EDUC BC3032: Investigating the Purposes and Aims of Education

The American Federation of Teachers includes policy statements and/or links to research reports throughout various pages on site and not in one centralized place.

Resources indexed and housed on the Research Connections site cover a broad spectrum of research on child care and early education and related policies. The collection brings together original research, syntheses, and other research-related resources from the wide range of social science disciplines and professional fields that study early care and education. Research Connections is a partnership between ICF; the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research; and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

CRS Reports are reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events.

Education Commission of the States serves as a partner to state policymakers by providing personalized support and helping education leaders come together to learn from one another. Through our programs and services, policymakers gain the insight and experience needed to create effective education policy.

The Learning Policy Institute conducts and communicates independent, high-quality research to improve education policy and practice. Working with policymakers, researchers, educators, community groups, and others, the Institute seeks to advance evidence-based policies that support empowering and equitable learning for each and every child. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the Institute connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, state, and federal levels with the evidence, ideas, and actions needed to strengthen the education system from preschool through college and career readiness.

NEA Research provides comparative state data and national averages on a host of important public education statistics, teacher salaries, student enrollment, and revenue and expenditures each year.

National PTA comprises millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who supports the PTA mission and wants to be involved and make a difference for the education, health, and welfare of children and youth.

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) is a private nonprofit (501)(c)(3)organization whose mission is to improve strategic decision making in higher education for states and institutions in the United States and abroad. Technical reports and papers are available here.

This is a think tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

PolicyArchive aims to simplify the complex research landscape by providing a universal, easy-to-use, free, and open digital archive of foundation-funded and other public policy research. It allows research users, policy makers, the media, and the public to quickly access the depth and breadth of research in various subject matters.

Urban Institute policy research reports on education systems from prekindergarten through postsecondary.