Education Rights and Reform
The United States Department of Education establishes policies on federal financial aid for education, and distribution and monitoring of those funds. In addition, the department collects data of America’s schools and disseminates research. The website contains information for educators, students, parents, and administrators.
The Teachers Guild is a professional community that activates teachers’ creativity to solve the biggest challenges in education today. In their collaborative learning programs we use Design Thinking, a learner-centered approach to problem solving.
The National Center for Education Statistics is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
The Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ) is a national alliance of youth organizing and intergenerational groups working for educational justice. AEJ aims to bring grassroots groups together to bring about changes in federal education policy, build a national infrastructure for the education justice sector, and build the capacity of its organizations and youth leaders to sustain and grow the progressive movement over the long haul.
StudentsFirst is a nonprofit organization fighting for one purpose: to make sure every student in America has access to great schools and great teachers.
The aim of redefinED is to recast the way we perceive public education.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
The Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Campaign unites a growing coalition of advocates and organizers from across the country working to ensure that all students have access to a high quality public education.
The mission of the National Education Policy Center is to produce and disseminate high-quality, peer-reviewed research to inform education policy discussions.
For over 18 years, the Institute for Research and Reform in Education (IRRE) has partnered with schools, states, and districts to develop more personalized, engaging, and rigorous learning environments in struggling secondary schools.
GettingSmart.com is a community of learners and contributors that cover important events, trends, products and publications across K-12, early, post-secondary education and lifelong learning opportunities.
This foundation provides information and tools for each of the 50 states on how to reform education and what the states are already doing in this movement.