary, free and inexpensive professional development materials about proven and promising reform strategies and resources in a given reform dimension. The networks' EdReform portals are central to NICI's vision of " responsive dissemination and responsive technical assistance". http://www.edreform.net/

Education Sector is an independent education policy think tank devoted to developing innovative solutions to the nation's most pressing educational problems. We are nonprofit and nonpartisan, both a dependable source of sound thinking on policy and an honest broker of evidence in key education debates throughout the United States. http://www.educationsector.org/

Education.com is an online resource for parents with kids in preschool through grade 12. On our site you can: Search over 4,000 reference articles from the best and most authoritative sources across the web. From the NYU Child Study Center to the Autism Society of America, Reading is Fundamental to Stanford University School of Education, our Reference Desk brings the best information from the most trusted universities, professional associations, non-profit institutes, and government agencies together in one place.  Browse our online magazine for hundreds of ideas that take learning beyond the classroom and into your family's everyday life. We cover topics across the parental spectrum-- from practicing fractions by baking cookies, to how to deal with ADHD, bullying, to navigating the parent-teacher conference.  Explore virtual neighborhoods where parents with similar interests or challenges connect to trade advice and share their experiences with one another-whether it's about dyslexia or dioramas.http://www.education.com/

The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) is a national network of over 5,000 people who are interested in promoting strong partnerships between children's educators, their families, and their communities. FINE's membership is composed of faculty in higher education, school professionals, directors and trainers of community-based and national organizations, parent leaders, and graduate students.  http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine.html

Welcome to the History of Education and Childhood web I'm hosting. I intend this to be a place where colleagues can describe their ongoing research, post syllabi or links to teaching web sites, discuss archives and other source materials, and post news about outlets for research and other discussions. Please register as a contributor and comment on individual items as you see fit. My thanks to members of the H-Education advisory board for being my pre-announcement testers in early January.—Sherman Dorn http://www.shermandorn.com/hec/

The mission of Holistic Education, Inc. is to help people develop their individual strengths and capacities to the fullest possible extent through holistic education.  http://www.holistic-education.net/

We are a group of researchers, teachers, graduate students, parents, and others who would like to make education more effective. To achieve this aim we have developed theories, principles, and practices designed to explain, describe, and exemplify our new approach to educating. This website is designed to introduce you to these theories, principles, and practical techniques. We call this new approach Imaginative Education (IE) because engaging students' imaginations in learning, and teachers' imaginations in teaching, seems to us crucial to making knowledge in the curriculum vivid and meaningful to students. Our work is dedicated to showing how this can be done routinely in everyday classrooms and at home. http://www.ierg.net/

The mission of the International Association for Learning Alternatives is to lead, promote and support learning alternatives and choice options. This mission signals our interest in seeing that parents and students have choices of educational programs to meet their needs, interests, learning styles and intelligences. We believe that one-size education program does not fit everyone and that education is best served by having choices for all.  http://learningalternatives.net/

Justice Matters Institute defines a socially just society as one in which every group has a voice, every culture is respected, and every individual has equal access to resources and means of communication. Working for social justice entails working to overcome current injustices while building solutions that make a better world. Through its programs, JMI has worked on social justice issues in a number of arenas. The Educational Justice Program focuses on education issues and the Leaders for a Better Society Program helps young leaders address a variety of issues including education, immigration, voting access, and civil rights. http://www.justicematters.org/

LDA's mission is to create opportunities for success for all individuals affected by learning disabilities and to reduce the incidence of learning disabilities in future generations. http://www.ldaamerica.us/

LEAD stands for Legislative Education Action Drive and is dedicated to informing the public on issues affecting education at the state level and presenting alternative concepts of school and educational choice to the public, elected officials, and the media.  Our mission is to encourage legislation in all states to provide for Universal Tuition Tax Credits; which would enable all children the freedom to pursue an education in the primary and secondary institution of their own choosing  http://www.leadaction.org/

Magnet Schools of America provides leadership for innovative instructional programs that promote equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students in public school choice programs. http://www.magnet.edu/

Making a difference in the quality of education for all through applied research, product development, and service.  http://www.mcrel.org/

Our research and development work provides teachers and administrators with valuable information about proven, effective approaches to the challenges in education today. By building on research to solve specific problems, McREL develops widely acclaimed PreK-16 educational products that are used in classrooms nationally and internationally to help educators maximize student learning. http://www.mcrel.org/#

The NCES Data Handbooks provide guidance on consistency in data definitions and maintenance for education data, so that such data can be accurately aggregated and analyzed. The online Handbook database provides the Nonfiscal Handbooks in a searchable web tool. This database includes data elements for students, staff, and education institutions.   http://nces.ed.gov/programs/handbook/

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation. http://www.ncpa.org/iss/edu/

At NCPIE, our mission is simple: to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education, and to foster relationships between home, school, and community to enhance the education of all our nation's young people. http://www.ncpie.org/

