Latest news, background information and links on U.S. elementary, secondary, and higher education issues.

National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.

Article on public school extracurricular activity liability waivers.

News coverage of education (K-12, college, and adult ed.).

Campaigning for investigation into the UK examination board Edexcel, after a series of errors in papers, marking and information. Petition, timeline and other campaign details.

Sandra Nichols writes about bilingual education, safe schools, small schools and the importance of trust and good communication between students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Articles focus on educational reform, schools, and the policies that guide them.

An address by Hilary Lips - recipient of the New Zealand Federation of University Women's Distinguished American Scholar Award - and distributed by Radford University's Center for Gender Studies.

Committed to helping public school personnel embrace the key concepts of equity and eliminate bias and discrimination in the context of their day-to-day activities.

Commentary on technological wonders as they impact education.

Collected essays presenting a libertarian perspective on the U.S. education system. Among the issues addressed are vouchers, compulsory attendance laws, and school violence.

Promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilizes public pressure on governments and the international community to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people. Includes news, resources, and action plans.

Subject index of the think tank's policy papers on school choice, students' rights, charter schools, and other issues in U.S. education.

An organization dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. Based in Florida, the organization is planning to expand throughout the United States.

ICE is a world-wide network of freelance journalists and copy-writers who specialise in education issues.

Links to higher education policy centers (both university-based and freestanding), associations, publications, and other policy-related issues, from the American Council on Education.

Weblog of the freelance writer and former San Jose Mercury News columnist. Most entries are about education issues, both college and precollege.

Essays about teaching and the politics of running schools.

Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology.

Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto

Producer Hilary Frank of the Hearing Voices radio project presents the voices of some quiet kids, teenagers, who feel isolated from the cultural life of their high schools. The story originally aired on member station WBEZ's Chicago Matters. [4:07 streaming audio broadcast]

NPR presents a multi-part series on homework -- how educators are balancing mandates to improve test scores against a chronic lack of resources and the need for children to have enough time to be children. [Four segments, each in Realaudio format.]

Join host Neal Conan for a discussion about intellectualism on campus. [32:31 streaming audio broadcast]

Public approves of higher taxes for schools, but wants fairness in funding; support weak for vouchers and unclear for charter schools. Read or take the poll.

Many teenagers live in a state of chronic sleep deficit that can affect mood, behavior, schoolwork and reaction time. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

Research-based statements covering controversial educational issues in US schools.

NCPA's conservative positions on educational issues.

Policies, tools, technical assistance and professional development that people everywhere can use to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems.

A report on people's thinking in national issues forums. This report describes what happened as people deliberated about issues related to our nation's kids: the values they drew on, the considerations they took into account, the costs and consequences they weighed as they talked, listened to others, and had time to reflect on the issue.

Includes a variety of opinions and information on various aspects of education; designed to assist parents in making informed choices.

Issues and articles.

Popular Education is a tool to raise people's critical awareness about the world around them, based on their personal experience. Resources and exercises using Popular Education techniques.

Articles on US education issues.

An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000, 2001 and 2002.

A nation-wide educational program to teach children and parents about the dangers of child molesters. Learn special methods to avoid these dangers.

Provides action-oriented analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school.

Commentary about a wide range of issues in American education.

A resource on the status of the right to education as outlined by the United Nations, supporting the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on education. Includes links to allied organizations.