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Organizations and Associations
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Visited each week by thousands of educators, policy makers, parents, students, researchers and Ohio citizens with a stake in education. They are promoting Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (http://pfie.ed.gov) which strives to achieve family involvement int he child's learning at school and at home and to use family, school and community partnerships to strengthen schools and improve student achievement.
Literacy.Org
http://www.literacy.org
Literacy.org is a gateway to electronic resources and tools for the national and international youth and adult literacy communities. This site is jointly sponsored by the International Literacy Institute (ILI) and the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/
The goal of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) is to conduct the reasearch, development, evaluation and dissemination needed to build effective, cost-effecient adult learning anf literacy programs. The theme that unifies the research and dissemination strategies of NCSALL's five-year effort is improvement of the quality of practice in educational programs that serve adult learners.
National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/
The National Center for Family Literacy is a nonprofit educational organization with 501(c)(3) status headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1989 through a grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and has as its mission the advancement and support of family literacy services for millions of families across the United States through programming, training, research, advocacy, and dissemination of information about family literacy.
National Institute for Literacy
http://novel.nifl.gov
NIFL was created as a part of the 1991 Literacy Act by a bipartisan Congressional coalition to be the hub of national literacy efforts. By serving as a resource for the literacy community, the Institute assists in addressing urgent national priorities-- upgrading the workforce, reducing welfare dependency, raising the standard of living, and creating safer communities.
ProLiteracy
http://www.proliteracy.org/
ProLiteracy represents the merger of the two largest volunteer literacy programs, Literacy Volunteers of America and Laubach Literacy International.
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/
This mission of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy: to establish literacy as a value in every family in America, by helping every family in the nation understand that the home is the child's first school, that the parent is the child's first teacher, and that reading is the child's first subject; and to break the cycle of intergenerational illiteracy, by supporting the development of family literacy programs where parents and children can learn and read together.
Even Start Family Literacy
http://www.evenstart.org
Welcome to The Even Start Family Literacy Home Page, A Holistic Approach to Family Literacy. Sponsored by the National EvenStart Association .
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/alsc/parents.links.html
The American Library Association offers links for parents and caregivers. Topics include: Children's Literature and Reading, Parenting, Homeschooling, and Exploring the Internet.
Archive of ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Publications
http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/eric_archive.asp
This archive of ERIC publications contains full text publications of The Urban Diversity Series, The Trends and Issues Series, ERIC Digests, and ERIC Parent Guides. There are also pathways to Urban Educatiaon information on the Internet.
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