Education Links and Resources

Links to Information-Rich Websites

Boston Public Schools
The website of the Boston public school system. Provides general facts and figures on the BPS, BPS-related news clips and press releases, and an html version of the Connections newsletter.

Boston Partners in Education
Builds corporate, university, and school volunteer partnership opportunities. Website provides news clips and program information.

Boston After School and Beyond
Fosters learning among and between public and private funders to assist their efforts to strengthen the after-school sector in Boston.

Boston Early Education Quality Improvement Project (EQUIP)
Collaborates with members of the Boston early education community to systematically evaluate, set goals for, and improve upon the quality of early childhood programs.

Boston Private Industry Council                                                                                                                                                                                  Fine the Boston Private Industry Council's annual survey of recent Boston Public School graduates, along with research on dropouts and the future of Boston's labor force.

Center for Collaborative Education
Promotes purposeful learning and small, caring communities in K-12 public schools by providing coaching, professional development, advocacy, and research toward the development of schools that nurture every student.

The Education Trust
Promotes efforts to close the academic achievement gap between low-income and children of color from other youth.

Education Week
A project of Editorial Projects in Education Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization whose mission is to help raise the level of awareness and understanding of important issues in American education. They cover local, state, and national news and issues from K-12, and provide periodic special reports as well as books of special interest to educators.

Just 4 Kids                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A project of the National Center for Educational Achievement, JUST 4 Kids has a user-friendly interface that allows for the comparison of individual schools with demographically similar schools, highlighting gaps between schools performances.

Massachusetts Department of Education
The state’s K-12 public education agency. Website provides html statistical reports, news and press releases, educator information and information on events, programs, and initiatives.

Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
The state's public higher education agency. Provides information on events, programs, and initiatives.

Massachusetts Education Benchmarks
Designed to give citizens the information they need to understand the progress of public education reform in Massachusetts, with information about local schools and the performance of different school systems and education reform over time. There are also links, a FAQ section, and discussion forums.

MassINC — Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth
MassINC is a nonpartisan think tank and advocacy group to promote the growth and vitality of the state’s middle class. Website provides html links to articles from their quarterly Commonwealth magazine, pdf versions of their research publications (free registration required), and information on initiatives, forums and events.

Mass Insight Education
Not-for-profit organization focused on improving student achievement in Massachusetts' public schools through benchmarking initiatives, school leadership training programs, integrated math reform, public service information programs, and policy reports.

National Center for Education Statistics
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the US and other nations. Website provides searchable statistics database, information on schools and colleges, a publications catalog, and information on programs.

ReadBoston
A partnership of the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Boston Public Schools. Website provides information on programs.

Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy
Seeks to foster public discourse and policy-making through non-partisan independent research, civic engagement, and constructive activism.

Resources: Ways to Get More Involved

Boston Parents Organizing Network

Boston Partners in Education

Black Ministerial Alliance Education Action Project

Early Education for All Campaign

EdVestors

Experience Corps Boston

Great Schools Campaign