Organizations, Associations and Societies

Organizations, Associations, and Societies

Directories and Lists of Organizations and Agencies

American Educational Reseach Association (AERA)
AERA is the major educational research membership organization in the U.S. Its work is conducted through twelve major Divisions and several dozen Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The website includes the AERA Registry of Educational Researchers and information about its publications. Additional features are available only to AERA members.
Education Reform Organizations and Resources
The Center for Education Reform offers several directories of community organizations, professional associations, and groups working on standards and curriculum.
Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)
EROD, from the U.S. Dept. of Education, lists nearly 4,000 government agencies, non-profit groups and other entities that are available to provide information and assistance on education-related topics. For instance, listings are included for State Education Agencies, Coordinators of Homeless Education, Regional Educational Laboratories, Special Education Assistance Centers and more. The Directory is searchable and browsable and for each organization provides address, phone, email, fax and URL.
Higher Education Associations -- from the National Teaching and Learning Forum (NTLF).
This is a focused list of the primary organizations concerned with higher education
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)--Constituent Directory
NCATE has more than 30 affiliated organizations that are concerned with quality teaching. These range from teachers in a particular subject area and child-centered groups to organizations of state policy makers and educational administrators.
Online Educational Resources
From the U.S. Department of Education, this list has several categories the most important being "Ed-funded internet resources" that includes links to all the agencies receiving funding, such as regional assistance centers, regional educational laboratories, research and development centers, and examplary school programs. Other categories include federal and state government agencies, organizations and resources that, for the most part, are taken from EROD.
Scholarly Societies Project
"Facilitating access to information about scholarly societies across the world since 1994," this resource is sponsored by the University of Waterloo Library. The directory of more than 4,000 scholarly societies is searchable and browsable by subject, country, language and date of founding. More than 150 scholarly societies are listed for education. Special features of the Scholarly Societies website include lists of society sites offering full-text serials, standards, and meeting announcements. The Project also provides some information about scholarly communication and publishing.
World of Learning (access restricted to those with UofC computing accounts)
This "international guide to the academic world" has entries for scholarly societies, as well as universities, cultural institutions, research centers, and more.
Yahoo--Education--Organizations
This general web directory lists hundreds of education organizations ranging from scholarly societies and professional associations of educators to graduate student unions and foundations that support education.
Yearbook of International Organizations (access restricted)
From the Union of International Associations, this directory includes profiles for more than 30,000 nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations from more than 300 countries. Biographical profiles are also available.

Selected Education Organizations

In addition to offering membership information and statements of goals and projects, many of these organizations provide lists of internet sites useful for their subject area, the full-text of documents, publication lists, and other useful resources.