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Parents Across America (PAA) is a non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from across the U.S. to share ideas and work together to improve our nation’s public schools. PAA is committed to bringing the voice of public school par­ents – and common sense – [...]

About IDEA [Institute for Democratic Education in America] is a national effort to connect education with and through our nation’s democratic values. We believe in an education that allows students and teachers to discover and expand their capacity and joy for learning and to thrive through active [...]

About the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is at the forefront of creating and sustaining personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools. Essential schools are places of powerful learning where all students have the chance to reach their fullest potential. By coaching for cultures of continuous improvement and [...]

Our Name is inspired by the Critical Multiculturalist Henry Giroux, who said, “Schools (should) become places where students and teachers can become border crossers engaged in critical and ethical reflection about what it means to bring a wider variety of cultures into dialogue with each other.” Border [...]

Empowered By Play Mission: To help families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in this way-too busy, media-filled, consumer-driven world. Empowered by Play was founded in 2009 by teacher-turned-activist Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, M.Ed. An early childhood educator for 25 years, she is also a mother of [...]

Education News Today is a Global Leading News Source covering educational, political, business, and environmental issues. Since 1997 EducationNews has provided the latest daily EducationNews coverage from world-wide sources. In addition to the U. S. and world media publications, commentaries and reports are featured and include comprehensive [...]

PDK International, publisher of Kappa magazine, is a professional association for educators that brings together the top leaders, thinkers, and doers to collaborate and inspire one another. By providing professional learning opportunities, targeted networking, and relevant research, PDK helps researchers and practitioners deepen their expertise, elevate their [...]

About The Alliance for Excellent Education Mission: 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 learning and success in life. Vision:: The Alliance for Excellent Education envisions a nation [...]

About Rethinking Schools In 1986, a group of Milwaukee-area teachers had a vision. They wanted not only to improve education in their own classrooms and schools, but to help shape reform throughout the public school system in the United States. Today that vision is embodied in Rethinking [...]