(UNDER CONSTRUCTION) This page will hold links to resources and research on public education. No endorsements of the linked organizations are implied. Please feel free to send suggestions
Providence Public Schools
- Providence Schools web site
- Providence School Board (Includes meeting dates and agendas)
- City of Providence Education Page
- Providence Plan (demographics and data on education)
Local and Regional Resources
- Volunteers in Providence Schools (VIPS)
- Providence Education Excellence Coalition (PEEC)
- The Education Partnership
- New England League of Middle Schools
National Resources
- Public Education Network
- Public Agenda Education
- International Baccalaureate Association
- Schools To Watch (National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform)
- Great Schools (K-12 reform focusing on parent involvement)
Arts Education
- Americans for the Arts (Art Education)
- RISD Project Open Door
This page has the following sub pages.
Suggested Link:
http://www.edpartnership.org/
A summary of the report (as well as a link to the full report) “School Choice: The Three Essential Elements and Several Policy Options” by Caroline Hoxby can be found at:
http://www.educationforum.org.nz/documents/mediareleases/Hoxby_report.htm
Excerpt:
“According to the report, successful school choice policies require three essential elements:
* Supply flexibility, which means that schools should have the ability to open where there is demand for them, expand with increased demand and contract with reduced demand
* Money should follow students, which means that funding policies must be designed so that schools that are in demand have the funds to expand and those that are not in demand lose funds and must contract; and
* Independent management of schools, which means that schools must be free to innovate in a range of areas, including pedagogy, teacher pay, budget allocation, and the way the school is organised. “