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ASCD, formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, is an education non-profit organization founded in 1943. It has more than 125,000 members from more than 128 countries, including superintendents , principals , teachers , professors of education, and other educators. [ 1 ]
In a meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 12–14, 1904, the three organizations decided to unite as the Catholic Educational Association (CEA). [2] In 1919, during World War I, the American hierarchy established the National Catholic War Council (NCWC). It was designed to coordinate the Catholic war effort in all areas, including ...
Members provide leadership in the field by promoting scholarship and best practices in instructional technology and educational technology. [1] AECT's headquarters is in Bloomington, Indiana, having moved from Washington, DC in 1999. AECT publishes three journals: TechTrends, a bimonthly for "leaders in technology and education"
The National Service-Learning Conference was first held in 1988 to serve as "the largest gathering of youth and practitioners from the service-learning movement" of the United States. The conference is a program of the National Youth Leadership Council, and is co-hosted annually by partner organizations in the state or region where it is being ...
The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA, formerly known as the Future Homemakers of America, FHA) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit career and technical student organization [1] for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education through grade 12 and postsecondary students.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA, pronounced "A-E-R-A") is a professional organization representing education researchers in the United States and around the world. [2] AERA's mission is to advance knowledge about education and promote the use of research in educational practice.
Its precursor, the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, was established by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1985. [23] [non-primary source needed] The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was established in response to a 1986 report by Marc Tucker, "A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century."
Educational leadership is the process of enlisting and guiding the talents and energies of teachers, students, and parents toward achieving common educational aims. This term is often used synonymously with school leadership in the United States and has supplanted educational management in the United Kingdom.