Web Resources for Progressive Teaching
Anti-Defamation League - Since 1913, the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism
Coalition for Essential Schools - The Coalition for essential schools is a growing national network of schools that increases student achievement by supporting the rethinking or priorities and the redesign of curriculum, instruction and assessment.
Directory of Democratic Education - A directory of resources, schools, colleges, programs, cooperatives, resource centers, and organizations around the world that practice and support democratic education.
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) - Dedicated to helping young people develop the conviction and skills to build a safe, sustainable, and just world. ESR promotes children's ethical and social development through courses and resources on conflict, resolution, violence prevention, inter group relations, and character education.
ERIC - A massive, online digital library of education research and information, maintained by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound (ELOB) - A design for comprehensive school reforms that challenges K-12 students to meet rigorous academic and character standards
Facing History and Ourselves - A national educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and hatred in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.
Fair Test - The National Center for Fair and Open Testing is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses, and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open and educationally sound.
Foxfire Teacher Outreach - Our mission is to teach, model and refine an active learner-centered approach to education which is academically sound and promotes continuous interaction between students and their communities so that students will find fulfillment as creative and productive, critical citizens.
Free Street - Since 1969, Free Street has been using the performing arts to make a difference. Through Free Street's creative work, participants begin the lifelong process of learning to understand themselves and passionately connect with the world.
Green Teacher - A magazine by and for educators to enhance environmental and global education across the curriculum at all grade levels.
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) - The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) was founded in 1990 to bring together individuals from all academic levels and disciplines and from diverse educational institutions, and organizations, occupations and communities who have an interest in multicultural education. NAME is committed to a philosophy of inclusion that embraces the basic tenets of democracy and cultural pluralism.
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools - Our mission is to unite and organize a grassroots movement of learners and learning communities dedicated to participant control and the elimination of human and ecological oppression. NCACS informs the general public about alternative which with a proven record of success, advocates for educational alternatives and supports educational change.
National Conference for Community and Justice - Founded in 1927, as the national conference for Christians and Jews, it is a human relations' organization dedicated o fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America. It promotes understanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution, and education.
National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) - Our mission is to build vital, just communities with young people through service learning. As one of America's most prominent advocates of service learning and youth service, the NYCL is at the forefront of efforts to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy.
Paths of Learning - We aim to inspire parents, educators, and others interested in educational policy and practice and consider diverse ways in which children and adults gain meaningful, integrated knowledge and develop their own authentic potentials.
Peace Resource Center - Hosts documents and links to further the peace movement all around the world through action, education and information for teachers and students on human rights education.
Public Education Network - Public Education Network (PEN) is a national association of local education funds (LEFs) and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country. PEN believes an active, vocal constituency is the key to ensuring that every child, in every community, benefits from a quality public education.
Publishing in Education Journals - A very helpful article outlining what various education journals are looking for, and tips for successfully publishing in them.
Radical Teacher - An independent magazine for educational workers at all levels and in every kind of institution. The magazine focuses on critical teaching practice, the political economy of education, and institutional struggles.
Rethinking Schools - A fantastic education journal. Rethinking schools also publishes books such as Rethinking our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice, Selling Out Our Schools: Vouchers, Markets and the Future of Public Education, and Funding for Justice: Money, Equity and the Future of Public Education.
Students Against Testing - SAT is a nationwide network of young people who resist high stakes standardized testing and support real-life learning.
Southern Poverty Law Center - A nonprofit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation. Its programs include Teaching Tolerance and the Intelligent Project.
Teaching for Change - Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to read, write, and change the world.
WireTap - Ideas and Action for a New Generation - Independent articles by and for socially conscious youth. We showcase investigative news articles, personal essays and opinions, artwork and activism resources that challenge stereotypes, inspire creativity, foster dialogue and give young people a voice in the media.
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