Resources for Education Policy Issues

National and State Education Agencies

Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers (ESEA): http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/EdTechCtrs.html

Michigan Department of Education: http://www.mde.state.mi.us/

National Commission on Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/

The US Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/

Regional Education Laboratories

Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL): The Regional Lab's work embodies the essence of AEL's mission -- to be a catalyst for schools and communities to build lifelong learning systems that harness resources, research, and practical wisdom. http://www.ael.org/rel/

Laboratory for Student Success (LSS): The Laboratory learns from and building on their diverse expertise and strategies for student achievement so that their successes are known and utilized by others in widespread efforts in the service of all students in the mid-Atlantic region--Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC--and nationally. http://www.temple.edu/lss

Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL): McREL is an organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. McREL provides products and services, primarily for K-12 educators, to promote the best instructional practices in the classroom. http://www.mcrel.org/

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL): NCREL is an organization that provides research-based expertise, resources, assistance, and professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, and policymakers. http://www.ncrel.org/

Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University (LAB at Brown University): The LAB promotes educational change to provide all students equitable opportunities to succeed. It advocate for populations whose access to excellent education has been limited or denied. http://www.lab.brown.edu/

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL): NWREL provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business and labor. http://www.nwrel.org/

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL): PREL's work provides resources and products developed to promote educational excellence for children, youth, and adults, particularly in multicultural and multilingual environments. http://www.prel.org/

Regional Educational Laboratory Network (REL Network): The Laboratories work as vital partners with state and local educators, community members, and policymakers in using research to tackle the difficult issues of education reform and improvement. http://www.relnetwork.org

SERVE: SERVE is an education organization with the mission to promote and support the continuous improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast. http://www.serve.org

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL): SEDL is an education research and development corporation based in Austin, Texas. SEDL works to build or find strategies and tools addressing pressing educational problems, and then works to put the strategies into practice. http://www.sedl.org

WestEd: WestEd is committed to improving learning at all stages of life -- from infancy to adulthood, both in school and out. http://www.wested.org

Research

A listing of websites organized by educational topic: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/topical.html

American Education Research Association: http://www.aera.net/

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) [ERIC is a nationwide information network that acquires, catalogs, summarizes, and provides access to education information from all sources]: http://www.accesseric.org/

Education Week: http://www.edweek.org

The Library of Michigan: http://www.libofmich.lib.mi.us/

Workshops & Training links to NCES sponsored workshop/training and technical assistance opportunities: http://www.libofmich.lib.mi.us/

Federal and State Agencies with Data on Education and Children's Issues

All federal statistical agencies can be accessed through fedstats.gov: http://www.fedstats.gov

Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov

Extensive statistics on school districts, counties, cities and townships -- http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, which includes America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being: http://www.childstats.gov

Michigan Department of Education statistics and reports: http://www.mde.state.mi.us/reports/

Michigan Information Center (state, county, and local statistics): http://www.state.mi.us/dmb/mic/

National Commission on Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/

Legislation

Michigan Legislative Information Web Server a service of the Michigan Legislative Council, the Michigan House of Representatives, and the Michigan Senate: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/

US Congress legislative tracking system: http://thomas.loc.gov/

Policy Organizations

Brookings Institute: Brookings serves as a bridge between scholarship and public policy, bringing new knowledge to the attention of decisionmakers and affording scholars a better insight into public policy issues. http://www.brookings.org/

Consortium for Policy Research in Education: The Consortium for Policy Research in Education studies how reforms -- in policy, organization, or structure -- lead to improvements in instruction; how knowledge and experience influence reforms; and how the links between knowledge, reforms, and practice can be strengthened. http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cpre/

Center on Education Policy: The Center on Education Policy is the national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools. http://www.ctredpol.org

Education Commission of the States: http://www.ecs.org

Institute for Educational Leadership: IEL mission is to improve education -- and the lives of children and their families -- through positive and visionary change. http://www.iel.org/

Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL): http://www.iel.org

Machinac Center for Public Policy: http://www.mackinac.org

National Assessment Governing Board: http://www.nagb.org/

National Center on Educational Outcomes, U of Minn. http://www.coled.umn.edu/nceo/overview.html

Policy.com : Extensive links to all national policy organizations http://www.policy.com

Urban Institute: The Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices. http://www.urban.org/

The Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice: The Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the qualitative improvement and healthy growth of all public schools in the great lakes region.
http://www.greatlakescenter.org/

Advocacy Organizations

Council of the Great City Schools: http://cgcs.org

Connect for Kids: http://www.connectforkids.org

Education Commission of the States: http://wwww.ecs.org

Education Trust: http://www.edtrust.org

Michigan Professional Organizations

Middle Cities Education Association: http://www.middlecities.org

Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators: http://www.melg.org/maisa/

Michigan Association of Public School Academies: http://www.charterschools.org

Michigan Association of School Administrators: http://www.melg.org/masa/index.html

Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals: http://www.michiganprincipals.org/

Michigan Association of School Boards: http://www.masb.org/

Michigan Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development: http://www.edzone.net/~mascd/

Michigan Education Association: http://www.mea.org/

Michigan Elementary Middle School Principals: http://www.memspa.org

Michigan Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel: http://www.mftsrp.org/

Michigan Institute for Educational Management: http://www.melg.org/miem/index.html

Michigan School Business Officials: http://www.msbo.org

Other Education Policy Center

Center for Applied Educationa and Improvement (CAREI): http://education.umn.edu/carei/default.html

Center for Policy Studies in Education at Florida State University: http://www.fsu.edu/~cpse/

Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE): http://www.cpre.org/index_js.htm

Education policy Center at University of Alabama: http://education.ua.edu/policy/index.html

Indiana Education Policy Center at Indiana University: http://www.indiana.edu/~iepc/

Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University: http://www.nyu.edu/iesp/

Institute for Education Policy Studies at George Washington University: http://www.gwu.edu/~edpol/ieps.html

Pennsylvania Education Policy Center at Pennsylvania State University: http://www.ed.psu.edu/pepc/

Policy Analysis for California Education (Pace): http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/PACE/pace.html

