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Links to related groups are listed by category: Advocacy, Government, Parliamentary Procedure, Research
 


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.
 
 
 

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