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
Boston Indicators Project: Education
Boston Private Industry Council
Center for Collaborative Education
Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University
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
University of Massachusetts: Education Benchmarks Project
National Foundations and Organizations
Alliance for Excellent Education
Center on Reinventing Public Education
The Civil Rights Project at the University of California Los Angeles: K-12 Education
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
Federal, State, and Local Government Budgets
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