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All Texas students graduate high school, ready for college and
for work in the 21st century.
Simply going to meetings lets teachers, administrators and policy
makers know that you care about quality education and will hold them
accountable. Write to elected officials urging them to support serious education reform. Send a letter to the editor of your local paper emphasizing the need to prepare all our young people for college, for a career, for life. Build statewide capacity for supporting high school redesign and reform.
http://www.uwtexas.org/article.php?article=470§ion=1&tid=175
This website contains valuable and detailed information about your school's graduation rate and test scores for the schools in your community, state and country. You can compare schools to other schools. You can also compare school districts on a regional and national level.
http://www.broadfoundation.org/mission/index.shtml The Broad Foundation’s mission is to dramatically improve K-12 urban public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition.
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/default
The Education Trust works for the
high academic achievement of all students at all levels……closing the gaps that
separate low-income students and students of color from other youth. Our basic
tenet is this ----All children will learn at high levels when they are taught to
high levels. http://www.qualitylearning.net/community/brownsville/overview.htm Brownsville Education Reform Task Force
A Shared Responsibility: Staffing all
high-poverty, low-performing schools with effective teachers and administrators
– A Framework for Action. http://economicdevelopment.cce.cornell.edu Linking Economic Development and Child Care – Research Project
http://bush.tamu.edu/academics/mpsa/capstone/projects/TECEC2006/Legislative3-pager.pdf Texas A&M Research on the economic benefits of Early Childhood Education
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=1500338 ABC News – John Stossel: Stupid in America
The mission of the Alliance for Excellent Education is to promote high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary education and success in life.
Center for the School of the Future
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
http://www.whatworkshelpdesk.ed.gov/ Their mission is to provide federal, state, and local education officials, researchers, program providers, and educators with practical, easy-to-use tools to (i) advance rigorous evaluations of educational interventions (i.e., programs, products, practices, and policies), and (ii) identify and implement evidence-based interventions.
http://www.givekidsgoodschools.org/ All kids deserve quality schools, no matter where they live.
IDRA is an independent, non-profit organization that advocates the right of every child to a quality education.
Working to raise academic standards and increase achievement to ensure all students are college/career ready.
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_48.htm Leaving Boys Behind: Public High School Graduation Rates.
http://www.betterhighschools.org/docs/NHSC_EmergingEvidenceBrief_111606Final.pdf Emerging Evidence on Improving High School Student Achievement and Graduation Rates: The Effects of Four Popular Improvement Programs transforming schools into small learning communities and assigning students to faculty advisers can increase students’ feelings of connectedness to their teachers.
http://www.preknowinfocenter.org/preknow/join-2.tcl Pre[K]Now
http://www.publiceducation.org/ To build public demand and mobilize resources for quality public education for all children through a national constituency of local education funds and individuals.
http://www.esc1.net/esc1/site/default.asp Increased graduation rates and increased participation in post secondary education is the goal for all Region One schools.
….the current system does not work
as well as it should and efforts to improve schools have to include a broad and
fair look at the possibility of fundamental change in the institutions that
provide them. The Education Schools Project promotes well-informed and non-partisan policy debate aimed at improving the education of the teachers, administrators and researchers who serve the nation’s school children.
http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/ The Small Schools Project promotes the development of small schools committed to rigorous, relevant learning experiences for students….powerful relationships that support student learning.
http://www.successfulpractices.org/about.cfm The Successful Practices Network.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/research/abs2.htm#Dropout
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