Reform Movements

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Assignment:  Directions (50 pts.)

Each student will choose one organization noted below and compile a description of the organization (i.e. origin, board of directors, funding sources, basic principles/aims, political tactics, policy concerns, complete address, contact person, phone and fax numbers, and E-mail/Web site addresses.) All students will share the information orally with the class (15 minute maximum).

  1. Coalition of Essential Schools, Ted Sizer, Brown University, Box 1969, Providence, RI 02912 (401)-863-3384 (video)
  2. Accelerated Schools Project, Henry Levin, Stanford, CERAS 109, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3084 (415)-725-1676
  3. School Development Program, James Comer, Yale Child Study Center, 314 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511 (203)-737-1020 (video)
  4. Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, Waldrof, Maryland (202)-429-7979
  5. Center of Educational Renewal, John Goodlad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  6. Harvard Project Zero, Howard Garner/David Perkins, 326 Longfellow Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-495-4376 (video)
  7. Center for Leadership in School Reform--Phillip Schlechty, 950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40207 (video)
  8. Education Commission of the States, 707 17th Street, Suite 2700, Denver, CO 80202-3427 (303)-299-3600
  9. The Edison Project, 529 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (212)-309-1600
  10. Waldorf, Sunbridge College, Spring Valley, NY, (914)-425-0055
  11. Christian Coalition, Dr. Ralph Reed, 227 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 101, Washington, D.C. 20002, (202)-547-3600
  12. National Center for Restructuring Education--
    Linda Darling-Hammon and Ann Lieberman, Box 110, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027(video)
  13. National Center to Save Our Schools, Barbara Steinhauser, P.O. Box 948, Westbury, NY 11590, (516)-977-9555
  14. Holmes Group
  15. New American Schools Development Corporation
  16. The Eagle Forum--Box 618, Alton, IL 62002, (618)-462-5415
  17. Focus on the Family--Colorado Springs, CO 80995-0351, (719)-531-3400
  18. National Association of Christian Educators/Citizens for Excellence in Education, Box 3200, Costa Mesa, CA 92628, (714)-251-9333
  19. People for the American Way, 2000 M Street, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20036, (202)-467-4999
  20. National Commission on Teaching and America=s Future
  21. John Olin Foundation
  22. Hudson Institute
  23. Lilly Endowment
  24. Heritage Foundation
  25. Manhattan Institute
  26. Educational Excellence Network
  27. American Association of Community Colleges
  28. American Association of State Colleges and Universities
  29. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
  30. American Association for Higher Education
  31. American Association of University Professors
  32. [A reform organization within a specific field in higher education]

 

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