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- CATALYST Voices of Chicago School Reform
CATALYST: Voices of Chicago School Reform is an “independent newsmagazine created in 1990 to document, analyze and support school-improvement efforts in the Chicago Public Schools. It is published by the Community Renewal Society, a faith-based organization founded in 1882 that works to create racially and economically just communities in metropolitan Chicago. The Society also publishes The Chicago Reporter, an award-winning newsletter created in 1972 to investigate issues of race and poverty.”
- The Small Schools Workshop (SSW)
The Small Schools Workshop is “a group of educators, organizers and researchers based in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Small Schools Workshop collaborates with teachers, principals, and parents to create new, small, innovative learning communities in public schools. In addition to our interest in individual schools, the Small Schools Workshop actively explores the larger issues of education reform, with a particular focus on the role that small schools can have in furthering positive whole-school and systemic change.”
- National Council of Teachers of English
The National Council of Teachers of English is “devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English.” It contains some useful links to organizations that fight against censorship: the “Anti-Censorship Center.”
- Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation “seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and educate them to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country's future by investing in our youth today.” It has teaching aids on subjects like the Bill of Rights or Youth Violence.
- National Youth Development Information Center
The National Youth Development Information Center, is “a project of the National Assembly through its affinity group, the National Collaboration for Youth NYDIC provides practice-related information about youth development to national and local youth-serving organizations at low cost or no cost.” It serves as a database to address the developmental needs of youth, in comparison to other sites which focus just on youth problems. Links to job opportunities, and even an online Directory of American Youth Organizations is featured on their site.
- GLSEN Chicago
GLSEN - The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network “is the only national organization that brings together a wide variety of people who actively care about ending homophobia in the schools. Everyone (regardless of occupation or sexual orientation) is welcome to get involved with GLSEN. In addition to sponsoring meetings, workshops, conferences, an annual Back-to-School campaign and a contingent in the Chicago Pride Parade each June, GLSEN Chicago presents cash two scholarships each year to young people (regardless of their sexual orientation) who have demonstrated a commitment to ending homophobia in the Illinois schools.
- Building Blocks for Youth
Building Blocks for Youth is an alliance of children's advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to protect minority youth in the justice system and promote rational and effective justice policies. Many good studies ranging from zero tolerance to juvenile justice are found on this website.
- The Freedom Forum
The Freedom Forum is a “nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms, newsroom diversity and world press freedom.” The website contains news in regards to First Amendment rights, bibliographies on issues which would prove helpful for projects, and reports which can be in some cases ordered free of charge.
- FindLaw U.S. Constitution
“FindLaw, the leading Web portal focused on law and government, provides access to a comprehensive and fast-growing online library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, consumers and small businesses. FindLaw's mission is to make legal information on the Internet easy to find. Visitors to the FindLaw site will find a broad array of features that include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists, message boards and free e-mail.” This specific link is to their Constitution search, which is helpful for information about the Bill of Rights.
- Thomas-U.S. Congress on the Internet
“Thomas” is the most comprehensive Internet source for information about the House and Senate.
- High School Journalism
“This site is geared toward teen journalists, their teachers and guidance counselors as well as the editors and staffs of professional daily newspapers. Its goal is to encourage a diverse generation of young people to make newspaper journalism their career. Those who don't will develop a deeper appreciation of the First Amendment and the role newspapers play in a free, informed society.”
- Student Press Law Center
The Student Press Law Center is “the nation's only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment and supporting the student news media in their struggle to cover important issues free from censorship. The nonprofit org provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics and provides free legal representation to local students when necessary.” This website should be utilized especially by Journalism classes.
- SPJ organization home page
“The Society of Professional Journalists is the nation’s largest and most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.”
- Teach-ology: Web Portal for Educators
TeAch-nology.com “attempts to connect teaching and technology by utilizing strategies that enhance both the teaching and learning process by offering both novice and experienced educators the opportunity to overcome fears associated with technology.” The site is geared towards educators, and this specific page contains links about student’s rights.
- Safe & Responsive Schools Project
The Safe and Responsive Schools Project is “a model demonstration and technical assistance project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, dedicated to enabling schools and school districts to develop a broader perspective on school safety and violence prevention, stressing comprehensive planning, prevention, and parent/community involvement.” Significant studies about zero tolerance and violence prevention by the Indiana Education Policy Center are available.
- The New York Times Learning Network
A good site for teachers & students to read up on current events in an educational forum.
- American Federation of Teachers
Like NEA, it is most likely to enter into censorship cases when a contract issue is involved. State and local branches may become vocal. It “represents one million teachers, school support staff, higher education faculty and staff, health care professionals, and state and municipal employees.”
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
"The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded, nationwide information network designed to provide you with ready access to educational literature"
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