Education Resource Links

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General Internet Resources

• Certification Requirements for the 50 States

• Chicago Public Schools

• Idealist.org

• Independent Schools Association of the Central States

• National Association of Independent Schools

• Schools.com

• Urban Education Institute at the University of Chicago

Teacher Residency Programs

• Academy for Urban School Leadership

• Aspire Teacher Residency Program

• Boettcher Teachers Program

• Boston Teacher Residency

• Breakthrough Collaborative

• Citizen Schools Teaching Fellowship

• Denver Teacher Residency

• Friend's School Internship

• Fulbright Grant

• Match Teacher Residency

• MTR: Memphis Teacher Residency

• New York Teaching Fellows

• Philadelphia Teacher Residency Program at Drexel University

• Project Inspire

• Richmond Teacher Residency

• Teach for America

• TNTP Teaching Fellows ( Baltimore City, Indianapolis, Nevada, Minnesota, New Orleans)

• UChicago UTEP

• Urban Teacher Center

• Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship

International Teaching Programs

• Teach for All Network – Directly links to 60 different teaching programs across the world! May require a high level of language fluency and citizen status based on the country.

• Teach English Abroad Programs – Directly links to various teaching English abroad programs.

Teacher Placement Organizations

• Carney Sandoe & Associates

• Education Group

• Southern Teachers Agency

Education Policy Organizations

• Advance Illinois

• 50Can

• Achieve, Inc.

• Advancement Project

• Alliance for Excellent Education

• Annenberg Institute for School Reform

• Brookings Institute

• Center for Education Policy (CEP)

• Center for Education Reform

• Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice

• Children's Defense Fund

• Council of the Great City Schools

• Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives

• CUNY Institute for Education Policy

• Democrats for Education Reform

• Designs for Change

• Education Commission of the States

• Education Pioneers

• Education Trust West

• Educational Policy Institute

• Educators 4 Excellence

• EdVoice

• Foundation for Excellence in Education

• Illinois State Board of Education

• KnowledgeWorks Foundation

• National Association of State Boards of Education

• RAND Education

• Research for Action

• Stand for Children

• Start Early (Formerly known as: Ounce of Prevention)

• StudentsFirstNY

• + Teach Plus

• The College Board

• The Education Policy and Leadership Center

• The Rural School and Community Trust

• Voices for Illinois Children

Education Research Organizations

• American Educational Research Association

• Chapin Hall

• Consortium for Policy Research on Education (CPRE)

• National Institute for Early Education Research

• RAND Corp

• The Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education

• The Research Alliance for NYC Schools

• UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research

Education Administration Organizations

• American Association of School Administrators

• American College Personnel Association (ACPA) College Student Educators International

• Education Pioneers

• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

• National Academic Advising Association

• New Leaders for New Schools

• Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)

• University Council for Education Administration

Education Consulting Organizations

• AIC Education

• Bain & Company

• Boston Consulting Group

• Civic Consulting Alliance

• Deloitte

• District Management Council

• Hanover Consulting

• Huron Consulting Group

• LEK Consulting

• McKinsey & Company

• New Sector Alliance

• The Parthenon Group

• UNESCO

Graduate Schools

• Columbia University Teachers College

• DePaul University College of Education

• Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Johns Hopkins School of Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Education

• Michigan State University College of Education

• New York University Steinhardt

• Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy

• Stanford Teacher Education Program

• UC Berkeley- Graduate School of Education

• Vanderbilt Peabody College

Scholarships and Grants

• Aspiring Montessori Teacher Scholarships

• Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers

• Federal Teach Grant

• James Madison Fellowship – Prospective Teachers of American History, American Government or Civics at the Secondary School Level

• Nancy Larson Foundation College Scholarship – Elementary Education

• STEM Teacher Graduate Scholarships

• Student Loan Forgiveness for Teachers

• UChicago – Career Advancement Grants

Education Student Organizations

• Alpha Phi Omega

• LegUp Woodlawn

• Peer Health Exchange

• Splash! Chicago

• South Side Free Music Program

• Science 4 Kids

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