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Freechild's Action Resource Center
Additional Resources
 The following organizations and publications can
provide essential resources for young people leading
action for social change. Included here are several
publications that provide general information, as
well as websites that provide information in several
areas.
Organizations & Websites
On Student Voices in Education Reform
SoundOut.org
A national online resource center promoting
meaningful student involvement in school change.
Includes examples of 'insider' school change- youth
working with educators to change schools- and
'outsider' school change- youth leading community
organizing efforts to change schools. Also has a lot
of publications, websites, and a discussion forum
for students and educators.
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform
The
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform is a national
network of school reformers who support efforts to create
high-quality schools that ensure educational success for all
urban young people. A special focus on student action is taking
root through several local programs and partnerships, supporting
advocates who want to work directly with
youth on issues of
school reform.
ESRC Network Project - Consulting Pupils About Teaching and
Learning
This
program, based at Cambridge University in the UK, has a variety
of aims, among which is seeking to integrate a theory of
teaching, learning and attainment with a theory of student voice
and participation in school change. Their information includes
useful publications that document research findings and
conference proceedings, among other details.
Forum for Youth Investment
FFYI
gathered several years' experience in youth development and
education reform to design a youth-centered vision of schooling.
They identified five areas, including Climate, Instruction &
Curriculum, Connections, Outcomes, and Engagement. Their
material explores this vision, offering new insights for school
improvement.
What Kids Can Do
Documents the value of young people working with teachers and
other adults on projects that combine powerful learning with
public purpose for an audience of educators and policy makers,
journalists, community members, and students. Among their many
projects promoting student voice and action, their latest,
"Students as Allies," asked schools in five cities "What if
teachers and students became steady allies rather than frequent
adversaries?" Other materials, including webpages and
publications, explore small schools, and student-designed
learning.
On Social Justice and Change in Education
Reform
Teachers for Social Change
Believes in evolving a society based on
equity
and love, where each person has access to resources regardless of
race,
gender, ability, age, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, or
faith,
for intellectual, spiritual, artistic, and emotional growth. This
visionary
society’s political, economic, and cultural systems and structures
uphold
the people’s right to participate in the decisions that affect them
and
ensures interactions that are based on respect and cooperation toward
a
sustainable future.
Teachers for Social Justice (Chicago)
An organization of teachers,
administrators,
pre-service teachers, and other educators working in public,
independent,
alternative, and charter schools and universities in the Chicago area.
We
have come together based on our commitment to education for social
justice.
We are working toward classrooms and schools that are anti-racist,
multicultural / multilingual, and grounded in the experiences of our
students.
Rethinking Schools
Rethinking Schools began as a local effort to address problems such as
basal
readers, standardized testing, and textbook-dominated curriculum.
Since its founding in 1986, it has grown into a nationally prominent publisher
of
educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10
Canadian
provinces, and many other countries. Rethinking Schools believes that
classrooms can be places of hope, where students and teachers gain
glimpses
of the kind of society we could live in and where students learn the
academic and critical skills needed to make that vision a reality.
Fair Test
The National Center for Fair & Open
Testing (FairTest) is an advocacy organization working to end the
abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that
evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.
Teaching for Change
An excellent resource for teaching materials.
Education Justice
Well-organized, annotated links to resources on anti-racist education,
assessment, critical pedagogy, education for equity,
school-family-community
relations, whole school change, what works, professional development
and
much more.
Educators for Social Responsibility
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) is dedicated to helping
young
people develop the convictions and skills to build a safe,
sustainable, and
just world. ESR promotes children's ethical and social development
through
courses and resources on conflict resolution, violence prevention,
intergroup relations, and character education.
National Coalition of Education Activists (NCEA)
NCEA is a multiracial network of families, school staff, union and
community
activists, and others organizing for equity and fundamental changes in
local
school districts. Its purpose is to support activists in their efforts
to
develop, promote, and implement progressive school reforms, to provide
a
counter to the right, and to fight racism and other forms of
institutional
bias.
Southern Poverty Law Center
Twice a year the SPLC produces the excellent magazine Teaching
Tolerance
(free to educators) and coordinates Klanwatch. The web site includes
articles from past issues, teaching strategies and information about
grants
and fellowships for teachers.
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