Comer School Development Program
http://www.schooldevelopmentprogram.org
The School Development Program (SDP) is the organization charged with implementing the Comer Process in school communities. The Comer Process, a school and system-wide intervention formulated by Dr. James P. Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center, aims to bridge child psychiatry and education.

The Forum for Youth Investment
http://www.forumfyi.org
The Forum for Youth Investment (the Forum) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping communities and the nation make sure all young people are Ready by 21™ — ready for college, work and life. This goal requires that young people have the supports, opportunities and services needed to prosper and contribute where they live, learn, work, play and make a difference. The Forum provides youth and adult leaders with the information, technical assistance, training, network support and partnership opportunities needed to increase the quality and quantity of youth investment and youth involvement.

The Black Star Project
http://www.blackstarproject.org/wp/index.php?p=35
The Black Star Project is a Chicago-based nonprofit that works around the country to help preschoolers to collegians succeed. The group focuses on low-income black, Hispanic and American Indian students in low-achieving schools. This page talks to "The Million Father March," an effort to get "Black men who are brave and courageous enough to become involved in the education of their sons and daughters" to take their children back to school on the first day of school.

An Excuse-Free, Multicultural Educator: Moving beyond blame of uninvolved parents for deficient student learning
By Tania Z. Chance
http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/2005_01/chance.htm
“Beware of causal explanations for correlational data,” warned Gerald Bracey, author of Phi Delta Kappan’s “Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education,” at a recent leadership workshop for the Minnesota Staff Development Council. His words clarified for me how I could help an educator colleague understand that levels of student achievement cannot be explained solely by parent priorities.

Closing the Achievement Gap
http://www.pbs.org/closingtheachievementgap/
PBS special showcases successful urban school: The PBS documentary "Closing the Achievement Gap" profiled New Haven, Conn., charter school Amistad Academy, where 91% of black students have achieved mastery in writing on the state exam, compared with 69% of white students statewide.

Hope for Urban Education
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/urbanhope/index.html
There is good news for American public education based on the successes of some schools in urban districts that serve families living in poverty. Even though there are far too many well-documented stories of intellectually vapid schools that perpetuate cycles of poverty and further limit the life choices of children, there are some urban schools that are giving new life to their communities and transforming the futures of the children they serve. This report is about nine successful schools: urban elementary schools that served children of color in poor communities and achieved impressive academic results. These schools have, in fact, attained higher levels of achievement than most schools in their states or most schools in the nation. They have achieved results in reading and mathematics beyond those achieved by students in some affluent suburban schools.

CATALYST: Voices of Chicago School Reform
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/
An independent newsmagazine created to document, analyze and support school-improvement efforts in the Chicago Public Schools. Its mission includes identifying the critical political, social and pedagogical issues affecting schools and write about them clearly and objectively and helping to  bridge the communication gap that separates parents, teachers, administrators, community activists and business leaders.

The Center for Education Reform
http://www.edreform.comhttp://www.edreform.com
The Center for Education Reform [CER] is a national, independent, non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1993 to provide support and guidance to parents and teachers, community and civic groups, policymakers and grassroots leaders, and all who are working to bring fundamental reforms to their schools.

Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/
The Center is an organized research unit at the University of Southern California, facilitating the research collaboration, dissemination and professional development activities of faculty, students, and others across School of Education, university and outside organizational lines. The Center provides a base for those interested in multilingual education, English-as-a second language, and foreign language instruction, multicultural education and related areas; and the opportunity to come together for research and program collaboration. It covers a wide range of topics, including language acquisition; bilingualism and biliteracy; integrating language and content instruction; non-mainstream dialects of English; teaching, learning and schooling in social context; minority teacher education, recruitment and retention; literacy in the workplace; minority language policy and planning; and literacy acquisition through global learning networks. Excellent African American resources including QuickTime video clips.

Center for Community Change - Action Guide
http://www.communitychange.org/issues/education/actionguide/
Is improving the quality of education in public schools a top priority for members of your organization or community? If so, then you are not alone. Increasingly, grassroots organizations around the country are organizing around public school issues and winning substantive change. This excellent web-based guide provides brief descriptions of the different pieces of the education puzzle, with links to more detailed information and additional resources that readers can go to if they want to explore a topic further. The guide is designed to help education advocates begin to think about ways of approaching local campaigns, thinking about a power analysis and understanding the basics of No Child Left Behind and school funding. Included are sections outlining the purposes of education organizing and strategies for effectively mobilizing the public to demand high-quality public education for all children.

