Links are organized by program interest and are provided for further information and research. Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement by The Johnson Foundation.

Sustainable Development and the Environment
Education
Democracy and Community, Family

Environmental Protection Agency
Center for Excellence for Sustainable Development
The Nature Conservancy
Aldo Leopold Foundation
Association for Biodiversity Information
Second Nature
International Downtown Association
Smart Growth America
United States Green Building Council
Resources for the Future
International Joint Commission - United States and Canada
Great Lakes Commission de Grand Lacs
American Planning Association
American Institute of Architects
Urban Land Institute
Surface Transportation Policy Project
World Resources Institute
The Bertelsmann Foundation

Choice
Center for Education Reform
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Charter Friends National Network

Governance, Management and Leadership
The Council of Chief State School Officers
Education Commission of the States
Wallace Reader’s Digest Funds
Public Agenda
American Association of School Administrators
National School Boards Association
National Institute on Education and the Economy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Broad Foundation
Danforth Foundation
Institute for Educational Leadership

Standards and Accountability
Education Trust
Education Week
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Teachers and Teaching
NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
American Federation of Teachers
The Spencer Foundation
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
National Staff Development Council

Comprehensive School Reform
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory(NREL)
The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning
Center for Comprehensive School Reform
Harvard University, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, and Graduate School of Education
Annenberg Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Education Week

Higher Education/Civic Engagement
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning (University of Michigan)
The American Association for Higher Education
Campus Compact
American Council on Education
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Association of American Colleges and Universities
National Center for Community Colleges
New York Times
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Higher Education Network for Community Engagement

Welfare Reform and Poverty
Mathematica Policy Research: Strengthening Low-Income Families
Brookings Institution: Welfare and Beyond Project
The Urban Institute
The Hudson Institute’s Welfare Policy Center
University of Wisconsin’s Institute for Research on Poverty
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Welfare Information Network
Wisconsin Works (W-2 )

Civics and Politics
ABA Division for Public Education
American Political Science Association
Center for Democracy and Citizenship
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Civic Practices Network
National Civic League
National Conference of State Legislatures: Trust for Representative Democracy

Environment

Atkisson, Alan, Believing Cassandra, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1999.

Carson, Rachel, Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

Colborn, Theo, Dumanoski, Dianne and Peterson Myers, John, Our Stolen Future, Plume, 1997.

Hawken, Paul and Lovins, Amory and Lovins, L. Hunter, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Little, Brown and Company, 1999.

Sustainable Development

Gibbons, Boyd, Wye Island, Resources for the Future, 1987.

Pierce, Neal, Citistates: How Urban American Can Prosper in a Competitive World, Seven Locks Press, 1993.

Rodham Clinton, Hillary, It Takes a Village, And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, Simon and Schuster, 1996.

Rybczynski, Witold, City Life, Simon and Schuster, 1995.

Education

Allen, Michael B., Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say?, Education Commission of the States, (700 Broadway, Suite 1200, Denver, CO 80203-3460), www.ecs.org, 2003.

Chubb, John E., and Loveless, Tom, editors, Bridging the Achievement Gap, The Brookings Institution Press, (1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036), www.brookings.edu, 2002.

Cushman, Kathleen and the students of What Kids Can Do, Inc., Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students, The New Press (38 Greene Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10036), www.thenewpress.com, 2003.

Finn, Jr., Chester E. and Walberg, Herbert J., editors, Radical Education Reforms, McCutchan Publishing Corporation (2940 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702), 1994.

Hess, Frederick M., Rotherham, Andrew J., and Walsh, Kate, editors, A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom?, Harvard Education Press, (8 Story Street, Cambridge, MA 02138), http://gseweb.harvard.edu/hepg, 2004.

Heubert, Jay P. and Hauser, Robert M., editors, Committee on Appropriate Test Use, High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation, National Academy Press (2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418, www.nap.edu, 1-800-624-6242 or 202-334-3313), 1998.

Hill, Paul T. and Celio, Mary Beth, Fixing Urban Schools, The Brookings Institution Press (1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, www.brook.edu), 1998.

Kazis, Richard, Vargas, Joel, and Hoffman, Nancy, Double the Numbers: Increasing Postsecondary Credentials for Underrepresented Youth, Harvard Education Press, (8 Story Street, Cambridge, MA 02138), http://gseweb.harvard.edu/hepg, 2004.

Kearns, David T. and Harvey, James, A Legacy of Learning: Your Stake in Standards and New Kings of Public Schools, The Brookings Institution Press (1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, www,brook.edu), 2000.

Kohn, Alfie, The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards, Houghton Mifflin Company (215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003), 1999.

Latzer, Dr. Barry, The Hollow Core: Failure of the General Education Curriculum, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, (1726 M Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036), www.goacta.org, 2004.

Leef, George C., Becoming An Educated Person: Toward a Core Curriculum for College Students, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, (1726 M Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036), www.goacta.org, 2003.

Maeroff, Gene I, Callan, Patrick M, Usdan, Michael D., editors, The Learning Connection: new partnerships between schools and colleges, Teachers College, Columbia University, (1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027), www.teacherscollegepress.com, 2001.

McAdams, Donald R., Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools …and Winning!: Lessons from Houston, Teachers College Press (1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027), 2000.

National Commission on Time and Learning, Prisoners of Time, 1994.

Ravitch, Diane, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, Simon & Schuster (Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, www.simonsays.com), 2000.

Reyes, Pedro, Scribner, Jay D., and Scribner, Alicia Paredes, editors, Lessons from High- Performing Hispanic Schools: Creating Learning Communities, Teachers College Press (1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027), 1999.

Shaywitz, MD, Sally, Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level, Knoph, Alfred A., Publisher, New York, www.aaknopf.com, 2003.

Smith, Peter, The Quiet Crisis: How Higher Education Is Failing America, Anker Publishing Company, Inc., (176 Ballville Road, PO Box 249, Bolton, MA 01740-0249), www.ankerpub.com, 2004.

Sugarman, Stephen D. and Kemerer, Frank R., editors, School Choice and Social Controversy: Politics, Policy, and Law, The Brookings Institution Press (1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, www.brook.edu), 1999.

Togneri, Wendy, Beyond Islands of Excellence: What Districts Can Do to Improve Instruction and Achievement in All Schools – A Leadership Brief, Learning First Alliance, www.learningfirst.org, 2003.

Viteritti, Joseph P., Choosing Equality: School Choice, the Constitution, and Civil Society, The Brookings Institution Press (1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036, www.brook.edu), 1999.

Democracy and Community, Family

Blank, Rebecca and Ron Haskins, eds., The New World of Welfare, Washington D.C., Brookings Institution Press, 2001

Crittenden, Ann, The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued, New York: Metropolitan Books, 2001

Heymann, Jody, The Widening Gap: Why America’s Working Families are in Jeopardy—and What Can Be Done About It, New York: Basic Books, 2000

Galston, William A., Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Rosenthal, Alan, Burdett A. Loomis, John R. Hibbing, Karl T. Kurtz, Republic on Trial: The Case for Representative Democracy, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2003

Tocqueville, Alexis de, Democracy in America. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Verba, Sidney, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry E. Brady, Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995

Sustainable Development

Katz, Bruce and Bradley, Jennifer, Divided We Sprawl, The Atlantic Monthly, December 1999.

Howard Kunstler, James, Home From Nowhere, The Atlantic Monthly, September 1996.

McDonough, William and Braungart, Michael, The Next Industrial Revolution, The Atlantic Monthly, October 1998.