Charles A. Dana Center
The Charles A. Dana Center supports schools and districts in facilitating high achievement for all students, particularly in math and science, and promotes comprehensive school improvement through a network of partnerships. The Center also publishes periodic reports and issues briefs developed from research on Texas K-12 public education that provide objective analysis to policymakers.
Just for the Kids
Founded in 1995, Just for the Kids advocates raising standards and achievement, core activities in data analysis, disseminating information, and training educators and the public on how to use achievement data.
Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)
Publisher of Texas School Administrator monthly, TASA fosters programs and activities in leadership development. The Association strives to affect laws, policies, and practices that will improve education in Texas.
www.tasanet.org
Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
Publisher of Texas Lonestar Magazine (quarterly) and Daily News (online), TASB provides information, training, and resources to school board members across the state of Texas and develops official positions on legislative and regulatory issues facing public education.
Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC)
Founded in 1989, TBEC brings business and education leaders together in a long-term effort to improve the performance of the Texas public school system.
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
The mission of the Texas Education Agency is to provide leadership, guidance, and resources to help schools meet the educational needs of all students. TEA is comprised of the Commissioner of Education and Agency staff that, along with the State Board of Education (SBOE) guide and monitor activities and programs related to public education in Texas. The SBOE consists of 15 elected members representing different regions of the state. One member is appointed chair by the governor.
Achieve
Founded in 1996, Achieve helps states raise academic standards, measure performance against those standards, establish clear accountability for results, and strengthen public confidence in our education system. The organization also provides a convenient, searchable, online database of all state standards.
American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
Founded in 1865, the American Association of School Administrators is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders across the United States. AASA members range from chief executive officers, superintendents, and senior-level school administrators to cabinet members, professors, and aspiring school system leaders.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI)
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare. Founded in 1943, AEI is home to some of America's most accomplished public policy experts representing a wide range of fields including economics, law, political science, defense, foreign policy studies, ethics, theology, medicine, and other areas of expertise. The Institute sponsors research and conferences, and publishes books, monographs, and periodicals.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Established as a nonprofit, nopartism community of educators, ASCD advocates sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner. They publish Education Update, ASCD Info Brief, ASCD Express, ASCD Smartbrief, and Educational Leadership.
Brookings Institution: Brown Center on Education Policy
Publisher of the annual Brookings Papers, the Brown Center conducts research, disseminates information, and holds public forums focusing on K-12 education research that focuses on such issues as math and reading, testing, tracking, teachers’ unions, exemplary schools, and transforming American schools.
Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Founded in 1993, CRPE seeks to develop and evaluate methods of public oversight that can allow individual schools to be focused, effective, and accountable. The Center finds that "the most productive schools follow coherent instructional strategies in an environment free of regulation and compliance imperatives." It publishes a variety of informative research reports about governance, standards, charter schools, and other topics, which are free to download from their website.
Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management (CEPM)
Formerly ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
CEPM provides access to education literature and resources in the area of education management and governance produced by the ERIC/CEM before its closing in 2003, including the ERIC Digests and the ERIC / CEM Information Newsletter. The Clearinghouse currently operates in the Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon. The newer version of ERIC, an updated and searchable bibliographic database, is available through the Education Resources Information Center website listed below.
Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS)
The Council of the Great City Schools is a coalition of 66 of the nation's largest urban public school systems. Founded in 1956 and incorporated in 1961, the Council is located in Washington, D.C., where it works to promote urban education through legislation, research, media relations, instruction, management, technology, and other special projects designed to improve the quality of urban education in America.
Education Commission of the States (ECS)
Founded 1965, ECS is a non-partisan organization that provides information, research, and technical assistance to state policymakers. The Commission publishes ECS e-Connection and ECS Governance Notes.
Education Next
Hoover Institution
Publisher of Education Next, an annual journal focusing on the need for bold change in American K–12 education, the Hoover Institution is dedicated to presenting unbiased research and evidence of results.
www.hoover.org/publications/ednext
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC Project)
As the largest digital library of educational literature, ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal articles and full text when available. The Project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
Education Trust
Founded in 1990 by the American Association of Higher Education, Education Trust uses research, policy analysis, advocacy, and technical assistance toward closing the achievement gap and helping all students achieve at high levels. The organization published a periodic report called Thinking K-16.
