Understanding the current debates over educational policy can be difficult without a background in the jargon used by educators and reformers. These definitions of frequently used educational terms and phrases should help.

Click on a letter below to see a list of terms beginning with that letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Academy for Educational Development

Accelerated Schools Project

Achieve Inc.

Administration for Children and Families, The

Afterschool Alliance

After-School Corporation, The

Alliance for Excellent Education

Alternative Education Resource Organization

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

American Association for Higher Education

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Association of Educators

American Association of Physics Teachers

American Association of School Administrators

American Association of School Librarians

American Association of School Personnel Administrators

American Association of Teachers of French

American Association of Teachers of German

American Association of University Women

American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, The

American Center for the Study of Distance Education

American Civil Liberties Union

American Council on Education

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

American Counseling Association

American Educational Research Association

American Federation of Teachers

American Institute of Architects: Committee on Architecture for Education

American Institutes for Research

American Library Association

American Montessori Society

American Psychological Association

American School Counselor Association

American School Health Association

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

America's Choice

AmeriCorps

Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Applied Research Center

Arc of the United States, The

Association for Career and Technical Education

Association for Childhood Education International

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Association for Effective Schools Inc.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Association for the Advancement of Arts Education

Association for the Advancement of International Education

Association of American Geographers

Association of School Business Officials International

Association of Teacher Educators

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America