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2007 National Forum Sponsors
The National Center for Urban School Transformation
Equity and Excellence in Education
Equity & Excellence in Education is a quarterly journal that publishes articles based on scholarly research utilizing qualitative or quantitative methods, as well as essays that describe and assess practical efforts to achieve educational equity and are contextualized within an appropriate literature review. The journal covers a wide range of topics related to equity, equality and social justice in K-12 or postsecondary schooling. These topics focus upon social justice issues in school systems, individual schools, classrooms, and/or the social justice factors that contribute to inequality in learning for students from diverse social group backgrounds. Request a free sample copy of Equity & Excellence in Education by linking to the journal’s web site.
Other Links
The Access Center
Improving access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Educational Employment Board
The Data Resource Center (DRC)
The Data Resource Center (DRC) for Child and Adolescent Health is an easy-to-use public website that eliminates barriers and reduces time and resources needed to obtain key findings on the health and health care of
children, youth, and families.
The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that documents and disseminates information about exemplary programs in K-12 schools to help these practices spread nationwide. We serve this mission through the creation of media -- from films, books and e-newsletters, to CD-ROMs and DVDs. We use our magazine, Edutopia, our Web site, and documentaries to celebrate the unsung heroes across our nation who are making "Edutopia" a reality. www.edutopia.org
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
Online Learning Modules and Related Materials
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Public Consulting Group
Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG) is America's fastest growing government consulting firm. We are a true management consulting firm offering public policy development, service delivery and design, rate setting, cost accounting, revenue maximization, financial management, operations improvement, planning, strategy implementation and other management advisory services to government and private health and human service providers.
The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring is a national technical assistance and dissemination center with a mission to provide technical assistance to states and districts and disseminate information about progress monitoring practices proven to work in different academic content areas (Gr. K-5). Housed at the American Institutes for Research and funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the center works in conjunction with researchers from Vanderbilt University.
United We Ride (UWR)
UWR is a Federal interagency initiative aimed at improving the availability, quality, and efficient delivery of transportation services for older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with lower incomes. This work is in response to an Executive Order related to human service transportation coordination, and includes the participation of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) on a Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility.
The recent fact sheets include: United We Ride, Mobility Management, Family of Transportation Services, and Transportation Services Coordination Plan.
