Charter Schools

• PBS: Closing the Achievement Gap
• National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
• National Charter School Institute
• National Charter School Resource Center

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Community Schools

• Coalition for Community Schools
• "Why Community Schools Are Part of the Answer" (Washington Post)
  
• "Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools" (ERIC)

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Educational Reform

• EdChange
• Education Reform Now
• "Grading the Education Reformers" (Economic Policy Institute)
• "Class Warfare: An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book" (TIME)
• "My High School's Surprise Transformation and What It Says About Education Reform" (Washington Post)

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Poverty and Education

• "Beds Not Buses: Housing vs. Transportation for Homeless Students" (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty)
• ""Poverty is Rooted in US Education System, Research Finds" (Science Daily)
• "Education and Poverty" (Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity)
• "11 Facts About Education and Poverty" (DO Something.org)

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Service Learning

• "What is Service Learning?" (Learn and Serve America)
• "Does Service Learning Really Help?" (NY Times)
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse
• National Service Learning Partnership
• Youth Service America

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Literacy Education

• National Center for Literacy Education (NCTE)
  
• National Center for Family Literacy
• The Literacy Project (Google)
• Literacy.org...Research and Innovation for a More Literate World
• "Write to a Better Life" (Women Aid International)
• "Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century"
• "Global, Digital Literacy" (EdWeek)
• Intel Education: Developing the Digital Learner

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Association of Middle Level Education

• About AMLE
• AMLE Standards
• AMLE Publications

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Global Citizenship

• Global Concerns Classroom
• "Teaching for the 21st Century: Leading for Global Competency" (ASCD)
• "Symposium: Global Awareness is an Increasingly Important Skill" (eSchool News)
• Global Education Collaborative

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Early College High Schools

• Early College High School Initiative
• Early College Designs (American Association of School Administrators)
• Early College Designs: Expanding a Strategy for Achieving College for All (webinar)
• A Policymaker’s Guide to Early College Designs: Expanding a Strategy for Achieving College Readiness for All  
  
• Early College Initiative Fact Sheet

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Middle Grades Resources

• Young Adult Library Services Association
• NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform 
  
• Project Lead the Way (STEM)
• Intel STEM Resources (Sample Unit Plans)
• Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (NCTM)
• Social Studies in the Middle School (NCSS)

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National High School Center 

• Building a College Going Culture in High Schools
• Preventing Dropouts: Early Warning System
• Publications

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Institute for Humane Education

• What is Humane Education?
  
• Exploring the Issues
• Watch and share IHE President, Zoe Weil's TEDx talk: "The World Becomes Watch You Teach." (Video)
  

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