National Middle School Association is dedicated to improving the educational experiences of young adolescents by providing vision, knowledge, and resources to all who serve them in order to develop healthy, productive, and ethical citizens. http://www.nmsa.org/

The Mission of the PTA

• To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children;
• To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children;
• To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

http://www.pta.org/

The mission of the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) is to increase educational opportunities and enhance learning by providing collegial expertise and leadership in K-12 online teaching and learning.  http://www.nacol.org/

As parents of children who are diagnosed with AS, we understand how essential is it that families of children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and related disorders, educators who teach children with AS, professionals working with individuals diagnosed with AS, and individuals with AS who are seeking support, have access to information. Although recently reminded that there is no oasis or paradise for those with Asperger Syndrome, we sincerely hope that they, along with parents and professionals, will find a bit of shade and support via the information presented and links available at this site.
http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

The mission of PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.  ...With assistance to individual families, workshops, materials for parents and professionals, and leadership in securing a free and appropriate public education for all children, PACER's work affects and encourages families in Minnesota and across the nation.  http://www.pacer.org/

Parents in Charge Foundation (PIC) exists to educate on behalf of school choice reform at the grassroots level. Since its founding in March 2001, the Parents in Charge Foundation’s education and awareness efforts have played an instrumental role in school choice victories in Arizona and Washington, D.C. Parents in Charge has also supported efforts in Colorado, Florida, and Utah. For the last two years more than 80% of our efforts have focused on South Carolina  http://www.picfoundation.org/index.htm

Are you dreading your next Individual Education Program (IEP) meeting? Are you already in disagreement with your IEP team or your school staff over needed services for your child? If so, you are not alone. Below are some "conversation stoppers" that parents may hear when advocating for their children. Knowing what the "real" issues might be, some respectful but effective responses, and what the laws say about educating children with disabilities can assist you in getting your IEP team meetings moving again in a more positive direction! http://nclid.unco.edu/nclid/ssn/

Rethinking Schools attempts to be both visionary and practical: visionary because we need to be inspired by each other's vision of schooling; practical because for too long, teachers and parents have been preached at by theoreticians, far-removed from classrooms, who are long on jargon and short on specific examples.  http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

SchoolPulse provides a simple kid management system for parents, teachers, coaches, PTO leaders, and anyone else with active kids. Save time and improve your effectiveness with robust, easy-to-use calendars and group management tools.  http://www.schoolpulse.com/

SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States-has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for over 40 years. SIECUS affirms that sexuality is a fundamental part of being human, one that is worthy of dignity and respect. We advocate for the right of all people to accurate information, comprehensive education about sexuality, and sexual health services. http://www.siecus.org/SIECUS works to create a world that ensures social justice and sexual rights. See also
http://www.communityactionkit.org/knowing.html  

The STAND UP Coalition includes more than 50 community-based schools, education organizations, and others from throughout the country which have joined forces to address a common goal: demanding a solution our education crisis. The coalition works to engage all Americans in becoming part of the solution by providing valuable information and resources parents, guardians, concerned citizens, and communities can use to help make sure all young people graduate high school ready for college, work and citizenship. http://www.standup.org/

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting some of our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.  http://www.teachforamerica.org/

Teachers' Domain is an online educational service with two related components -- resource collections and professional development courses -- that help teachers facilitate student learning and advance their own teaching skills.  Teachers' Domain resource collections constitute an extensive digital library of multimedia resources for K-12 teachers and students. http://www.teachersdomain.org/

TeachersFirst is a web resource for K-12 classroom teachers who want useful resources and lesson plans to use with their students. TeachersFirst is a division of Network for Instructional TV, Inc., a not-for-profit learning technologies corporation which works with hundreds of schools throughout the United States. TeachersFirst is a free service; support is provided by corporate underwriters interested in encouraging improvements in the quality of American education.http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm

Organizations and Individuals to Contact for Testing Information http://richardphelps.net/OrgstoContactNew.htm

The Council of the Great City Schools is a coalition of 66 of the nation's largest urban public school systems.  Founded in 1956 and incorporated in 1961, the Council is located in Washington D.C., where it works to promote urban education through legislation, research, media relations, instruction, management, technology, and other special projects designed to improve the quality of urban education.  The Council serves as the national voice for urban educators, providing ways to share promising practices and address common concerns. http://www.cgcs.org/

 It's one thing to create standards, tests, and accountability systems, but quite another to find ways to make sure all kids actually reach those standards.  In response to this need, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), a nonpartisan, nonprofit education research organization in Aurora, Colorado, has teamed up with Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research organization in New York City to create and support community dialogues all across the country. http://www.nationaldialogue.org/index.html

On WiZiQ, teachers and learners can connect live anywhere in the world from home using our virtual classroom software. Inside the virtual classroom you share an interactive synchronized collaborative environment where you can communicate with each other on one-to-one basis using microphone, chat and share whiteboard (similar to blackboard in the classroom), presentation and documents. http://www.wiziq.com/virtual_classroom.aspx