Innovation / Concepts

 

Center for Education Reform  (Washington, DC)
Making schools work better for all children
www.edreform.com  

Great Ideas in Education  (Brandon, VT)
Returning balance to education, Encounter Magazine, emphasis on childhood years
www.great-ideas.org  

Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs  (Minneapolis, MN) 
www.maapmn.org  

The Education Revolution  (Roslyn Heights, NY)
AERO, The Alternative Education Resource Organization, resources on alternative education, library, schools, magazines, newsletter, articles, conferences

www.educationrevolution.org  

Rethinking Schools Online  (Milwaukee, WI)
Publications in depth, articles, resources, archived issues
www.rethinkingschools.org  

Creative Education Foundation  (Hadley, MA)
Founded by Alex Osborn, CEF is recognized world leader in Applied Imagination
www.creativeeducationfoundation.org  

Kidlinks World  (Middleton, WI)
Improving the lives of children in our global society, projects in Africa
www.kidlinksworld.org  

The Freechild Project  (Olympia, WA)
Connects young people to create social change

www.freechild.org  

Waldorf Schools  (U.S. & international)
Alternative grade school education developed by the Anthroposophical Society
www.waldorfeducation.org  

Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks, CA)
Alternative education in biodynamic agriculture, architecture, arts, sciences, community developed by the Anthroposophical Society
www.steinercollege.org

New College of California (San Francisco, CA)
Education for a just, sacred & sustainable world, Green MBA program
www.newcollege.edu

California Institute of Integral Studies  (San Francisco, CA)
Higher education honoring the spiritual dimension of intellectual life
www.ciis.edu

NetTuts (USA)
Online turorials relating to web design and coding.
net.tutsplus.com  

Free Skool Santa Cruz (USA, Santa Cruz, CA)
People teaching their passion freely. Grassroots effort. Links to other free schools.
http://santacruz.freeskool.org/  

Trade Port (California and International)
A repository of free information and resources for businesses seeking to conduct international trade to and from California. Trade Tutorials and Library.
www.tradeport.org  

The Institute of Noetic Science (Petaluma , CA, USA)
New ideas for human evolution, health, community, social experiments, purpose, etc.
www.noetic.org/  

IKAT.org (Central Asia)
Work of Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. This constructive method promotes and provides community based education and literacy programs, especially for girls in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
www.ikat.org  

Network for a New Culture (Eugene, OR; North America)
NFNC seeks to build a sustainable, violence-free culture through exploring intimacy, personal growth, transparency, radical honesty, equality, compassion, sexual freedom, and the power of community.
www.NFNC.org  

Right Earth (Santa Cruz, CA)
Right answers, includes search function for all types of information.
www.rightearth.com  

Vocational Information Center (National)
Technical topics, tutorial resources.
www.khake.com