Resources+&+Organizations

=Links to Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Students =

Promise of Place
Promise of Place is private/public partnership that collaboratively works to "advance the state of the art in place-based education." The website includes: Click here for the Promise of Place website
 * What is PBE
 * Curriculum and Planning
 * Research and Evaluation
 * Stories from the Field
 * In the Media
 * Network
 * Calendar

The Alaska Native Knowledge Network
The ANKN is an internet resource for “compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.” The website includes:
 * Information about ANKN
 * Publications
 * Academic programs
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Curriculum resources
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Events
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Announcements

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Click here for ANKN website.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Center for Place-Based Education
<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Center for PBE is part of the Antioch New England Institute in Keene, New Hampshire. They "promote community-based education programs" and "encourage partnerships between student, teachers, and community members that strengthen and support student achievement, community vitality, and a healthy environment." The website includes:
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What PBE is
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Service Learning is
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Center for Place-Based Education Programs
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Web-links
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Green Programs

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click here for the Center of PBE website

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Annenberg Challenge
The Annenberg Challenge was a $500 million grant program administed from 1993-1998 with a focus on improve public schools. The Challenge focused on several aspects of education, but the Rural Challenge funded several pioneering Place-Based Education models.

[|Click here for the Annenberg Challenge website]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Orion Society
<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">" The Orion Society’s mission is to inform, inspire, and engage individuals and grassroots organizations in becoming a significant cultural force for healing nature and community. We accomplish that mission by way of our programs, this and other websites, and gatherings of people brought together to explore the important issues of the day." <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Click here for the Orion Society Website ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The U.S. Geological Survey ** === <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The US Geological Survey provides multiple <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|online education resources] which may provide curricular or data resources that reduce the cost of earth science-focused PBE programs.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Bureau of Land Management ** === <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) engages in partnerships with local communities on projects related to land management, and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|has had its local staff work with local school groups on exploring their environment].

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Serve.gov
The Serve.gov website offers [|toolkits] and resources for creating successful volunteer programs around topics such as [|education] and [|healthy foods]. These could be used as to help draw the community into supporting PBE initiatives and programs. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">