Resources on Education, Government Budgets, and NonProfits

The list of recommended readings is designed to serve as a starting point for those seeking more information on the current debate over education policy in the United States. It contains some, but certainly not all, of the reports and articles that Advancement Plus found interesting and informative as it worked to formulate its position on education policy. Links to the organizations responsible for producing these reports, as well as many others working on the issue of how to improve education in the United States, can be found below.

Recommended Reading on Education Policy and Reform

Education

Local Foundations and Organizations

The Barr Foundation

The Boston Foundation

Boston Indicators Project: Education

Boston Plan for Excellence

Boston Private Industry Council

Center for Collaborative Education

Citizens for Public Schools

Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University

Education Matters

Jobs for the Future

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: The Property-Tax Funding Dilemma

Massachusetts Charter Public School Association

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Massachusetts Executive Office of Education

Mass Insight Education & Research Institute

The National Board on Education Testing and Public Policy

The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy

T3 Initiative

Teach Plus

University of Massachusetts: Education Benchmarks Project

National Foundations and Organizations

Achieve, Inc.

Alliance for Excellent Education

Alliance for School Choice

Center on Reinventing Public Education

Center for Social Organization of Schools (CSOS) at Johns Hopkins University: Education Week Commentary

The Civil Rights Project at the University of California Los Angeles: K-12 Education

EPE Research Center

Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University

The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: Education Reform

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Schott Foundation for Public Education

Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Urban Institute

Federal, State, and Local Government Budgets

U.S. Government Revenue.com

U.S. Census Bureau: Federal, State, and Local Governments

U.S. Census Bureau: Statistical Abstract of the United States

Other NonProfit Organizations

Leadership Foundations of America

 

GuideStar: nonprofit reports and Forms 990 for donors, grantmakers and businesses