ORGANIZATIONS & ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS

ED in 08 - Strong American Schools is a nonpartisan public awareness and action campaign offering a voice to every American who supports “ED in 08.” Our goal is to ensure that the nation engages in a rigorous debate and to make education a top priority in the 2008 presidential election. We hope that candidates will offer genuine leadership rather than empty rhetoric and tell voters how they intend to strengthen America’s schools so all students receive the education they deserve.

First Focus - First Focus works to create a lasting legacy for children and their families by encouraging bipartisan federal policy advancements and investments in children. First Focus is working to bring both traditional leaders in child advocacy and constituencies not customarily engaged in policy efforts relating to children and families together to advocate for federal policies to improve the lives of the America’s children.

Our Education - Our Education is the voice of young people across the country who believe that all American children should have access to high quality education.  Created as a response to the sad reality that the most critical stakeholders in education—students themselves—do not have a voice in school reform efforts, Our Education’s mission is to improve K-12 education by engaging and empowering America’s youth in a national movement for better schools

SoundOut - SoundOut works intensively throughout the education system to promote meaningful student involvement in school improvement. Our activities promote student voice in school as students and educators realize the powerful and purposeful possibilities of meaningful student involvement.

National Education Association - Issues in Education: The National Education Association is engaged in a range of issues that affect public schools, students, and professional school employees. Some key issues are highlighted below followed by a list of other issues NEA is concerned about.

 NEWS & BLOGS

Education Week Campaign '08 - Follow Education Week's print and online-only coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign to learn more about where the major candidates stand on education.

Ed Policy 08 - A non-partisan blog focused on Educational Policy in the 2008 election for President of the United States.

Education Election  - The Education Writers Association's Coverage of the Presidential Election and Candidates' Stands on Education

Campaign K-12 - Education Week's blog, with more analysis of the candidates' views.

YouTube YouChoose Education - Watch videos of the presidential candidates speaking about education. Post your ideas, opinions, and questions for the candidates.  

• ED in 08
• Education Election Blog
• NEA Current Issues in Congress
• NEA NCLB Info
• College Affordability Now 
• Project on Student Debt
• Business Coalition for Student Achievement
• Education Week Campaign '08 
• Partnership for 21^st Century Skills
• Debt Hits Hard - Campus Progress
• Forum for Education & Democracy
• YouthNoise Education Board
• ThinkMTV Education Issues 
• YouTube You Choose http://youtube.com/youchoose_issue?i=education
• CNN Education with Student News
   CNN's news coverage of education issues, as well coverage, activities, and guides to current events for students and teachers. Category: Education News and Media
• U.S. Department of Education -- Information on the department's organization and activities as well as access to statistics and reports is available at this extensive site.
• National Center for Education Statistics -- Search for statistics or for specific publications, or go directly to Education Statistics at a Glance which links to such reports as The Condition of Education and The Digest of Education Statistics.
• No Child Left Behind -- Information about the 2002 education reform law
• EducationAtlas.com -- Provides a "map to the world of education". Categories include, early childhood, K-12, higher education, teachers, distance learning, and special education.
• Education Finance Database -- The National Conference of State Legislature's (NCSL) database of K-12 education funding in the 50 states.
• EducationNews.org -- Features a daily compilation of education articles published in newspapers and other media sources. Includes both United States and international news.
• Education Next -- This quarterly journal reports on issues related to K-12 education reform in the United States.
• Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA) -- Provides access to the full text of all articles that have appeared in Education Policy Analysis.
• Education Week -- Access current and archived issues.
• Educator's Reference Desk -- Includes resource guides on a variety of education issues.
• ERIC Database -- A bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million education citations dating back to 1966. Provides abstracts of journal articles and, in some cases, the full text of documents.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT) -- An affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO which represents the economic, social, and professional interests of classroom teachers.
• Center on Education Policy (CES) -- "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."
• Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) -- Research reports in the areas of school reform, policy and governance, and school finance.
• Education Commission of the States (ECS) -- Created to improve public education by facilitating the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences among state policy makers and education leaders. View comparative state-by-state charts on a variety of topics.
• Education Trust -- Information on a variety of topics including K-16 initiatives, the No Child Left Behind law, and a database of state and national data on student achievement and opportunity patterns.
• National Education Association (NEA) -- Provides information on the NEA's policies and state affiliates and links to additional education sources.
• Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) -- Located at Harvard University, the PEPG provides systematic analysis of education policy and governing arrangements.
• Regional Educational Laboratories -- Educational research and development organizations supported by the U.S. Education Department.
• State Education Agencies -- Links to state department of education Web sites.
• Thomas B. Fordham Foundation -- Reports on a variety of education issues.

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