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Links
General Advocacy Organizations
The Advocacy Center
A non-profit organization located in New York State that educates, supports, and advocates for inclusionary policies for people who have disabilities, their families, and circles of support.
http://www.advocacycenter.com/
Charter Friends National Network (CFNN)
A national network that promotes quality charter schools by connecting and supporting resource centers and other state-level charter support organizations.
http://www.charterfriends.org/
Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS)
A national organization that serves as the voice of urban and inner-city educators and works to improve the quality of urban education through legislation, media projects, and advocacy.
http://www.cgcs.org/
FairTest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing
An advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing, and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.
http://www.fairtest.org/
Magnet Schools of America (MSA)
A national association that promotes magnet education through lobbying for legislation, acting as an informational clearinghouse, and connecting magnet parents and educators to each other.
http://www.magnet.edu/
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
An educational organization that advocates for the inclusion of multicultural topics in the American education system.
http://www.nameorg.org/
National Coalition of Education Activists (NCEA)
A national, multiracial network of educational activists that supports grassroots initiatives in education reform at the local level.
http://www.members.aol.com/NCEAWeb
National Transition Alliance for Youth With Disabilities
A national organization that seeks to guarantee that all youth with disabilities are allowed to acquire the skills and knowledge that will foster post-secondary educational and/or personal success.
http://www.dssc.org/nta/
National Women’s Law Center
A non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women’s legal rights. The Center’s work addresses educational equity issues for girls and young women.
http://www.nwlc.org
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