Education Statistics

According to the Cone/Roper Cause Related Trend Study, education continues to be a top concern for most consumers. Further, over 80% of the respondents reported that when companies support their causes, they hold the companies in higher regard.

Intuitively, we've known the value of our customers' good will. The Cone/Roper Cause Trends Report quantifies our belief that customers support businesses who support important causes - such as education.

Schools benefit because they can call upon businesses as a resource for helping teach students real-world skills.

General Statistics:

http://nces.ed.gov/ This site is devoted almost entirely to education-related statistics. Using the quick-search can yield good results.

http://www.edreform.com/ This non-profit organization is definitely an advocate for improving education. They do not have a specific area for statistics, but most of their positions are backed up by numbers.

Charter School Information

http://www.uscharterschools.org/ This web site is a fairly complete listing of information about charter schools, including links to individual charter schools, links to other charter school organizations, and information on how to set up a charter school.

http://www.edreform.com/charter_schools/ The Center for Educational Reform's web site contains some great resources for change in education. Their information on the charter school movement is good.

Average Teacher Salaries

http://www.nea.org/publiced/edstats/salaries.html The National Education Association produces this list showing average salaries of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Per-Pupil Spending

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/condition99/Indicator-38.html This publication breaks down how schools spend their money, averaged.