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PARTNERSHIP FOR LEARNING RESOURCES WEB SITES
Web Sites
Access Washington: Education
access.wa.gov/education/
State government education resource list.
Alliance for Education
www.alliance4ed.org
Channels private resources toward Seattle Public School programs.
The Center for Education Reform
www.edreform.com
Advocacy for charter schools, school choice and other reforms.
The Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
www.ctpweb.org
A national research center based at the University of Washington that looks at how policy affects teachers and teaching quality.
Courage to Teach
www.teacherformation.org
Nurture and inspires teachers from public schools statewide.
Education Week Newspaper
www.educationweek.org
National weekly education journal.
Educational Opportunities in WA High Schools Report
www.wa.gov/wsipp/education/EdReform.html
2000 study by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, a non-partisan research entity.
Fair Test
www.fairtest.org
Advocacy organization working to end the "abuses, misuses and flaws" of standardized testing.
GreatSchools.net
www.greatschools.net
Objective source of elementary, middle and high school information for public and private schools.
League of Education Voters
www.educationvoters.org
Advocates for adequate, equitable K-12 funding.
A Nation at Risk Report
www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/
1983's ground-shaking report on the need for educational reform.
National Center for Education Statistics
nces.ed.gov
The primary federal entity for collecting and anylysing education data.
No Child Left Behind
www.nochildleftbehind.gov
Bush Administration's education initiative.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
www.k12.wa.us
WASL rankings for all schools in Washington state.
Parent Teacher Association
www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/helpchild/oc_encouraging.asp
Encouraging Good Homework Habits (article on PTA.org)
PBS Parents "Struggling to Learn"
www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/strugglingtolearn
Learning disabilities resource from the producers of the PBS documentary Misunderstood Minds
School Arabia
www.schoolarabia.net
Web-based interactive learning environment for Arab students.
Teach Washington
www.teachwashington.org
A website about becoming a teacher
Teacher Learning Partnership
www.educ.washington.edu/COEWebSite/programs/tep/TLP
Mid-career professionals transferring their skills to teaching.
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Grants and contracts, financial aid, policy, research and statistics.
Washington Education Association
www.wa.nea.org
Labor organization for more than 74,000 school and college employees in Washington.
Washington Education Reform RAND Report
www.rand.org/publications/DB/DB309/
The effects of the Washington State Education Reform on schools and classrooms.
Washington Homeschool Organization - WHO
www.washhomeschool.org
Statewide membership organization serving home-based education interests in Washington state.
Washington State Board of Education
www.sbe.wa.gov
Graduation requirements, diplomas, pledge of allegiance certification, and home based teaching guidelines.
Washington State Parent Teacher Association
www.wastatepta.org
Nonprofit parents and teachers membership association.
Washington State School Directors Association
www.wssda.org
1,482 school board members from Washington state’s 296 public school districts.
Washington State Special Education Coalition
www.wssec.org
Advocating for quality education for children with special needs.
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