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Organizations and Associations

Title: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Description: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a unique international, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of professional educators whose jobs cross all grade levels and subject areas.

Title: Council for Exceptional Children
Description: The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.

Title: Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
Description: TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.

Title: International Reading Association
Description:
The International Reading Association is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit.

Title: Learning Disabilities Association
Description: The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is a non-profit grassroots organization whose members are individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and the professionals who work with them.

Title: M.A.M.E. Michigan Association for Media in Education
Description: The Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) is a professional association of more than 1400 school library media professionals most of whom work in K-12 school situations. MAME members include persons with many job titles including school library media specialists, school library, media and technology supervisors and coordinators, REMC directors and personnel, EMC and LRC directors, academic library/media faculty at university level, as well as students, teachers, principals, and other persons interested in library - audiovisual - media - technology areas of education.

Title: MACUL - Michigan Association for Computer-related technology Users in Learning
Description: The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1975 dedicated to bringing educators from all levels together to share their knowledge and concerns regarding educational uses of computers and technology.

Title: Michigan Education Association (MEA)
Description: Through collective action, MEA is dedicated to the purpose of serving our members’ employment goals, interests and needs, while advocating for quality public education.

Title: National Council of Teachers of English
Description: The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

Title: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Description: The mission of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is to provide the vision and leadership necessary to ensure a mathematics education of the highest quality for all students.

Title: National Education Association (NEA)
Description: NEA has a long, proud history as the nation's leading organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. With its headquarters in Washington, D.C., NEA has 2.7 million members who work at every level of education, from pre-school to university graduate programs.

Title: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Description: NSTA's Mission " ... to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all."

Title: Yahoo: Education - Conferences
Description: Directory of web sites that promote conferences in education including distance education, and educational technology among others.

Title: Yahoo: Education - Organizations
Description: Lists web sites for professional education organizations.

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