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- 21st Century Learning Initiative
- Reston
Transnational organization which researches human learning and exlores its implications for education, work and communities.
www.21learn.org
- Alliance for Excellent Education
Works to assure that at-risk middle and high school students achieve high standards and graduate prepared for college and future success.
www.all4ed.org
- America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST)
Organization working to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the people of the Middle East and North Africa.
www.amideast.org
- American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)
Dedicated to the belief that lifelong learning contributes to human fulfillment and positive social change.
www.aaace.org
- American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../American_Association_of_College_Registrars_and_Admissions_Officers__AACRAO_
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Teacher_Education/American_Association_of_Colleges_for_Teacher_Education
- American Association of Community Colleges@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community_College/American_Association_of_Community_Colleges
- American Youth Policy Forum
Provides learning opportunities for policy makers working on youth issues related to education, preparation for careers, and development.
www.aypf.org
- ASHA
Dedicated to the support of basic education in India.
www.ashanet.org/dc
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Alexandria
Committed to the mission of forging covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners.
www.ascd.org
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
Nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.
www.acsa-arch.org
- Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges
www.agb.org
- Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA)
- Alexandria
Maintains, protects, and promotes the quality of educational facilities.
www.appa.org
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
www.ajcunet.edu
- Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
Consortium of graduate institutions that train their students for international leadership and service.
www.apsia.org
- Center for Adult Development
Nonprofit educational, research, and service organization that promotes adult development in the workplace.
www.adultdev.org
- Center for Education Reform
National advocacy group. Issues include: standards, accountability, governance, school choice, and charter schools.
edreform.com
- Challenger Center for Space Science Education
- Alexandria
Provides programs that educate students in the fields of science and math. Founded and incorporated through the efforts of the families of the Space Shuttle Challenger 51-L crew in April of 1986.
www.challenger.org
- Character Education Partnership (CEP)
Nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals who are dedicated to promoting character education in our public schools.
www.character.org
- Coalition for Christian Colleges & Universities
Resources for students, faculty, and administrators.
www.cccu.org
- College and University Personnel Association (CUPA)
Trade association for college and university human resource professionals.
www.cupa.org
- College Bound
Tutoring, mentoring, and scholarship program for college-bound students in D.C. public high schools.
www.collegebound.org
- College Parents of America
- Arlington
An independent, nonprofit, national association of college parents, serving as their legislative and campus advocate, and resource for information and services.
www.collegeparents.org
- Community Service Guild, Inc.
Volunteer group that operates tutoring and training programs for parents, community organizations, and students in reading and arithmetic.
www.thecsg.org
- Correctional Education Association
- Lanham
Professional association serving educators and administrators who provide services to students in correctional settings.
www.ceanational.org
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education
International association of advancement officers, including alumni administrators, fundraisers, public relations managers, and more.
www.case.org
- Council for Basic Education
Independent nonprofit, membership organization that promotes a curriculum strong in the basic subjects for all children in the nation's elementary and secondary schools.
www.c-b-e.org
- Council of Chief State School Officers
Represents and works on behalf of the public officials who lead state education agencies.
www.ccsso.org
- Education for Development and Democracy Initiative (EDDI)
Focuses on initiative programs strengthening educational systems for girls and women in Africa to extend the principles of democracy and entrepreneurship development.
www.eddionline.org
- Education Policy Institute
Provides education research and policy analysis from a public choice and pro-market perspective.
www.educationpolicy.org
- Fight For Children
Mission is to create, promote, and invest in K-12 education opportunities that successfully prepare children for college and the workplace, and to provide quality primary health care options for D.C. area youth.
www.fightforchildren.org
- First Book
A national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give disadvantaged children the opportunity to read and own their first new books.
www.firstbook.org
- Fulbright Association
U.S. alumni organization of former Fulbright grantees. Provides hospitality and enrichment activities for Fulbright foreign scholars during their stay in the U.S.
www.fulbrightalumni.org
- Fulbright Scholar Program@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Grants/Fulbright_Scholar_Program
- Future of Freedom Foundation
- Fairfax
www.fff.org
- Hands on DC
All-volunteer community work-a-thon to improve the DC public schools and raise college scholarships for local students. April 8, 2000.
www.handsondc.org
- Hariri Foundation USA
Supports the academic and technical training of Lebanese scholars in a variety of fields.
www.haririfoundationusa.org
- Heads Up
Furthering the principles of service, leadership, and learning by enlisting university students as tutors and mentors to children and families.
www.headsup-dc.org
- Hispanic College Fund, Inc.
