U.S. mission to Germany

 Fachleiter Seminar 2001

 Educating for the 21st Century: Economic and Social Challenges

Amerikastudientagung
in Berlin vom 24. bis zum 27. Mai 2001 [ausgefallen]

 

Useful Internet Links

blue button Education Week on the Web at http://www.edweek.org/
For background essays on key education issues Education Week: Issues Pages at http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issues.cfm

blue button National Education Association (NEA) http://www.nea.org
America's oldest & largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. For public policy debates on topics ranging from bilingual education to vouchers.

blue button U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/
Useful sections, in particular, include:"Initiatives and Priorities" (http://www.ed.gov/inits), "Publications and Products" (http://www.ed.gov/pubs); Office of Bilingual and Minority Languages Affairs (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA/)

blue button Center for Education Reform (CER)  http://www.edreform.com/
This site offers current information on the latest developments in education reform.

blue button Frontline: The Battle Over School Choice http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/vouchers/
This site, based on PBS Democracy Project/Election 2000 Special Program, includes analyses of public schools, information and critiques on vouchers and charter schools.

blue button InfoUSA: Education http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/educ/educover.htm
The section on education on this authoritative site from the Office of International Programs, U.S. Dept. of State includes survey articles, reports, and links to major education resources.

blue button Democracy.org http://www.democracy.org/
This educational non-profit organization is a member of the Washington State Partnership on Character Education. The site provides an extensive list of links on character education, citizenship, civic engagement, service learning, school renewal and reform in addition to bibliographies of related books.

blue button Educational Leadership Toolkit: Change and Technology in America's Schools http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/
This free online technology resource by the National School Boards Foundation contains a collection of tips and pointers, articles, case studies and other sourxes for Education leaders addressing issues around technology and education.
 

Selected Articles, Books and Documents

blue button Coeyman, Marjorie et al. "A Special Series: Reinventing Our Public Schools,"The Christian Science Monitor, March 30, 1999 & April 6, 1999.

blue button Goodlad, John I. The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass,1997.

blue button Louis, Karen Seashore, "'A Light Feeling of Chaos': Education Reform and Policy in the United States," Daedalus, Fall 1998, pp13-40. This entire issue entitled "Education Yesterday, Education Tomorrow" is devoted to assessing America's educational system.

blue button United States Education Policy
Extensive collection of online resources on the 1999 High School National Debate Topic including the role of the federal government.

blue button Meier, Deborah et al. Will Standards Save Public Education? Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.

blue button Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Bruno, V. Mano; and Gregg, Vanourek. Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education. Princeton University Press, 2000, Princeton.

blue button Olson, Lynn et al. The Changing Face of Public Education: Special Report.  Education Week, April-May 2000.

blue button Cuban, Larry. Reconstructing the Common Good in Education. Stanford, CA,Stanford University Press, 2000.

blue button Technology Counts: Schools and Reform in the Information Age. Washington Editorial Projects in Education, 1997.