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Leadership links

Quick links

• BBC learning
• BBC news – education
• British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta)
• British Council
• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) – news
• Digital Divide Campaign
• Education Guardian – schools
• Fast Track Teaching
• GovernorNet
• General Teaching Council for England (GTC)
• Ofsted</w
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• Teachernet
• Teachers´ TV
• Times Educational Supplement (TES) news
• Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
• Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) - remodelling

Associations

• Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
• British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
• National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)
• National Primary Headteachers Association (NPHA)

Publications

• Education Guardian
• Times Educational Supplement (TES)

Government departments and public organisations

• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
• Ofsted</w
• Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)

Government departments and public organisations

• 10 Downing Street
• Audit Commission
• The British Council
• The Cabinet Office
• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
• DCSF – A-Z of School Leadership and Management
• DCSF – publications
• DCSF – School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables
• DCSF – Standards and Effectiveness Unit
• DCSF – statistics
• DCSF – The Research Informed Practice Site
• Examinations Appeals Board
• General Teaching Council for England (GTC)
• House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee
• Learning and Skills Council
• Learning and Skills Network
• Office of National Statistics
• Ofsted</w
• Ofsted – publications
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
• Teachernet
• Teachernet – Continuing Professional Development page
• Teachernet – school management
• Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
• Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) – remodelling
• UK Statistics
• UK UNESCO
• UNESCO Education
• US Department of Education
• US Department of Education – Institute of Education Sciences

Databases

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• British Education Index
• British Library
• Education Arena
• Educational Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management – access to resources produced by the Educational Resource Information Centre (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Educational Policy Management
• Educational Research Abstracts
• Educational Resource Information Centre (ERIC)
• The Educator´s Reference Desk – includes most of the resources previously found on the AskERIC website
• Emerald
• EURYDICE – information network on Education in Europe
• Gateway to 21st Century Skills
• George Washington University: resources in educational leadership
• Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK (HERO)
• International Archive of Educational Data
• National Education Research Forum
• National Library of Education

Research centres, institutes and foundations

• 21st Century Learning Initiative
• American Education Research Association (AERA)
• British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• Big Lottery Fund
• Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE)
• Citizenship Foundation
• Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE)
• Demos
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Educational Research Service
• E-learning foundation
• EPPI-Centre Social Science Research Unit
• European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
• The Hay Group
• Learning Resources Development Centre (LRDC)
• National Education Research Forum
• National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
• New Zealand Council for Educational Research
• Nuffield Foundation
• University of York Institute for Effective Education

Agencies, associations and unions

• The Association for ICT in Education (ACITT)
• Association for Science Education (ASE)
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
• Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
• Basic Skills Agency
• British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta)
• British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• British Red Cross educational resources
• Centre for Information on Language Teaching (CILT)
• ContinYou
• Design and Technology Association (DATA)
• Dyslexia Action
• Education International
• European Agency for Development Special Needs Education
• European Association for International Education
• European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE)
• Independent Schools Council
• International Confederation of Principals
• National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education (NAACE)
• National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)
• The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Association for Primary Education (NAPE)
• National Consortium for Examinations Results (NCER)
• National Primary Headteachers´ Association (NPHA)
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
• National Union of Teachers
• Professional Association of Teachers (PAT)
• Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT)
• Society of Education Consultants
• Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia (TEEM)

Online magazines, newspapers and journals

• BBC Learning
• Channel 4 Learning
• Education Guardian
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• Education Week
• Education World
• National Teaching and Learning Forum (extension of ERIC clearinghouse)
• Teaching Times
• Times Educational Supplement (TES)

Learning and teaching

• BBC Learning
• BBC Perspectives on Learning
• Department for Education and Skills – A-Z of School Leadership
• Learndirect
• Learning and Teaching Scotland
• National Curriculum Online
• Teaching and Learning methods and strategies – University of Arizona
• Teaching and Learning on the Web
• Theories of Learning Index
• Theory into Practice

School improvement and effectiveness

• Department for Education and Skills – The Standards Site
• Institute of Education, London, International School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre
• International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)
• National Education Association (NEA) Foundation
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory: School Improvement Research
• Pathways to School Improvement
• Excellence in Schools

Action research

• Action Research at Bath University
• Action Research bibliography – University of Colorado
• Action Research electronic reader
• Action Research – frequently asked questions
• Action Research - Ireland
• Action Research Methodology – University of Toronto
• Centre for Applied Research in Education
• Educational Action Research - Journal
• Guide to writing an action research thesis

Gateways

• British Education Index
• British Educational Suppliers Association
• BUBL – education
• Edlinks
• Education 2000
• Edulinks
• EdWeb Educational Reform and ICT
• Gateway to 21st Century Skills
• School Zone
• Social Science Information Gateway – education section
• Topmarks – gateway to subject resources on the web
• University of Cambridge Faculty of Education

Sites for teachers, parents and pupils

• Schoolbus.com
• Schoolsnet
• Teacher Support Network
• Teachers´ TV

University-based leadership centres

• Bath Department of Education
• Hull Institute for Learning
• Leicester International Centre for Educational Leadership and Management
• London Institute of Education
• London Centre for Leadership in Learning
• Manchester School of Education
• Manchester Centre for Educational Leadership
• Nottingham School of Education
• Reading Institute of Education
• Reading School Improvement and Leadership Centre
• UK higher education and research libraries
• Warwick Institute of Education
• Warwick Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal, and Research (CEDAR)

Overseas leadership centres

• Australia: South Australian Centre for Leaders in Education (SACLE)
• Canada: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Hong Kong: Centre for Educational Leadership
• New Zealand: New Zealand Principal and Leadership Centre
• New Zealand: The Educational Leadership Centre
• Singapore: National Institute of Education
• USA: Chicago Leadership Academies for Supporting Success (CLASS)
• USA: The Institute for Learning
• USA: Principals´ Executive Programme
• USA: Principal Fellows Programme

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