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» BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium - Supports a network of educators interested in undergraduate biology. The curricula provide opportunities for students to learn biology by posing problems, developing answers for their own problems, and persuading their peers that their answers are valid and useful.

» Dialogues in Methods of Education - An informal community of educators interested in open dialogue about their problems related to teaching. Two-day conferences are held in March and October. The primary interest is in searching for solutions to the "everyday problems" of classroom teachers.

» The Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry - Provides workshops, programs, on-line support, and an intellectual community of practice which afford science reform educators a deep and rich experience of how inquiry learning looks and feels.

» Global Schoolhouse - A major contributor to the philosophy, design, culture and content of Internet-based learning; collaborates with individuals, schools, businesses and community organizations to design, develop, and manage collaborative learning projects.

» Museum Learning Collaborative - Established to further theoretically driven research on learning in museums. Includes an annotated literature database and a list of university course syllabi dealing with informal learning and learning in museums.

» Paulo Freire Institute - The UCLA-based Institute seeks to bring together scholars, activists, and teachers inspired by Freire's pedagogy to foster the advancement and 'reinvention' of Freirian educational theories.

» Science Learning Network - Community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. Includes a variety of inquiry posed problems, information, demonstrations, and labs.

» Social Studies Education: National Council for the Social Studies - Social studies resources and information.

» TERC - A nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching; TERC is internationally recognized for creating innovative curricula, fostering teacher professional development, pioneering creative uses of technology in education, contributing to educators' understanding of learning and teaching, and developing equitable opportunities for underserved learners.

» Whole Language Umbrella - A group that studies whole language theory and practice in teacher support groups, encourages collaboration among teachers, researchers, parents, administrators and teacher educators, and promotes whole language theory, curricula and policies.

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