Coming Up Taller
http://www.cominguptaller.org/ 
Arts and Humanities Programs for Children At Risk, a report and directory by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. This report documents arts and humanities programs that offer opportunities for children and youth to learn new skills, expand their horizons, and develop a sense of self, well-being, and belonging.

Council of the Great City Schools Online
http://www.cgcs.org/
A coalition of 60 of the nation's largest urban public school systems, the council works to promote urban education through legislation, research, media relations, instruction, management, technology, and other special projects designed to improve the quality of urban education. The Council serves as the national voice for urban educators, providing ways to share promising practices and address common concerns. Includes full-text issues of Urban Educator, the nation's voice for urban education; a conference agenda for urban educators, newsletters, and The Urban Source--the Council's on-line link to urban education resources.

EDLINKS
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~jmullens/edlinks.html
A list of over 80 links that serves as a starting point for educators interested in researching educational topics on the Internet.

The Education Alliance
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/
The Education Alliance promotes educational change to provide all students equitable opportunities to succeed. They advocate for populations whose access to excellent education has been limited or denied. For more than twenty-five years, they have worked directly with the education community to effect and sustain long-term improvement of student performance.

Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org 
ESR is a national leader in educational reform whose work spans the fields of social and emotional learning, character education, conflict resolution, diversity education, civic engagement, prevention programming, youth development, and secondary school improvement. They offer comprehensive programs, staff development, consultation, and resources for adults who teach children and young people preschool through high school, in settings including K-12 schools, early childhood centers and afterschool programs.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/
One of the specialized clearinghouses in the ERIC system, a national information service and database funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC/CUE has been disseminating information and a variety of resources on the development and education of urban children and adolescents of diverse ethnic groups for over thirty years. We invite you to read and share our materials, and to use our many services, and to suggest additional topics to consider and ways to serve the urban education community.

Ethnic Studies at USC
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/
Maintained by the Doheny Reference Center at the University of Southern California, this site provides access to research resources available through the Internet based on a global perspective of ethnicity and migration issues.

Facing History and Ourselves
http://www.facing.org/
Facing History helps students find meaning in the past and recognize the need for participation and responsible decision making. Facing History believes that students must be trusted to examine history in all of its complexities, including its legacies of prejudice and discrimination, resilience and courage. This trust encourages young people to develop a voice in the conversations of their peer culture, as well as in the critical discussions and debates of their community and nation. Facing History engages teachers and students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

The Institute for Research on Poverty
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
A national, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.  It is nonprofit and nonpartisan. The Institute's multidisciplinary affiliates have formulated and tested basic theories of poverty and inequality, developed and evaluated social policy alternatives, and analyzed trends in poverty and economic well-being.

Institute for the Study of Civic Values
http://www.iscv.org/
Promotes civic idealism--the philosophy of all those who work to bring citizens and government together to achieve our historic civic ideals. Civic idealists believe that the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; equality and justice-- are the civic values that should guide us in meeting the challenges facing America today.

Learning First Alliance
http://www.learningfirst.org/
A partnership of 12 leading education associations dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools. They believe that education associations must take responsibility for uniting key players in the education field, focusing attention on critical education issues, and using sound research to promote the continual and long-term improvement of public education.

Libraries for the Future
http://www.lff.org/
A national nonprofit organization that champions the role of libraries in American life and helps individual libraries become more effective community institutions of the future. LFF mobilizes private and public support for libraries, schools, and community partners to achieve equal access to the information and knowledge essential for a democratic society. They work to promote awareness, expand support, and increase use of libraries, as well as to develop their capacity to serve increasingly diverse communities in the digital age.

Laboratory for Student Success
http://www.temple.edu/lss/
The primary mission of the Laboratory for Student Success is to bring about lasting improvements in the learning of the mid-Atlantic region's increasingly diverse student population. The ultimate goal of LSS is to establish a system of research, development and dissemination that connects schools, parents, community agencies, professional groups, and higher education institutions; gradually expands improvement efforts in the region to transform low-performing schools into high-performing learning communities; and is part of a national system of information exchange.

