What Kids Can Do is an organization that “puts youth voices and work at the forefront of all we produce.” They have a series of free downloadable publications like “Hear Us Out: Commentary by Youth on School and Society” and “Talk to Us. Listen. Take Us Seriously.”
www.whatkidscando.org/intheirownwords.html

Public Education Network (PEN) is a national association of organizations and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country. They offer a series of free, downloadable resources. They also have an excellent weekly e-mail blast to keep you updated on important information in the field of education.
www.publiceducation.org/tools.asp

The Forum for Youth Investment has a lot of free downloadble publications, like “Learning for Life: Youth Voices for Educational Change.” The Forum is “committed to building connections, increasing capacity and tackling persistent challenges across the allied youth fields.
www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/respapers.htm

The MetLife Survey examines far more than the perspectives of teachers. This survey explores the forces and factors at work in students’ lives that influence their success in school and beyond. The survey presents data about what students worry about, the activities they participate in outside of school and how much their parents know about their lives. Download a free .pdf version.
www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,1674,P2817,00.html

The Merrow Report is a series of documentaries on youth and learning for public television. Working closely with Listen Up! on “Youth Speak Out on Education” project, the youth production teams have access to award-winning documentary film producers who are sharing experiences and expertise. The Merrow Report web site “archive” section is loaded with information that producers can use: clips from 28 television programs, four seasons of radio programs, resources, commentary, interviews, bibliographies, video and audio clips as well as other subject related web sites. www.pbs.org/merrow/

“American Education’s Newspaper of Record.” Ed Week online has an easy, searchable database of all of its issues… articles on every aspect of education system in the United States. To get free access to their entire database, you just need to sign up as a user.
www.edweek.com