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Links

In this study, much emphasis is placed on developing individual or group local action plans. Many of the best resources for updating information are on the web. Below are a few sites to help begin your search.

Women's Division Artilcles

• Brown v. Board of Education

Youth links

Organizations that have an interest in various issues related to public school education or students:

• Anti-Defamation League: www.adl.org.
• Children's Defense Fund: www.childrensdefense.org.
• Good Schools Pennsylvania: www.goodschoolspa.org.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: www.naacp.org.
• National Education Association: www.nea.org.
• National Parent Teacher Association: www.pta.org.
• People For The American Way: www.pfaw.org.
• United Federation of Teachers: www.uft.org.
• Girls and Boys Clubs of America: www.bgca.org.
• Boy and Girl Scouts: www.scouting.org, www.girlscouts.org.
• Students Against Testing: www.nomoretests.com.
• Healthy Schools: www.HealthySchools.org.

Adult links

• Education Week: www.edweek.com.
  This site is a gold mine of up-to-date information. In its section "Issues A-Z," hot topics are updated regularly. These address most of the issues in this book and others. On the "Special Reports" page, annual Quality Counts studies on important topics are researched in depth. The 2003 study is on the teacher gap and the 2002 study is on technology counts. The home page provides overviews of current news related to education and links take the reader to past articles related to each subject.
• U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov.
  Through this site, you can access government resources, statistics and more. It has a link to the site for The No Child Left Behind Act, or you can access this site directly at: www.nochildleftbehind.gov.
• National Center for Education Statistics: www.nces.ed.gov.
  U.S. government site with many statistics related to various aspects of education.
• National Association of State Boards of Education: www.nasbe.org.
  Links to many other sites and state-by-state guidelines for No Child Left Behind.
• Education Commission of the States: www.ecs.org.
  Compiles what individual states are doing. List and information on specific issues.
• Council of Chief State School Officers: www.ccsso.org.
  Select by state to link to state web site.
• National Governors Association: www.nga.org.
  Information on each governor and state/federal issues.
• National Conference of State Legislators: www.ncsl.org.
  Statewide guidelines for individual states to meet. Links to many other sites.
• Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning: www.mcrel.org.
  Rural Technology Institute, NCLB policy brief, and more.
• Rural School and Community Trust: www.ruraledu.org.
  "Why Rural Matters" state by state information, small schools, section on NCLB Education Renewal Zones.
• Rethinking Schools: www.rethinkingschools.org.
  A resource on urban schools. Archive collection of articles as well as current information.
• School Violence Resource Center: www.svrc.net.
  State-by-state information plus links by category to other resources.
• National School Safety Center: www.nsscl.org.
  Provides statistics and information on violence in schools.
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: www.dhs.gov.
  Go to: "home and community" then "children and schools."
• Healthy Schools Network: www.healthyschools.org.
  Model resources and national resource for healthy kids and schools.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services Action for Healthy Kids: www.actionforhealthykids.org.
  Lists state teams and plans, tools for action and over 35 national organizations working on healthy kids.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov.
  Excellent information, especially "Tools for Schools" program on indoor air quality.
• PTA: www.pta.org.
  Website of the Parent-Teachers'Association. One helpful PTA brochure is "100 Ways
  for Parents to Be Involved in Their Child's Education."

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