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Education terms and definitions
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This page lists terms and definition pages for education, as well as government agencies and organizations, which are part of the Education policy project.
Education terms and definitions
- Charter schools
- Teacher merit pay
- Progressive education
- School vouchers
- Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate
- Dropout rate
- Homeschooling
- Academic performance
- Academic bankruptcy
- School choice in the United States
- Blended learning
- College and career ready
- Competency-based learning
- Carnegie unit
- Capacity matrix
- Adaptive software
- Accountability measures for charter schools
- Alternative certification for teachers
- Assessment literacy
- Brick-and-mortar education
- Collegiate learning assessment
- Commuter school
- Comprehensive system of learning supports
- Continuous improvement system
- Core curriculum
- Course mentor
- Coursera
- Demonstrated student achievement
- District-level system change
- Dual enrollment
- Online learning
- E-rate
- Education Achievement Authority
- English Language Learners
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- Global competence learning
- Financial bankruptcy (of a school district)
- High-performing charter schools
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Immersion learning
- Innovation Lab Network
- Interactive learning platform
- Learning edge culture
- Learning progression
- Liberal education
- Learning competencies
- Learning targets
- Mastery-based approach
- MITx
- Local education agency
- Novice to mastery competence continuum
- Pacing in education
- Proctored assessments
- Charter school management organization
- Index of Essential Practices for Charter Authorization
- Parent trigger laws
- Magnet schools
- Virtual charter schools
- Charter school innovation indicators
- STEM education
- Special education
- Private school choice options
- No Child Left Behind Act
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Every Student Succeeds Act
- State policies on cellphone use in K-12 public schools
- School choice glossary
Government agencies
Organizations
- Milton Friedman
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Democrats for Education Reform
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
- Walton Family Foundation
- National Education Association
- StudentsFirst
- American Federation for Children
- Center on Education Policy
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Council of the Great City Schools
- Foundation for Excellence in Education
- Education Action Group Foundation
- Institute of Education Sciences
- NewSchools Venture Fund
- Center on Reinventing Public Education
- Texas Coalition for Higher Education Excellence
- Texans for Education Reform
- American Federation of Teachers
- National School Boards Association
- Michelle Rhee
- Diane Ravitch
- National Association of Charter School Authorizers
- Khan Academy
- Rusty Hardin
- Wallace Hall
- American Enterprise Institute
- Americans for Limited Government
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Institute for Justice
- The Pelican Institute
- Show-Me Institute
- Pioneer Institute
- Independence USA PAC
- NEA Advocacy Fund
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Alabama Association of School Boards
- Idaho School Boards Association
- Illinois Association of School Boards
- Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
- Indiana School Boards Association
- James Madison Institute
- Yankee Institute
- Association of Alaska School Boards
- Kansas Association of School Boards
- Kentucky School Boards Association
- Ocean State Policy Research Institute
- Pelican Institute for Public Policy
- Pacific Research Institute
- Loren Parks
- Independence Institute
- Sutherland Institute
- Brooke Rollins
- Arkansas School Boards Association
- Defend Oregon
- Wisconsin Club for Growth
- Pew Research Center
- Center for American Progress
- Arizona School Boards Association
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- American Association of School Administrators
- North Dakota Education Association
- Mississippi School Boards Association
- South Dakota Education Association
- West Virginia School Board Association
- Kansas Policy Institute
- Heritage Action for America
- Heartland Institute
- Delaware School Boards Association
- Foundation for Florida's Future
- Colorado Association of School Boards
- Connecticut Education Association
- Wyoming Education Association
- Wyoming School Boards Association
- Wisconsin Association of School Boards
- Friends of Scott Walker
- Virginia School Boards Association
- Virginia Institute for Public Policy
- Utah School Boards Association
- California Teachers Association
- Iowa State Education Association
- Maine School Boards Association
- Texas Association of School Boards
- Georgia School Boards Association
- California School Boards Association
- Alliance for Excellent Education
- Illinois Policy Institute
- Florida School Boards Association
- Iowa Association of School Boards
- Education Commission of the States
- Michigan Association of School Boards
- Minnesota School Boards Association
- Louisiana School Boards Association
- Nevada Association of School Boards
- The Haberman Educational Foundation
- Montana School Boards Association
- North Dakota School Boards Association
- New Hampshire School Boards Association
- New Mexico School Boards Association
- New York State School Boards Association
- Oklahoma State School Boards Association
- Pennsylvania School Boards Association
- Lily Eskelsen García
- Maine Education Association
- North Dakota Policy Council
- Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
- Oregon Center for Public Policy
- Randi Weingarten
- South Carolina School Boards Association
- Tennessee School Boards Association
- Vermont School Boards Association
- Education Reform Now
- George Lucas Educational Foundation
- Steve Green (Oklahoma)
- Thomas Jefferson Institute
- Beacon Center of Tennessee
- Betsy DeVos
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- Oregon Transformation Project PAC
- Our Oregon
- Better Schools Better Jobs
- Rex Sinquefield
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
- South Carolina Policy Council
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Great Public Schools Now
- Bruce Halle
- Brian Clymer
- California Taxpayers and Educators Opposed to Sprawl and Developer Abuse
- Coalition for Adequate School Housing Issues Committee
- Save Our Public Schools
- Strong Economy for Growth, Inc
- Yes On 58, Californians For English Proficiency Sponsored By Teachers And Service Employees Organizations
- Paul Severino
- Abigail Johnson
- Gayle Tutt
- Steve Ballmer
- National Council of La Raza
- The Heritage Foundation
- New Jersey School Boards Association
- North Carolina School Boards Association
- Associated School Boards of South Dakota
- Florida School Board Attorneys Association
- Howard Rich
- Maine Coalition to Save Schools
- Maine People for Improved School Education
- Maryland Association of Boards of Education
- Missouri School Boards Association
- Ohio School Boards Association
- Oregon School Boards Association
- Small School Districts Association
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- Alliance Defending Freedom
- Richard Riordan
- Consortium of State School Boards Associations
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- Georgia Center for Opportunity
- The Roughrider Policy Center
- Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
- Opportunity Arkansas
- Palmetto Promise Institute
- California Policy Center
