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Urban School Reform

Education reform is mainly about changing 'traditional' educational practices or policies, presumably for the better. This may include changing teaching methods, administration, textbooks, schedules, curriculum, and grouping and promotion practices, for example. As time goes on, new issues come and go, but all would be considered 'education reform.' This category focuses on reform efforts in urban schools.

• - A nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. Advocates the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.
  
• - A national network of parents, community members, teachers, administrators, researchers, unions, and funders working to improve public schools.
  
• - A national effort organized by The Heritage Foundation to mobilize public pressure on behalf of better education for the poor. There is no excuse for the academic failure of most public schools serving poor children.
  
• - The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University promotes and advocates the serious redesign of American schooling, especially in the areas of urban schools and disadvantaged students.
  
• - A working group of district administrators responsible for middle-grades reform. The network's goal is to strengthen middle-grades reform efforts in participating urban districts.
  
• - Dedicated to supporting school-based research and reform efforts that focus on the problems and issues confronting urban schools.
  
  

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