Offers resources and information that could be helpful for special educators. Produces a bi-weekly news bulletin and manages a topical electronic discussion group. A national, non-profit education advocacy organization with member groups in 14 states. Headquartered in Boston, NCAS works to achieve equal access to a quality public education for students who are most vulnerable to failure. Constituents include low-income students, students of color, English language learners, recent immigrants, migrant farm workers and students with disabilities.
Site includes member organizations and national projects.
A multiracial network of families, school staff, union and community activists and others organizing for equity and fundamental changes in local school districts. NCEA holds an annual conference, intensive institutes, publishes a quarterly newsletter and other materials and maintains a resource bank for members. Its Teaching for Change catalog features hundreds of books, videos and posters for the K-12 classroom. Provides funding opportunities, professional development principles and other information. An urban education journal founded in 1986 by a group of Milwaukee teachers and community activists to advocate for the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.