A business partnership for higher education. Providing scholarships to Hispanic undergraduate students majoring in business.
hispanicfund.org
- Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc.
Implements programs with a focus on establishing leadership networks, examining policy issues, and promoting mobilization of local communities.
www.iel.org
- International Research & Exchanges Board
Provides grant opportunties for U.S. scholars to conduct field research in CEE and the NIS.
www.irex.org
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA)@ - Reston
dir.yahoo.com/.../Reston/Education
- Loudoun Literacy Council
- Leesburg
Provides information on the services the Council offers and how to volunteer.
members.aol.com/~loudnreads
- Meridian International Center
Nonprofit educational and cultural institution that promotes international understanding through the exchange of people, ideas, and the arts.
www.meridian.org
- National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
Consortium of state agencies supporting sex equity in vocational education.
www.napequity.org
- National Alliance for Safe Schools
- Lanham
Provides technical assistance, training and research to school districts interested in reducing school-based crime and violence.
www.safeschools.org
- National Association for Bilingual Education
Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education.
www.nabe.org
- National Association for College Admission Counseling
- Alexandria
Striving to support and advance the work of both secondary school and college admission counselors as they help students realize their full educational potential.
www.nacacnet.org
- National Association for Gifted Children@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Gifted_Youth/National_Association_for_Gifted_Children__USA_
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- Alexandria
NAESP provides advocacy and support for elementary and middle level principals and other education leaders in their commitment to all children.
www.naesp.org
- National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
- Reston
Nation's largest school leadership organization, representing middle level and high school principals and assistant principals.
www.nassp.org
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Student_Affairs/National_Association_of_Student_Personnel_Administrators
- National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
NCPIE advocates the involvement of parents and families in their children's education, and fosters relationships between home, school, and community to enhance the education of all our nation's young people.
www.ncpie.org
- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Professional development, teaching resources, news, meetings, and publications.
www.ncss.org
- National Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda
- Reston
Association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.
www.fbla-pbl.org
- National Humanities Institute
Promotes research, publishing, and teaching in the humanities.
www.nhinet.org
- National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
Archive of the work done by the institute to help students at risk of educational failure due to limited English proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location, or economic disadvantage.
www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk
- National Mentoring Partnership
Advocates for the expansion of mentoring; a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
www.mentoring.org
- National School Public Relations Association
- Rockville
Provides school communication training and services to school leaders.
www.nspra.org
- Permias Washington, DC
Includes history, calendar, officers, and other information.
www.dc.permias.org
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
www.pbk.org
- Population Institute
International, educational, nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce excessive population growth.
www.populationinstitute.org
- Public Education Network (PEN)
Public Education Network (PEN) is a national association of local education funds (LEFs) and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country. PEN believes an active, vocal constituency is the key to ensuring that every child, in every community, benefits from a quality public education.
www.publiceducation.org
- Reading Connection
- Arlington
Literacy outreach program for children living in homeless shelters in Northern Virginia.
www.thereadingconnection.org
- Rebuild America's Schools
Coalition which is helping local communities build, renovate, and modernize school facilities.
www.modernschools.com
- SisterMentors
Promoting education among women and girls of color by mentoring doctoral candidates and girls in middle and high schools in the Washington, D.C. area.
www.sistermentors.org
- SkillsUSA
- Leesburg
National organization that serves trade, industrial, technical and health occupations students in public high schools, vocational centers, area vocational schools and two-year colleges.
www.skillsusa.org
- Student Teacher Internship Program (STP)
- Rockville
Allows high school students and science teachers to perform biomedical research in basic science laboratories of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/intern/stp
- Washington D.C. Odyssey of the Mind
Includes program information, registration, contacts, dates, alumni and volunteer information, and more.
dc.odysseyofthemind.org
- Washington Higher Education Secretariat (WHES)
Composed of 40 national higher education associations representing the different sectors and functions in postsecondary institutions.
www.whes.org
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