MiddleWeb
http://www.middleweb.com/
MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades. In addition to MiddleWeb's large collection of reform-oriented materials, this site includes hundreds of articles and links about curriculum, teaching strategies, teacher professional development, parent involvement, classroom assessment, and much more.

Multicultural Pavilion
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/
Strives to provide resources for educators, students, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education.

National Center for Research in Vocational Education
http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/
The mission is to strengthen education to prepare all individuals for lasting and rewarding employment and lifelong learning.

NIUSI-LeadScape
www.niusileadscape.org
An offshoot of the National Institute for Urban School Improvement and supports principals of inclusive schools with online resources, blogs, maps of student demographic and special education identification data, and an online school improvement tool.  

Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/index5.htm
Disseminates programs and supplies educational research and development consumers with information leading to productive assessment reform in American schools. Of particular interest are the downloadable technical reports and general papers.

The National Center for Educational Alliances
http://www.ncup.org/
 Works to expand opportunities for underprepared students in the United States and abroad by supporting collaboration among schools, colleges and other organizations dedicated to fundamental, long-term educational reform.

National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
a national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness. The web site features facts about current federal policy and legislative initiatives affecting homeless and poor people, a directory of state and national homeless/housing advocacy organizations, and public education projects such as the Homelessness Information Exchange and the Art & Literature Project. Also includes a list of links to other Internet resources on homelessness and poverty.

National Institute for Urban School Improvement
www.urbanschools.org
The mission of the National Institute for Urban School Improvement is to support inclusive urban communities, schools, and families to build their capacity for sustainable, successful urban education. The National Institute will accomplish this mission through dialogue, networking, technology, action research, information systems, alliance and consensus building.

National Resource Center for Youth Services
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/
Increases the capacity and resources of States and Tribes to effectively help youth in care establish permanent connections and achieve successful transitions to adulthood. The Center can help States incorporate youth into all areas of programs and services, implement services that address legislative requirements, prepare for Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) and Program Improvement Plan (PIP) development, and implementation. The Center bases its technical assistance and training around the four core principles of, youth development, collaboration, cultural competence, and permanent connections.

National Youth Employment Coalition
http://www.nyec.org/
a nonpartisan national organization dedicated to promoting policies and initiatives that help youth succeed in becoming lifelong learners, productive workers and self-sufficient citizens that strives to develop and improve the capacity and effectiveness of youth-serving organizations to affect youth development through employment, education and training; improve the staff and leadership capacity of youth serving organizations; and influence and inform the development of public policy through research, information, advocacy and coalition-building.

NativeWeb
http://www.nativeweb.org/
An international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.ncrel.org
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping schools-and the students they serve-reach their full potential. We specialize in the educational applications of technology.

Peace Games
http://www.peacegames.org/
Empowers students to create their own safe classrooms and communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families, and volunteers.

SAVI Interactive
http://www.savi.org/
The SAVI Project is a comprehensive electronic database of mapped and tabular data about the Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which refers to Marion County and its eight contiguous counties: Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan and Hendricks. SAVI collects, organizes, and presents information on community assets such as schools, libraries, churches, hospitals, and community centers. It also include social demographic information such as census, health, education, criminal justice, welfare, and other data that can point out such vulnerabilities as neighborhoods with high levels of crime, unemployment, and welfare recipients.

Successful Teachers
http://www.successfulteachers.com/
 is a small group of people who are dedicated to contributing to the information available to teachers, parents, and others who work with students whom our urban schools are failing to educate to any degree of excellence.

TERC
http://www.terc.edu/
A not-for-profit education research and development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to improve mathematics, science and technology teaching and learning. TERC works at the edges of current theory and practice to contribute to the understanding of learning and teaching, create curricula and other products, design and test exemplary models of professional development, develop applications of new technologies, and support school reform through research and technical assistance.

University of Maryland Diversity Database
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/
A comprehensive index of multicultural and diversity resources, including useful resources pertaining to cultural diversity and multiculturalism; diversity plans, statements, and initiatives of institutions in the country; definitions of words, phrases, and policy relating to multicultural and diversity issues; directories on age, class, disability, gender, national origin, race and ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation; diversity-related syllabi from colleges and universities from around the country.