	Resources for Education Policy Issues

	National and State Education Agencies Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers (ESEA): http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/EdTechCtrs.html Michigan Department of Education: http://www.mde.state.mi.us/ National Commission on Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/ The US Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/ Regional Education Laboratories Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL): The Regional Lab's work embodies the essence of AEL's mission -- to be a catalyst for schools and communities to build lifelong learning systems that harness resources, research, and practical wisdom. http://www.ael.org/rel/ Laboratory for Student Success (LSS): The Laboratory learns from and building on their diverse expertise and strategies for student achievement so that their successes are known and utilized by others in widespread efforts in the service of all students in the mid-Atlantic region--Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC--and nationally. http://www.temple.edu/lss Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL): McREL is an organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. McREL provides products and services, primarily for K-12 educators, to promote the best instructional practices in the classroom. http://www.mcrel.org/ North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL): NCREL is an organization that provides research-based expertise, resources, assistance, and professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, and policymakers. http://www.ncrel.org/ Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University (LAB at Brown University): The LAB promotes educational change to provide all students equitable opportunities to succeed. It advocate for populations whose access to excellent education has been limited or denied. http://www.lab.brown.edu/ Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL): NWREL provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business and labor. http://www.nwrel.org/ Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL): PREL's work provides resources and products developed to promote educational excellence for children, youth, and adults, particularly in multicultural and multilingual environments. http://www.prel.org/ Regional Educational Laboratory Network (REL Network): The Laboratories work as vital partners with state and local educators, community members, and policymakers in using research to tackle the difficult issues of education reform and improvement. http://www.relnetwork.org SERVE: SERVE is an education organization with the mission to promote and support the continuous improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast. http://www.serve.org Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL): SEDL is an education research and development corporation based in Austin, Texas. SEDL works to build or find strategies and tools addressing pressing educational problems, and then works to put the strategies into practice. http://www.sedl.org WestEd: WestEd is committed to improving learning at all stages of life -- from infancy to adulthood, both in school and out. http://www.wested.org Research A listing of websites organized by educational topic: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/topical.html American Education Research Association: http://www.aera.net/ Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) [ERIC is a nationwide information network that acquires, catalogs, summarizes, and provides access to education information from all sources]: http://www.accesseric.org/ Education Week: http://www.edweek.org The Library of Michigan: http://www.libofmich.lib.mi.us/ Workshops & Training links to NCES sponsored workshop/training and technical assistance opportunities: http://www.libofmich.lib.mi.us/ Federal and State Agencies with Data on Education and Children's Issues All federal statistical agencies can be accessed through fedstats.gov: http://www.fedstats.gov Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov Extensive statistics on school districts, counties, cities and townships -- http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, which includes America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being: http://www.childstats.gov Michigan Department of Education statistics and reports: http://www.mde.state.mi.us/reports/ Michigan Information Center (state, county, and local statistics): http://www.state.mi.us/dmb/mic/ National Commission on Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/ Legislation Michigan Legislative Information Web Server a service of the Michigan Legislative Council, the Michigan House of Representatives, and the Michigan Senate: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/ US Congress legislative tracking system: http://thomas.loc.gov/ Policy Organizations Brookings Institute: Brookings serves as a bridge between scholarship and public policy, bringing new knowledge to the attention of decisionmakers and affording scholars a better insight into public policy issues. http://www.brookings.org/ Consortium for Policy Research in Education: The Consortium for Policy Research in Education studies how reforms -- in policy, organization, or structure -- lead to improvements in instruction; how knowledge and experience influence reforms; and how the links between knowledge, reforms, and practice can be strengthened. http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cpre/ Center on Education Policy: The Center on Education Policy is the national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools. http://www.ctredpol.org Education Commission of the States: http://www.ecs.org Institute for Educational Leadership: IEL mission is to improve education -- and the lives of children and their families -- through positive and visionary change. http://www.iel.org/ Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL): http://www.iel.org Machinac Center for Public Policy: http://www.mackinac.org National Assessment Governing Board: http://www.nagb.org/ National Center on Educational Outcomes, U of Minn. http://www.coled.umn.edu/nceo/overview.html Policy.com : Extensive links to all national policy organizations http://www.policy.com Urban Institute: The Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices. http://www.urban.org/ The Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice: The Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the qualitative improvement and healthy growth of all public schools in the great lakes region. http://www.greatlakescenter.org/ Advocacy Organizations Council of the Great City Schools: http://cgcs.org Connect for Kids: http://www.connectforkids.org Education Commission of the States: http://wwww.ecs.org Education Trust: http://www.edtrust.org Michigan Professional Organizations Middle Cities Education Association: http://www.middlecities.org Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators: http://www.melg.org/maisa/ Michigan Association of Public School Academies: http://www.charterschools.org Michigan Association of School Administrators: http://www.melg.org/masa/index.html Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals: http://www.michiganprincipals.org/ Michigan Association of School Boards: http://www.masb.org/ Michigan Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development: http://www.edzone.net/~mascd/ Michigan Education Association: http://www.mea.org/ Michigan Elementary Middle School Principals: http://www.memspa.org Michigan Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel: http://www.mftsrp.org/ Michigan Institute for Educational Management: http://www.melg.org/miem/index.html Michigan School Business Officials: http://www.msbo.org Other Education Policy Center Center for Applied Educationa and Improvement (CAREI): http://education.umn.edu/carei/default.html Center for Policy Studies in Education at Florida State University: http://www.fsu.edu/~cpse/ Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE): http://www.cpre.org/index_js.htm Education policy Center at University of Alabama: http://education.ua.edu/policy/index.html Indiana Education Policy Center at Indiana University: http://www.indiana.edu/~iepc/ Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University: http://www.nyu.edu/iesp/ Institute for Education Policy Studies at George Washington University: http://www.gwu.edu/~edpol/ieps.html Pennsylvania Education Policy Center at Pennsylvania State University: http://www.ed.psu.edu/pepc/ Policy Analysis for California Education (Pace): http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/PACE/pace.html