Educational Resources and Role Models

National School Choice Week
http://www.schoolchoiceweek.com/

Teach for America
http://www.teachforamerica.org/

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/k-12/2008/03/05/what-is-teach-for-america-really-like.html

Students First
http://www.studentsfirst.org/

Ron Clark Academy

http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/

Kipp Charter Schools

http://www.kipp.org/?gclid=CIexv_CK85cCFREeDQodLQhJDQ

Harlem Childrens Zone

http://www.hcz.org/

http://www.hobartshakespeareans.org/

http://www.cristorey.net/

Success Foundation

http://www.successmagazine.com/Making-a-Difference/PARAMS/article/482/channel/24

The Leader in Me - Stephen R. Covey

http://www.TheLeaderInMe.org/

http://www.manchesterguild.org/About_mcg.htm

http://www.ichoosetostay.com/

Here are some interesting websites about examples of educational excellence. 

The first one I read about in the book "A Whole New Mind" by Daniel Pink

Charter High School for Architecture and Design - Philadelphia

http://www.chadphila.org/

The second I read about in the book "Make the Impossible Possible" by Bill Strickland

http://www.bill-strickland.org/

The third I read about in the book " I Choose to Stay" by Salome Thomas-EL

http://www.ichoosetostay.com/

And the final teacher Sam Calavitta I read about in the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-calculus8-2009mar08,0,3992127.story

All of these represent excellent institutions and teachers that make a difference and demonstrate what is possible. We can learn a lot from them....