Participating Organizations
Conference participants represented these organizations.

+ City and state education departments + Other city and state offices and associations + Teachers unions + Foundations + Other school reform and education organizations + Business organizations + Higher education institutions   CITY AND STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS Buffalo Public Schools www.buffaloschools.org/index.aspx California State Department of Education www.cde.ca.gov Cleveland Municipal School District www.cmsdnet.net Connecticut State Department of Education www.sde.ct.gov/sde/site/default.asp Delaware Department of Education www.doe.state.de.us Denver Public Schools www.dpsk12.org Maine Department of Education www.maine.gov/education/index.shtml Massachusetts Department of Education www.doe.mass.edu Ohio Department of Education www.ode.state.oh.us Providence Public Schools www.providenceschools.org Rhode Island Board of Regents www.ridoe.net/regents Rhode Island Department of Elementry and Secondary Education www.ridoe.net   top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER CITY AND STATE OFFICES AND ASSOCIATIONS City of Providence (Rhode Island), Office of the Mayor www.providenceri.com National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices www.nga.org State of Delaware, Office of the Controller General www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/lookup/Controller_General State of Delaware, Office of Management & Budget www.omb.delaware.gov State of Indiana, Office of the Governor www.in.gov/gov State of Michigan, Office of the Governor www.michigan.gov/gov State of Rhode Island House of Representatives www.rilin.state.ri.us/House State of Rhode Island, Office of the Governor www.governor.ri.gov State of Rhode Island Senate www.rilin.state.ri.us/Senate U.S. Conference of Mayors www.usmayors.org   top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEACHERS UNIONS American Federation of Teachers www.aft.org Boston (MA) Teachers Union www.btu.org Cleveland Teachers Union www.ctu-279.org Delaware State Education Association www.dsea.org Maine Education Association www.maine.nea.org National Education Association www.nea.org/index.html Providence Teachers Union www.proteun.org RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals www.rifthp.org Teacher Union Reform Network www.gseis.ucla.edu/hosted/turn/turn.html United Federation of Teachers, New York City www.uft.org   top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUNDATIONS Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation.org Carnegie Corporation of New York www.carnegie.org Joyce Foundation www.joycefdn.org Rhode Island Foundation www.rifoundation.org Rodel Foundation of Delaware www.rodelfoundationde.org Wallace Foundation www.wallacefoundation.org   top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER SCHOOL REFORM AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS Annenberg Institute for School Reform www.annenberginstitute.org Collaborative Communications Group www.collaborativecommunications.com The College Crusade of Rhode Island http://thecollegecrusade.org/main Council of Chief State School Officers www.ccsso.org Education Sector www.educationsector.org The Education Partnership www.edpartnership.org Education Writers Association www.ewa.org National Center on Education and the Economy www.ncee.org/index.jsp?setProtocol=true National Council on Teacher Quality www.nctq.org/nctq Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy www.renniecenter.org Rhode Island Association of School Committees www.ri-asc.org Rhode Island Association of School Principals www.riasp.org Rhode Island School Superintendents Association www.rissa-home.org The New Teacher Project www.tntp.org   top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS Amica Mutual Insurance Company www.amica.com Connecticut Business and Industry Association www.cbia.com/home.htm CVS Corporation, Department of Government Affairs www.cvs.com McCarter & English, LLP www.mccarter.com New Jersey Chamber of Commerce www.njchamber.com WSFS Bank www.wsfsbank.com   top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Brown University, Department of Political Science www.brown.edu/Departments/Political_Science Brown University, Education Department www.brown.edu/Departments/Education/index.php University of Missouri–Columbia Department of Economics http://economics.missouri.edu Urban Education Policy Program at Brown University www.brown.edu/Departments/Education/uep_intro.php top ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------