Links for Forums Groups
When new legislation passes, PSBA is seen as the leader in analyzing it and helping members make sense of it.
Links to other organizations offering information, news and resources.
Rural districts
- Center for Rural Pennsylvania -- http://www.ruralpa.org/
The Legislative Agency of the Pennsylvania General Assembly - Pennsylvania Association of Small and Rural Schools -- http://www.parss.org/default.asp
- Center on Rural Education and Communities -- http://www.ed.psu.edu/crec/home.htm
- Navigating Resources for Rural Schools -- http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/
Developed by the Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics, the Web site provides links to data and information on current and changing conditions in education in rural America. - The Rural School and Community Trust -- http://www.ruraledu.org/index.html
"A nonprofit educational organization dedicated to enlarging student learning and improving community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community-based public work." (Excerpt) - The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Rural Web page -- http://www.aasa.org/policy/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2012&snItemNumber=7780&tnItemNumber=9175
Devoted to the information needs of rural and small school administrators. Includes the Rural, Small Schools weekly newsletter. There is also information on rural issues in the Government Relations section of the AASA site. - Rural Policy Research Institute -- http://www.rupri.org
Conducts research and facilitates public dialogue about the rural impacts of public policies and programs. - Rural Information Center -- http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/
A joint project of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service and the National Agricultural Library., Information and referral services to local government officials, community organizations, health professionals and organizations, rural electric and telephone cooperatives, libraries, businesses, and rural citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas. - National Rural Education Association -- http://www.nrea.net/
- Center for Rural Affairs -- http://www.cfra.org/
The Center engages in research, education, advocacy, and service work to further this vision of rural America - Organizations Concerned About Rural Education -- http://www.ruralschools.org/
Organizations Concerned about Rural Education is a coalition of more than two dozen education, farm, rural, technology and utility organizations.
Urban districts
- How-To Guide for school officials and business leaders who are interested in engaging in school-business partnerships. The common goal of virtually all school-business partnerships is to improve the academic, social or physical well-being of students. http://www.corpschoolpartners.org/guide.shtml
- Perspectives on Urban Education -- http://www.urbanedjournal.org/
Provide an interactive forum to investigate critical issues in urban education. - The Institute for Urban and Minority Education -- http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/
IUME provides the knowledge necessary for establishing government policies and designing educational programs to support the development of these ethnically and linguistically diverse groups. - Council of the Great City Schools -- http://www.cgcs.org/
An organization of the nation's largest urban public school systems, advocating K-12 education in inner-city schools, and governed by superintendents and board of education members from 50 cities across the country. Site includes urban ed case studies, legislative updates, list of links, much more. - Rethinking Schools: An Urban Educational Journal -- http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
A nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials advocating the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice. - National Resource Center for Youth Services -- http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/
Offers resources and support for child welfare, youth services, juvenile justice, and other professionals whose focus is youth, children and families. - Laboratory for Student Success -- http://www.temple.edu/departments/LSS/
Funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U. S. Department of Education, LSS seeks to achieve high academic standards in urban schools in the mid-Atlantic region and nationally through a comprehensive program of urban education enhancement. - The National Institute for Urban School Improvement -- http://www.urbanschools.org
- ERIC Digest - Family Diversity in Urban Schools (1999) -- http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed434188.html
- ERIC Digest - Overcrowding in Urban Schools (1995) -- http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed384682.html
- Urban Education Partnership -- http://www.urbanedpartnership.org/
- ‘I Have A Dream’ Foundation -- http://www.ihad.org/
Provides comprehensive educational support for children from low-income communities, provides support services to local sites and fosters community outreach. - National Institute for Urban School Improvement -- http://www.urbanschools.org
- The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems -- http://www.nccrest.org
- The Urban Institute -- http://www.urban.org/