Education Organizations, Centers, Associations, Institutes

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Directory of Organizations
"The Directory of Organizations in Educational Management, formerly a print only publication, is now available as an online database. The purpose of the Directory is to guide users to sources of information on a wide range of topics related to educational policy, management, leadership, and organization of K-12 schools. The Directory lists service and research organizations in this field. For each organization, the Directory gives the title, director's name, phone and fax numbers, address, purpose, scope of subject area, topics of publications, service policy, and other information."
Clearinghouse on Educational Management, College of Education, University of Oregon.

International Association of Universities - Higher Education Links - (dead link)
UNESCO

State School Psychology Associations
Compiled by The WWW School Psychology Homepage
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The Albert Shanker Institute

Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

American Association of Teachers of French

American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
Founded in 1995 by Lynne Cheney

American Council on Education (ACE) - (dead link)

  • Office of Minorities in Higher Education - (dead link)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

American Federation of Teachers

American Institute for Foreign Study

American Psychological Association (APA PsycNET)
Includes School Psychology resources

American School Counselor Association (ASCA)

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Arizona State University - Education Policy Studies Laboratory

Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)
"...to promote information exchange among university and college educators actively concerned with teaching biology in a laboratory setting."

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Association of Moral Education

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Australia - Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA)

  • Education - (dead link)
    • Higher Education - (dead link)

Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

Australian Literacy Foundation (ALF)

BBC Online - Education - (dead link)

British Columbia Ministry of Education

California Association of Licensed Educational Psychologists (CALEP)

Canadian Council of Ministers of Education

Canadian Education Association

Center for Civic Education

Center for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology (C2T2) [British Columbia]

Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (CCE) - (dead link)

Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

Center on English Learning and Achievement

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

Centre of Research on Education in China (CREC)
Resources on Studies in China Education

Chinese Language Teachers Association

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

Ecological Society of America - Education Section, ESA-EdWeb

The Education Trust

Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP)

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center

European Learning Styles Information Network (ELSIN)

Gender & Diversity Institute

Human Resources Development Canada

Institute for Higher Education Policy - (dead link)

Institute for Learning and Research Technology
University of Bristol, UK

Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Institute of International Education

International Association of Universities (IAU)

International Conference on Technology and Education (ICTE)

International Society for Technology Education (ISTE)

National Association of College Auxiliary Services - (dead link)

National Association of Elementary School Principals

National Association of Graduate Admissions Professions

National Association of School Nurses

National Association of School Psychologists

National Association of Secondary School Principals

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

National Center for History in the Schools

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing - (dead link)

National Center on Education and the Economy

National Center on Educational Outcomes

National Center to Improve Practice

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (formerly NCBE)

National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education (NCPSE)

National Coalition for Girls and Women in Education

National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools

National Council of Teachers of English
A Professional Association of Educators in English Studies, Literacy, and Language Arts.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Education Goals Panel

National Endowment for the Humanities

National Federation of High Schools

National Institute for Literacy

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

National PTA

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

National Skills Standards Board

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
"...as a gateway to job banks that list openings for teachers. It also provides resources for certified teachers seeking jobs and for school districts seeking qualified teachers. In addition, the Clearinghouse provides resources for individuals interested in becoming teachers and offers school districts and states strategies for improving teacher recruitment and retention."

National Teacher Training Institute

The New York Institute for Special Education

North American Association for Environmental Education

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - (dead link)

  • Education, Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs - (dead link)

Physiology Educational Research Consortium (PERC)
"...a collaboration of physiology educators nationwide dedicated to improving life science education in general and physiology education in particular by conducting research, developing educational materials and techniques, and educating faculty."

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
"...develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices."

Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

Teach for America
"Each year, Teach For America selects a corps of more than 1000 individuals, trains them together during summer institutes, places them as full-time, paid teachers in urban and rural public schools, and coordinates an ongoing network to support them during their two years as teachers and beyond."

Teachers Network
"Teachers Network is a nationwide, non-profit education organization that identifies and connects innovative teachers exemplifying professionalism and creativity within public school systems. Over 40,000 public school teachers have received Teachers Network grants and fellowships in the areas of curriculum, leadership, policy, and new media."

TERC
"...mission is to improve mathematics, science, and technology teaching and learning. TERC works at the edges of current theory and practice..."

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

UCLA - Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
 Publishes The American Freshman, the annual report "of normative data on the characteristics of students attending colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshman."

U.K. Department of Education and Employment

U.K. Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

U.S. Department of Education see Education - U.S. Dept. of Education

U.S. White House - President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education

University of Bristol (UK) - Institute for Learning and Research Technology

University of California at Berkeley School Psychology

University of Exeter (UK) - Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

University of Minnesota - Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

University of Southampton (UK) - Centre for Research in Mathematics Education

University of Toronto - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) 

Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)

World Education
"...is dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through economic and social development programs."

  • Girls' and Women's Education Initiative
    "...aims to harness the potential of girls and women to learn, lead and act on their vision of change for themselves, their families, and their communities."

 

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