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Minority teacher pipeline programs stand as a stunning testament to the power of removing obstacles that place limits on human potential and to the explosion of productivity that results from investment in developing people’s capacities.
Patterns of Excellence: Policy Perspectives on Diversity in Teaching and School Leadership (2001) |
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| State Profiles present key data about each state's student and school population and its NAEP testing history and results. The profiles provide easy access to all NAEP data for participating states and links to the most recent state report cards for all available subjects. |
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| The Center addresses the needs of the whole child, from the prenatal period through adolescence, and involves the full array of institutions, practices, and issues that affect the healthy development of children: medical care and public health, welfare, education, juvenile justice, family court, preschool and childcare provision, community services, and family health and vitality. |
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| The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. We have never taken government funds. |
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| Established in 1989, CISNC assists North Carolina communities in replicating the CIS process of coordinated service delivery, supports the thirty local CIS organizations across the state, and advocates for children, youth, and their families. CISNC provides regional and on-site training and technical assistance, builds partnerships with state agencies and organizations to benefit young people, and serves as a resource and information center for local communities concerned about youth at risk of school failure. |
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| The North Carolina Education & Law Project works to improve the public education system of North Carolina to better serve minority and low-income children. The Project is nationally recognized for its advocacy efforts which have produced legislation, to reduce class size in the primary grades and improve parental involvement in public schools. |
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| The North Carolina Education Alliance is dedicated to fundamental reform of our state's education system. We believe that the focus of education should be on students rather than the system, because the system exists to serve the students. The mission of the Alliance is to identify and publicize innovative, effective solutions to educational problems. |
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| The mission of the North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center is to reduce, and ultimately eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that low-income, working poor and minority individuals and communities have the resources they need to move from poverty to economic security. |
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| The North Carolina Partnership for Excellence (NCPE) is a nonprofit, private-public partnership created to support existing school system partners and to create additional supportive networks involving business, higher education, school systems, and local communities. NCPE encourages partnerships with national, state, and local organizations to improve education in North Carolina. |
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| Guilford Education Alliance is a countywide nonprofit organization affiliated with the Public Education Network, whose mission is to promote and support the programs, policies and initiatives necessary so that each resident of Guilford County can reach his or her educational potential, with emphasis on the Guilford County Schools. |
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| The mission of the Charlotte Advocates for Education is to define the issues and advocate for the changes required to permanently improve the quality of public education in Mecklenburg County. |
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| To improve life and educational outcomes for every public school student in Chatham County |
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| The mission of the Durham Public Education Network (DPEN) is to focus community resources for exemplary public schools. |
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| Uniting community resources for excellence in public education |
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| The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., is a nonprofit education and research corporation dedicated to the reform and improvement of mathematics and science education by the incorporation of appropriate computational and communication technologies. The name recalls the role of the hammer in the shouldering process of making and applying gold leaf: The Foundation works to extend valuable educational resources and opportunities as far as possible. |
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| SERVE’s mission is to promote and support the continuous improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast. SERVE engages in research and development on education issues of critical importance to educators in the region, and in the provision of research-based services to educators, policymakers and others who strive for improved student performance. SERVE publishes a variety of studies, training materials, policy briefs, brochures, and videotapes. |
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| The Public School Forum of NC is a not for profit policy think tank which is a partnership of business leaders, educational leaders, and governmental leaders in North Carolina. The Forum’s work is mainly in four areas: Proposing the creation of the Teaching Fellows Program and administering the Program since 1986; Setting the public policy framework for North Carolina’s entry into school accountability with the passage of the 1989 School Improvement and Accountability Act; proposing major changes to the way in which North Carolina funds its schools; and creating a one-of-a-kind Institute for Educational Policymakers, a capacity-building center that focuses on members of the General Assembly, the State Board of Education and reporters who cover their actions. |
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| The John Locke Foundation is an independent, nonprofit think tank that works “for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.” The Locke Foundation publishes studies and periodicals, hosts events, and makes media and public appearances in addressing a variety of issues including "providing a sound, basic education to every child and the "crushing tax burdens on families and businesses." |
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