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American Youth Policy Forum
The American Youth Policy Forum provides policymakers and their senior aides with information and experiences useful in the development of an effective youth education, training and transition-to-employment system for the United States.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University develops, shares and acts on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in America.
Center for Collaborative Education
The Center for Collaborative Education promotes purposeful learning and small, caring communities in K-12 public schools.
Center on Reinventing Public Education
The Center's work is grounded in the idea that the current system does not work as well as it should and that efforts to improve schools have to include a broad and fair look at the possibility of fundamental change in the institutions that provide them.
Coalition of Essential Schools
The mission of the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is to transform American public education so that every child in every neighborhood, regardless of race or class, attends a small, vibrant, intellectually challenging, personalized school.
Common Elements of Effective Schools
This Education World article explores the common elements of effective schools.
Education Next
Education Next is an online peer reviewed journal of education research.
Educational Policy Institute
The Educational Policy Institute seeks to improve education through research, policy analysis, and the development of responsible alternatives to existing policies and practices.
Effective Schools and Teachers
This World Bank website looks at improving schools as an international issue. While the content is certainly of interest for international educators, it may be of interest to American educators as well.
Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (Hispanic CREO) was formed to help close the achievement gap for Latino children in America's schools.
National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching
The National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching supports restructuring efforts by documenting successful initiatives, creating reform networks to share new research findings with practitioners, and linking policy to practice.
Office of Innovation and Improvement
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement makes strategic investments in promising educational practices through grants to states, schools, and community organizations.
School Redesign Network at Stanford University
The School Redesign Network is a learning collaborative that helps educators develop a deeper understanding of the features that effectively support excellence and equity in schools.
