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The Teacher Support Network: We are a group of independent charities and a social enterprise in the United Kingdom and the United States of America, that provide practical and emotional support to staff in the education sector and their families.
The Passageworks Institute:The PassageWorks Institute (previously known as PassageWays) is dedicated to transforming the culture of classrooms, schools and districts so that the inner life of students and teachers is safe, nurtured and welcomed. By “inner life” we refer to that essential aspect of human nature that yearns for deep connection, grapples with difficult questions about meaning, and seeks a sense of purpose and genuine self-expression.

http://www.adoptaclassroom.com: Adopt-A-Classroom provides teachers with much needed moral and financial support. By adopting a classroom, participants serve as community partners and donate funds so teachers can purchase classroom resources that are critical to student success.

All Kinds of Minds : Run by a non-profit Institute, the Schools Attuned Program is a professional development and service delivery program that helps educators acquire the knowledge and skills, and offers a system of innovative tools, to meet the diverse learning needs of K-12 students. The objective is to assist educators in using neurodevelopmental content in their classrooms to create success at learning and provide hope and satisfaction for all struggling students. The Program offers educators new methods for recognizing, understanding, and managing students with differences in learning and to help all of the students in their class succeed

http://www.childcareexchange.com/index.php: From its small beginnings 27 years ago Exchange has steadily developed to promote the exchange of ideas among leaders in early childhood programs worldwide through its magazine, books, training products, training seminars, and international conferences.

http://crcw.princeton.edu/foc.asp: The Centre for Research on Child Well-Being: The mission of The Future of Children project is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, practitioners, students and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.

http://www.edutopia.org/foundation/foundation.php:The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, we have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide. We publish the stories of innovative teaching and learning through a variety of media -- a magazine, an e-newsletter, CD-ROMs, DVDs, books, and this Web site. Here, you'll find detailed articles, in-depth case studies, research summaries, instructional modules, short documentary segments, expert interviews, and links to hundreds of relevant resources. You'll also be able to participate as a member of an online community of people actively working to reinvent schools for the twenty-first century.

http://www.fundforteachers.org: Fund for Teachers' goal is to enrich teachers' lives by offering them the opportunity to self-design summer sabbatical experiences, returning to the classroom re-energized in ways which impact students on a daily basis.

Go4It : A response to the UK HTI report 'Cotton Wool Kids' Go4it is a Campaign and Awards process to encourage culture change in schools. Go4it aims to encourage, support and reward schools which can demonstrate that they are creating and constantly working to improve a culture of creativity, risk taking and adventure for learning. This will include developing a spirit of adventure for pupils during school hours and through extra curricular activities. Schools will demonstrate and encourage self-belief, where there is no ‘fear of failure’, where staff and pupils embrace the fact that they can learn from mistakes. Staff and pupils will demonstrate a can-do attitude, will support emotionally intelligent understanding and be able to reflect and grow their ideas.

http://www.schoolsthatlearn.com : This web site is intended to serve the far-flung community of learning organization practitioners. These are people drawn together by the idea of a "learning organization": an organization focused on marrying the development of every member with superior performance in service of that organization's purpose.The more the organization's members increase their ability to learn collaboratively, the more they can accomplish, the higher their performance, and the more effectively they can hope to change their organization, and the world, for the better.

http://www.teacher-appreciation.info: website devoted to teacher appreciation. We strongly believe that teachers play a key role in every individual’s development and evolution. Showing appreciation to them is therefore a fair reward and an act of gratitude.

http://www.teacherscount.org/: Our mission is to raise the status of the teaching profession and provide resources to the education community. If you're a teacher, if you want to be a teacher, or if you want to help teachers, this is the site for you.

21st Century Learning Initiative:The 21st Century Learning Initiative's essential purpose is to facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning that draw upon a range of insights into the human brain, the functioning of human societies, and learning as a community-wide activity. We believe this will release human potential in ways that nurture and form local democratic communities worldwide, and will help reclaim and sustain a world supportive of human endeavor.

http://www.worklifesupport.com: Worklife Support is working to assist employers to balance work and life issues for individual wellbeing and to improve school performance. Our innovative models of support for schools and individuals are helping to create healthy schools, positive learning environments and education staff who feel appreciated and supported.