L I N K S

 

  • American Federation of Teachers
    • The American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO—the union that Albert Shanker helped to build—represents more than one million members, including pre-K through 12th-grade teachers, paraprofessionals and other school staff, higher education faculty, nurses and other health care workers, and state and local government employees.


 EDUCATION

  • Achieve
    • An independent, nonprofit organization that helps states and districts implement education systems based on academic standards.
  • Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
    • Housed at Johns Hopkins and Howard Universities, CRESPAR is a federally supported, national research center that focuses on improving the education of students at risk for educational failure due to language deficiencies, poverty, race, or economic disadvantage.
  • Core Knowledge Foundation
    • An independent, nonprofit foundation that strives for equity and excellence in education through the promotion of a common core curriculum in pre-K, elementary and middle school.
     
  • Council for Basic Education
    • A national, non-profit organization that advocates for high academic standards and exemplary teaching in every public school classroom in America.
     
  • Education Week
    • A national newspaper with excellent online resources designed to raise public awareness on educational issues.
  • Learning First Alliance
    • An alliance consists of national education organizations and CEOs dedicated to improving public education.
  • National Education Goals Panel
    • An independent, government agency that monitors national and state progress in regard to the National Education Goals.


LABOR

  • A. Philip Randolph Institute
    • A national organization of African-American trade unionists committed to racial equality and the rights of workers.
  • AFL-CIO
    • The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is a voluntary alliance U.S. labor unions.
  • Labourstart
    • Comprehensive site for international labor news and related information.


DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN, CIVIL AND WORKER RIGHTS

  • CIVNET
    The Web site of Citvitas International, an organization to promote quality civic education around the world.
  • Freedom House
    A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to expand political and economic freedom worldwide.
  • Human Rights Watch
    An independent, non-governmental agency that is dedicated to protecting human rights worldwide.
  • International Labor Organization
    A UN agency (established by the League of Nations in 1919) designed to promote internationally recognized human and worker rights.
     
  • International Rescue Committee
    A nonsectarian, charitable organization providing relief, protection, and resettlement services for refugees and victims of oppression around the world.
  • Laogai Research Foundation
    A nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting and disseminating information about the use of forced labor in China.
  • National Endowment for Democracy
    A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to strengthen democratic institutions in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.
  • Rugmark Foundation
    An international organization that works with carpet producers and importers to eradicate the use of child labor.
     
  • Solidarity Center
    A non-profit organization established by the AFL-CIO to assist workers around the world in building independent and democratic trade unions, promoting worker rights, and fostering more just and democratic societies.


GOVERNMENT SITES

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    A center within the U.S. Department of Labor which provides statistical data on such topics as unemployment, average earnings, and productivity.
  • U.S. Department of Education
    This federal department was established to assure equal access to educational opportunities and promote excellence in education.
  • U.S. Department of Labor
    This federal department, which was established to ensure workplace adequacy, deals with such issues as workers’ rights, health and safety, and job training.
  • Thomas
    A Web site designed to make federal legislative information more available to the public.
  • The White House
    This site includes current news releases, biographies, and links to federal government branches and agencies.
     

OTHER LINKS

  • Century Foundation
    A nonprofit, nonpartisan research foundation that conducts critical analyses of major economic, political and social institutions and issues.
  • Electronic Policy Network
    An association of public policy organizations that provides links to research, information, and ideas.
  • Economic Policy Institute
    An institute dedicated to open discussion and debate concerning ways to achieve a prosperous, yet fair economy.
  • National Research Council
    The NRC is a body of the National Academy of Sciences designed to connect the broad community of science and technology with further knowledge and federal government advisement.
  • New Economy Information Service
    A project of the Foundation for Democratic Education that brings together leaders in labor, government, business, academia, and civil society to discuss issues concerning the new economy.
  • Public Agenda
    An organization designed to inform citizens on public policy issues and to help leaders understand the public’s view on those issues.
  • Urban Institute
    A research and educational organization that investigates the nation’s social and economic problems.

     

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