The mission of SEDL is to solve significant problems facing educational systems and communities to ensure a quality education for all learners.
SEDL is committed to long-term, systematic, research- and experience-based solutions derived from research, development, evaluation, information provision, technical assistance, and professional development.
SEDL's primary efforts are in five program areas: improving school performance, strengthening teaching and learning in content areas, integrating technology into teaching and learning, involving family and community in student learning, and connecting disability research to practice. Work in these areas concentrates on K-16 education and on underserved students, particularly those living in poverty.
SEDL is a private, nonprofit corporation dedicated to fulfilling its mission with clients and other education stakeholders on a national, regional, state, and local basis through diverse and interrelated funding, partnerships, and projects.
MMEP is a multi-sector collaborative, dedicated to having educators, public officials, philanthropists, business people, nonprofits, students and parents at
the table.
MMEP focuses its work on kindergarten through postsecondary education and promotes a continuum of support at all levels.
MMEP is a multicultural organization dedicated to having the diversity of Minnesota communities represented in all components of the organization.
MMEP's financing structure requires that one third of its core operating budget come from membership fees, one third come from a state
appropriation and one third come from grants.
The Implementation Working Group has the ability to adjust the work plan of the organization whenever it is necessary to assure appropriate advocacy and programming on behalf of Minnesota communities of color.
The work of MMEP is as dedicated to the process of collaboration as it is to its programs/products.
NAME is a non-profit organization that advances and advocates for equity and social justice through multicultural education.
Objectives:
* To provide opportunities for learning in order to advance multicultural education, equity and social justice.
* To proactively reframe public debate and impact current and emerging policies in ways that advance social, political, economic and educational equity through advocacy, position papers, policy statements and other strategies.
* To provide the preeminent digital clearinghouse of resources about educational equity and social justice.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 350 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG National Office, located in Washington, D.C., the national Board of Directors and 13 Regional Directors.