Education Week
Editorial Projects in Education Inc.
Based in Bethesda, Maryland, Editorial Projects in Education Inc. chronicles education issues through weekly newspapers, including Education Week, Teacher Magazine, and Quality Counts.
National Association of Elementary Principals Association (NAESP)
Founded in 1921 by a visionary group of principals who sought to advance the profession, NAESP serves all elementary and middle-level school principals. Their mission is to lead in the advocacy and support for elementary and middle-level principals and other education leaders in their commitment to all children. The strongest unified voice for pre-K-8 leaders across the U.S. and around the world, NAESP provides the professional support system and the critical information that principles need 24/7.
National Center for Educational Accountability (NCEA)
NCEA researches and compiles the Just for the Kids' School Report to give communities the data they need to improve their schools. The Center was created by the Education Commission of the States, UT at Austin, Just for the Kids, and The National Alliance of Business.
National Center for Educational Achievement / Just for the Kids
The National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization and the national sponsor of Just for the Kids (JFTK). Their goal is to support efforts to reach excellence in education - to raise academic expectations and to promote the practices that will help more students reach college / career readiness.
National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST)
The National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) hassupported more than 150 urban schools nationwide with recognition,research, and leadership development over the past five years. Thenon-profit organization conducts the National Excellence in UrbanEducation Award competition each fall and presents the annualHigh-Performing Urban Schools Symposium each May that together seek outhigh achievers, celebrate big successes, and share powerful strategies.As well NCUST staff offer sustained site-based coaching and researchthat guide lower-performing school and district leaders to achievepositive academic results for all groups of children.
National School Boards Association (NSBA)
Publisher of the American School Board Journal and School Board News, NSBA examines funding of public education, local governance, quality of education programs, and other issues.
Phi Delta Kappan
Phi Delta Kappan is a monthly magazine that addresses education policy issues at all levels and advocates for research-based school reform.
www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm
Public Education Network (PEN)
PEN works to educate the public about the connection between school quality and the quality of community and public life. The Network’s mission is to build public demand and mobilize resources for quality public education for all children through a national constituency of local education funds and individuals. Publications include the tri-annual Connections, as well as a weekly NewsBlast, and a variety of other regular offerings ranging from essays and informational pieces to best practices and research reports.
School Matters
School Matters provides detailed education information and analysis for public schools, school districts, and state education systems. Information and analysis from this free public service is designed to help policymakers, educators, parents, and the general public better understand how public schools and school districts are performing, how much is being spent related to student achievement, and where it may be necessary to focus resources or attention to improve performance.
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Founded in 1948, SREB runs the High Schools that Work reform network. The organization assists state leaders by directing attention to key issues; collecting, compiling and analyzing comparable data; and conducting broad studies and initiating discussions that help states and institutions form long-range plans, actions, and policy proposals. The Board currently operates as an interstate compact of 16 southern and eastern states, including Texas. SREB has published more than 300 reports providing the latest information on education policies and practices, which are easily accessible via the online catalog at their website.
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
Based in Austin, Texas, SEDL is a private, nonprofit education research, development, and dissemination corporation that works to improve quality of teaching and learning. They publish the SEDL Letter, an institutional magazine that covers issues of teaching, learning, and policy as they affect K-12 education with a mix of articles on national and regional trends, research findings, and promising practices. Other features include essays from classroom teachers and instructional activities for use in the classroom.
Teachers College Press
Based in New York City, Teachers College Press publishers the latest in educational books on a large variety of related topics including; administration, leadership and policy; curriculum materials and studies; the foundations of education; standards and assessment; school restructuring and change; teacher education; and much more.
Teach For America (TFA)
Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding, recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Their mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary / secondary education reform, as well as significant education reform projects in Dayton, Ohio and the vicinity. It is affiliated with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and is neither connected with nor sponsored by Fordham University. The Foundation publishes Education Next in partnership with 3 other organizations, as well as research reports, and the Education Gadfly e-newsletter.
U.S. Department of Education
ED.gov State Contacts and Information web page
Features a handy map with links to a wide variety of useful educational resources for all U.S. states, commonwealths, and territories