Annenberg Institute for School Reform Established at Brown University in 1993 to develop, share, and act on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in America, especially in urban communities and in schools serving underserved children.
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform Organization whose mission is fundamental improvement of public education so that all urban children and youth are well prepared for post-secondary education, work and citizenship.
No Excuses Campaign A network of educational, political, and community leaders who practice and promote the very best in K-12 education among the poor.
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence An independent, non-partisan organization of Kentucky parents and citizens whose mission is to give Kentuckians a voice for vastly improved education. Recommends solutions to problems and informs the public through its publications, including guidebooks on school-based decision making and school law.
Rethinking Schools A non-profit, independent publisher of educational materials advocating the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.
The Rural School & Community Trust Non-profit educational organization dedicated to enlarging student learning and improving community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community-based public work.
Project GRAD is a nonprofit K-16 school reform model that is currently underway in twelve school districts across the country.The mission of the program is to ensure a quality public education for all children in economically disadvantaged communities to increase high school graduation rates and prepare graduates to be successful in college.
Co-nect is a leading provider of data-driven professional development that helps districts and schools improve the quality of instruction and accelerate student achievement. Together with administration and faculty, our national staff of education consultants focuses on driving student achievement, using research-based strategies that work.
The Success for All Foundation (SFAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development, evaluation, and dissemination of proven reform models for preschool, elementary, and middle schools, especially those serving many children placed at risk. SFAF has continued work begun in 1987 at Johns Hopkins University and still retains strong links to Johns Hopkins. As of 2003, the Success for All Foundation is serving about 1,500 schools in 48 states, as well as assisting related projects in five other countries. Programs in elementary reading, writing, math, preschool, and middle school are in circulation.
The No Excuses project mobilizes public pressure on behalf of better education for the poor. The No Excuses project brings together liberals, centrists, and conservatives who are committed to high academic achievement among children of all races, ethnic groups, and family incomes.
We believe that the CES Common Principles - emphasizing equity, personalization, and intellectual vibrancy - serve as a guide to creating schools that will nurture students to reach their fullest potential. We believe that to change the public school system, we need to create and sustain large numbers of individual schools that fully enact CES principles - schools that can serve as models to other schools and demonstrations to the public that it is possible to re-imagine education.
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