Links, Monroe County School Boards Association


ADVOCACY GROUPS
Alliance for Quality Education http://www.citizenactionny.org/educationmain.html	Statewide coalition seeking equitable education funding
American Association of School Administrators http://www.aasa.org	Information on national issues in education from an administrative perspective
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) http://www.aft.org/
Campaign for Fiscal Equity http://www.cfequity.org	Non-profit agency seeking equitable state aid reform through the court system
Central New York School Boards Association http://www.cnysba.org/
Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning http://www.leadsafeby2010.org/	Regional coalition to remove causes of lead poisoning in Monroe County by 2010
Cooperative Organization for Public Education COPE brochure	COPE seeks to protect state aid to education. COPE can be contacted at COPE@syr.edu.
Educational Conference Board http://www.nysecb.org/	NYS organizations of PTA, teachers, school boards, superintendents, administrators, and school business officials develop and advocate for positions on common concern.
Erie County Association of School Boards http://www.ecasb.org/
Four County School Boards Association http://www.4csba.org
Genesee Valley Parent Teachers Association http://www.gvpta.org	Regional PTA providing services to parents and local PTA groups
Genesee Valley School Boards Association http://www.gvsba.org/
Midstate School Finance Consortium http://www.midstateonline.org	Consortium of several hundred upstate NY school districts seeking a more equitable distribution of state aid through a consistent formula that is easily understood.
Nassau Suffolk School Boards Association http://www.nssba.org
National Education Association http://www.nea.org
National School Boards Association http://www.nsba.org	Discussion of national issues, schedule of events for school board members
NYS Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS) www.nyscoss.org	Information on breaking state-wide news, state legislation on education issues
New York State School Board Association (NYSSBA) http://www.nyssba.org	Discussion of state issues, schedule of events for school board members
NYSSBA Political Action Resource Center http://www.nyssba.org/parc.html	Issues information and advocacy; including legislative links and sample messages.
New York State United Teachers http://www.nysut.org/

GOVERNMENT LINKS (Federal)
FirstGov http://firstgov.gov/	US government site providing access to all federal web sites
U.S. Education Department http://www.ed.gov	Initiatives, programs, services, publications and products; grants and scholarships; search feature to minimize surfing
U.S. Supreme Court http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/	Decisions listed chronologically; search by topic date of decision or keyword
US House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/	Legislative contacts, legislation, full text of bills
US Senate http://www.senate.gov/	Legislative contacts, legislation, full text of bills
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov	Executive Branch publications and news; life-like virtual tours of the White House
(New York State)
NYS Board of Regents http://www.regents.nysed.gov	Work of the NYS Board of Regents, with issues the group is currently studying
NYS Education Department (SED) http://www.nysed.gov	NYS initiatives, directory of schools and administrators, Library circulation database
NYS Department of State Committee on Open Government http://www.dos.state.ny.us/coog/coogwww.html	A summary of the state's open meeting (sunshine) laws affecting local government
NYS Budget Department www.budget.state.ny.us	Executive and Legislative budgets as well as ischool district budgets
NYS Assembly http://assembly.state.ny.us	List of NYS Assembly members, bills being considered, news releases, house reports
NYS Senate http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/home?openform	List of NYS Assembly members, bills being considered, news releases, house reports
NYS Governor http://www.state.ny.us/governor	Press releases, reports, information on governors

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE RESOURCES
Parliamentary Procedures http://jimslaughter.com/schoolbds.htm	Overview for school boards by attorney & parliamentarian Jim Slaughter.
How to Use Parliamentary Procedure http://www.parliamentarians.org/parlipro.htm#Roberts (by National Association of Parliamentarians)	Key parliamentary elements: Robert�s Rules, principles, sample meeting agenda, procedures or handling motions, etc.

RESEARCH SITES
A Lexicon of Learning from ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)	Guide to terms such as "authentic assessment" or "Bloom's Taxonomy" -- definitions in everyday language.
Center for Accountability Solutions http://www.aasa.org/cas	AASA site helping leaders gather, use, and report educational performance data.
Education Commission of the States (ECS) http://www.ecs.org	Information on issues from accountability to teacher quality to vouchers
Genesee Valley School Boards Institute http://www.gvsbi.org	Organization that provides training to district employees (through Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES)
Greatschools http://www.greatschools.net	Profiles for K12 public and private schools nationwide
Institute for Educational Leadership http://www.iel.org/	Reports on current issues (e.g., leadership preparation, community schools).
Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov	Statistics and graphs; index of services and publication information .
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST) http://www.cse.ucla.edu	Reports on K12 educational testing from U.S. Department of Education & Office of Educational Research and Improvement
National School Boards Foundation (NSBF) http://www.nsbf.org	Help for leaders working for systemic reform, including a list of useful resources
National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) http://www.nspra.org	Information on community engagement and public relations.
National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE) http://www.nsse.org	Guides and services supporting data-driven and research-based improvement planning.
NYS Statistical Yearbook http://www.nysstatistics.org/yearbook/	SUNY publication outlining NYS data from population to the amount of gas drilled.
Regional Educational Laboratories (REL) http://www.relnetwork.org	National network for research-based reform (10 regional labs U.S.E.D.)
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) http://mag.rochester.edu/	List of school programs provided through the MAG.
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/index.html	Census data by region; tools for updated data, consultation with experts.