Links - Educational Organizations

Texas Education Agency

The state agency charged with overseeing the K-12 public school systems in the state of Texas

Texas Education Network(TENET)

An organization whose purpose is to provide useful, up-to-date resources for the education community, including teachers, administrators, parents and students.

The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin

An organization that works in Texas and nationally to achieve equity and excellence at all levels of public education. The  center's principal focus is on the strengthening of mathematics, science and technology education.

HU-LINC-- Houston Urban Learning Initiatives in a Networked Community

The Houston Urban Systemic Initiative, this coalition works to improve mathematics, science and technology education in Houston.

Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT)

TAGT promotes appropriate education for gifted and talented students.

Institute for Advanced Study/Park City Mathematics Institute

A unique program which brings together the two components of the larger mathematics community: research and education.

National Science Foundation

This foundation funds research and education in science and engineering. It does this through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and other research and/or education institutions in all parts of the United States.

Rice Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning

A center that addresses the ways in which information technology can expand and enrich education.

Center for Research on Parallel Computation at Rice University

An organization of computer scientists, mathematicians, and engineers who are working to make parallel computation accessible to industry, government, and academia and to educate a new generation of technical professionals.