NEWS & RESOURCES

A compendium of useful online links related to student retention. If you have favorite web resources, add them here to share them with the community.

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Partnering to bring you this wiki resource are J-Lab and the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Future projects of the Learning to Finish campaign will have a home here and will be announced on the Smart Communities blog.

• The Pew Partnership for Civic Change
• J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
• The Smart Communities Blog

Some educational news resources distribute free e-newsletters on a regular basis. Below are links to their websites where you can subscribe to receive their news and updates.

• The Public Education Network Weekly Newsblast
• Education Week
• Department of Education's "EdInfo" Listserv
• "Hope in Action" from the Hope Foundation
• "Recommended Reading" from the Tutor/Mentor Connection web library

Who is saying what about the latest news in the world of education?

• Vermont Mentoring Blog
• Eduwonk
• Tutor/Mentor Connection
• Tutor/Mentor Poverty Mapping Strategy
• Cool Cat Teacher Blog
• Schools for Tomorrow
• Students at Risk

• US Department of Education
• US Department of Education What Works Clearinghouse
• National Center for Education Research
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Education Resources Information Center

• State Departments of Education
• List of School Districts in the U.S.

• School Matters
• Child Trends that Work
• Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center at the American Institutes for Research
• International Campbell Collaboration
• Social Programs that Work by the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
• Brown Center on Education Research at the Brookings Institute
• Pew Research on Education
• RAND Research on Education
• RAND Promising Practices Network
• Urban Institute Research on Education
• Great Schools Database
• How to teach character accessibly
• Alliance for Excellent Education
• America's Promise

• Best Evidence Encyclopedia from Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University
• Blueprints for Violence Prevention at the University of Colorado
• Consortium for Policy Research and Education at the University of Pennsylvania
• Center for Research on Education of Students Placed at Risk at the Johns Hopkins and Howard Universities
• Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Center for Research on Education Diversity and Excellence at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Tufts Center on Child and Family Health

• American Federation of Teachers
• Parent Teacher Association
• Public Education Network

• May and November Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference held in Chicago
• add your own conference or “meet up” to this list