Below is a short list of resources for activists interested in learning more about public education reforms.

Center for Community Change— Education Team
1536 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
www.communitychange.org
Aims to help low-income people build powerful, effective organizations through which they can change their communities and public policies.

Defending Public Education
Political Research Associates, 1310 Broadway, Suite 201, Somerville, MA 02144
www.publiceye.org
Education-specific resource kit that provides organizing advice, media tips, fundraising tips, and source information to assist in opposing the advances of the Right.

Educational Justice
www.edjustice.org
Resource website hosted by the Educational Justice Program, Institute, promoting access to quality education for students from all racial and cultural groups.

Educator Roundtable
PO Box 186, Brandon, VT 05733-0186
http://educatorroundtable.org
Convened to repeal the current authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Facing History and Ourselves
16 Hurd Road, Brookline, MA 02445
www.facinghistory.org
Engages students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.
Fair Test
http://www.fairtest.org
Website for The National Center for Fair & Open Testing, which works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing.

GLSEN — Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10004
www.glsen.org
Strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Leave My Child Alone!
http://www.themmob.org
A family privacy project coalition to protect students from military recruiting consisting of Working Assets, Mainstreet Moms, and ACORN.

Parents for Public Schools
PO Box 12807, Jackson, MS 39236
www.parents4publicschools.com
A national grassroots organization of community-based chapters committed to restoring parent involvement and community support of public education.
The Public Education Network
601 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
www.publiceducation.org
A national association working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across the country.

Radical Teacher
www.radicalteacher.org
An independent magazine for educational workers that focuses on critical teaching practice, the political economy of education, and institutional struggles.

Rethinking Schools
1001 E. Keefe Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53212
www.rethinkingschools.org
A nonprofit, independent newspaper on public school reform looking at a variety of issues on education while linking to broad policy issues.

Teaching for Change
PO Box 73038, Washington, DC 20056
http://teachingforchange.org
Provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to read, write and change the world.

Teaching Tolerance
c/o The Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104
www.tolerance.org
Provides educators with educational materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity in the classroom and beyond.