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.

News feed of the newspaper's weekly coverage of education topics. [RSS]

Article on public school extracurricular activity liability waivers. (March 12, 2002)

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.

Weekly news on American education issues. Searchable archives.

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.

Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability.

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

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.

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] (March, 2005)