RESOURCES


Local Resources

Arts and Science Council

Board of Education

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

CMS Guidance and Student Services Department Online Scholarship Guide

Community Relations Committee

Educate!

The Exceptional Children’s Assistence Center

Junior Achievement

Mecklenburg County Board of Elections

The National Conference for Community and Justice

Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

Right Moves For Youth

United Family Services

State Resources

Learn NC, the New Learners and Educators Assistance and Resource Network of NC

Meridian (a guide to how technology is being used to teach middle schoolers)

No Child Left Behind in NC

North Carolina Association of Educators

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ABC’s results

North Carolina General Assembly (a good source to track education legislation)

North Carolina Public School Forum

North Carolina School Boards Association

North Carolina School of Science and Math

North Carolina Standard Course of Study

North Carolina State Board of Education

North Carolina State PTA

National Resources

ACT Assessment Test – Resources for Students Planning to Attend College

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Children’s Defense Fund

Education Commission of the States

Education News.org

Education Week (Magazine on the Web)

Emerging Techonologies – for Parents, Students, and Teachers

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) (Website which provides teaching materials)

The Future of Children

Give Kids Good Schools (project of PEN)

Head Start

KidSpace@The Internet Public Library

Learning First Alliance

Mathematically Correct

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

National Education Association

National PTA

National Center for Education Statistics

National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future

National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse

No Child Left Behind

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights (PACER)

Picky Parent Guide

Public Agenda

Public Education Network (PEN)

SAT Preparation – Online essay evaluations from the College Board

Scholastic, Inc.

Southeast Center for Teaching Quality

Teachnology, Inc. – The Web Portal for Educators

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Time – for Kids

US Department of Education

US Department of Health and Human Services

Working Mother

Local Education Funds

Public Education Network (the national organization for LEFs)

Academic Distinction Fund (Baton Rouge, LA)

Achieve!Minneapolis (Minneapolis, MN)

Allen County Education Fund (Fort Wayne, IN)

Alliance For College Ready Public Schools (Los Angeles, CA)

Alliance for Education (Seattle, WA)

Alliance for Quality Education (Greenville, SC)

Alliance for World Class Education (Jacksonville, FL)

Area Education Foundation (Hattisburg, MS)

Association for Excellence in Education (Laurel, MS)

Austin Voices For Education And Youth (Austin, TX)

Berkeley Public Education Foundation (Berkeley, CA)

Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools (Boston, MA)

Bridgeport Public Education Fund (Bridgeport, CT)

The Center for Leadership in Education (Elyria, OH)

Charleston Education Network (Charleston, SC)

Chatham Education Foundation (Pittsboro, NC)

The Chicago Public Education Fund (Chicago, IL)

Citizens for the Educational Advancement of Alaska’s Children (Tok, AK)

Cleveland Initiative for Education (Cleveland, OH)

DC Voice (Washington, DC)

Delmarva Education Foundation, Inc. (Salisbury, MD)

Durham Public Education Network (Durham, NC)

East Orange Education Foundation (East Orange, NJ)

The Education Alliance (Charleston, WV)

The Education Foundation (Charleston, SC)

The Education Foundation – Champions for Learning (Naples, FL)

Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, Inc. (West Palm Beach, FL)

Education Fund (North Miami, FL)

Education Partnership (Providence, RI)

El Dorado Education Foundation (El Dorado, AR)

Englewood Community Foundation (Englewood, NJ)

Forward in the Fifth (Berea, KY)

Foundation For Lincoln Public Schools (Lincoln, NE)

Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools (Madison, WI)

Foundation for Orange County Public Schools (Orlando, FL)

Fund for Educational Excellence (Baltimore, MD)

Galef Institute (Los Angeles. CA)

Good Schools For All: A Community Partnership For Student Achievement (Buffalo, NY)

Great Schools Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)

Greater New Orleans Education Foundation (New Orleans, LA)

Guilford County Education Network (Jamestown, NC)

Hartford Education Foundation (Hartford, CT)

HC*EXCELL – The Education Foundation (Morristown, TN)

Hillsborough Education Foundation, Inc. (Tampa, FL)

The Houston A+ Challenge (Houston, TX)

In2books (Washington, DC)

Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation (Kalamazoo, MI)

Knowledgeworks Foundation (Cincinnati, OH)

Lancaster Foundation for Education Enrichment (Lancaster, PA)

Linking Education And Economic Development (Rancho Cordova, CA)

Lynn Business / Education Foundation (Lynn, MA)

Mary Lyon Foundation, Inc. (Shelburne Falls, MA)

Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute (Oakland , CA)

Mobile Area Education Foundation (Mobile, AL)

Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence (Montclair, NJ)

Mon Valley Education Consortium (McKeesport, PA)

Nashville Public Education Foundation (Nashville, TN)

New Haven Public Education Fund (New Haven, CT)

New Visions for Public Schools (New York, NY)

Norwalk Education Foundation (Norwalk, CT)

Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK)

Partners in Public Education (Memphis, TN)

Partnership For Education In Ashtabula County (Ashtabula, OH)

Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools (Washington, DC)

Paterson Education Fund (Paterson, NJ)

Pee Dee Education Foundation (Florence, SC)

Philadelphia Education Fund (Philadelphia, PA)

Pittsburgh Council on Public Education (Pittsburgh, PA)

Portland Schools Foundation (Portland, OR)

Public Education & Business Coalition (Denver, CO)

Public Education Foundation Of Little Rock (Little Rock, AR)

Public Education Foundation (Chattanooga, TN)

Public Education Foundation of Plainfield (Plainfield, NJ)

Public Education Partners (Aiken, SC)

Public Education Partnership Fund (Washington, DC)

Public School Forum of North Carolina (Raleigh, NC)

RISD Tomorrow (Richardson, TX)

San Antonio Education Partnership (San Antonio, TX)

San Francisco Education Fund (San Francisco, CA)

Schools of the 21st Century Corp. (Detroit, MI)

Stamford Public Education Foundation, Inc. (Stamford, CT)

Stark Education Partnership, Inc. (Canton, OH)

Urban Educational Partnership (Los Angeles, CA)

Voice for Education (Tucson, AZ)

Wake Education Partnership (Raleigh, NC)