Organizations & Links
The following organizations and government websites follow current trends in public education and provide information and other helpful resources.
Pennsylvania Resources
The Education Law Center is a non-profit legal advocacy and educational organization, dedicated to ensuring that all of Pennsylvania's children have access to a quality public education.
The Education Policy and Leadership Center is an independent, non-partisan and not-for-profit organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The work of the Center focuses on education policy, education leadership, and education advocacy.
Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools is an organization dedicated to promote equal opportunity for quality education for all students in every school and community in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children is a strong, effective and trusted voice to improve the health, education, and well-being of the Commonwealth's children.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania School Profiles are provided by the PA Dept. of Education, and provide detailed information about your school district, even your own school, including enrollment, percent of poverty, number of teachers and their average salaries, expenditures per student and PSSA information.
Pennsylvania School Boards Association is an organization dedicated to promote excellence in school board governance through leadership, service and advocacy for public education.
Pennsylvania State Education Association is an organization dedicated to advance quality public education for all students while fostering the dignity and worth of members through collective action.
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators is an organization dedicated to promote high quality public education systems for all learners through the support and development of professional leaderships.
The Pennsylvania PTA is a volunteer child advocacy organization. It is a not-for-profit association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities, PTA is a leader in reminding our nation of its obligations to children.
The ARC of Pennsylvania works toward the goal of having people with mental retardation fully participate in civil, social, educational, health and employment activities in the communities in which they reside, with the opportunity to grow to their fullest potential in every way.
Pennsylvania Legislature General Assembly
The Pennsylvania Constitution - See Article 3 Section 14 for the language charging the General Assembly with the responsibility of supporting public education.
Regional Resources
Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth is an organization working to improve the lives and life chances of our region's children through thoughtful and informed advocacy.
Philadelphia Public School Notebook is an independent education newspaper and a voice for quality and equality in public schools.
Center for Greater Philadelphia is a unique, applied public policy unit of the University of Pennsylvania. CGP's major initiatives include Operation Public Education, an education reform initiative, which has developed a comprehensive set of reforms to improve the performance of public schools and ensure that all our nation's children have the opportunity to achieve at high levels.
Lancaster Foundation for Educational Enrichment promotes educational excellence in the School District of Lancaster by strengthening community participation and by providing support for initiatives not funded by current tax revenues.
The Mon Valley Education Consortium is a non-profit, third-party intermediary organization that works in 25 school districts in southwestern Pennsylvania to promote systemic change and improved student achievement in the region's public schools.
The Philadelphia Education Fund is an independent nonprofit organization, has been working to improve the educational achievement of underserved youth in the Philadelphia region for the past two decades.
National Resources
SchoolMatters is a service of Standard and Poor's, and serves as a place for parents, educators and leaders to research information about public schools.
Access is a national network that works to strengthen the links between school finance litigation, public engagement, and standards-based reform.
Achieve, Inc. helps states raise academic standards and achievement so that all students graduate ready for college, work and citizenship.
Education Week is a highly respected national newspaper on education that is published weekly. Check it out for excellent coverage of a wide range of national, state and local education issues.
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, pre-kindergarten through college, and forever closing the achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other youth.
National Center for Education Statistics
National Education Association is an organization dedicated to great schools for every child.
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues.