Mom Congress Member Resource Center
Connect With Mom Congress
Talk with other parents about how to make a difference in your school
- Like Mom Congress on Facebook
- Stay Up-to-Date with Our Mom Congress blog
- How to Use the Lesson Plan for Change
- Read More About Mom Congress
- Meet Our Advisory Board
- Download the Mom Congress Badge
- Meet the 2011 Mom Congress Delegates
- Meet the 2010 Mom Congress Delegates
- Learn About our Education Partner: Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
- myi Mom Congress
Volunteering and Fundraising
How to most effectively volunteer and fundraise for your child's school
- Meet Your Volunteering and Fundraising Mentor
- The Volunteer Family
- VolunteerSpot
- Center for Social Justice
- Project Appleseed
- Future Philanthropists
- Massachusetts Nonprofit Support Services
- High School Fundraising Ideas
- Adopt-a-Classroom
- BelieveKids Elementary School Fundraising
- VH1 Save the Music Fundraiser Kit
- DC Public Education Fund
- Non-Food Fundraising Ideas
- UN Foundation's Shot@Life Campaign Overview
School Nutrition and Fitness
Resources for getting healthy meals and snacks and physical fitness time in schools
- School Nutrition Association
- EatRight.org
- National School Lunch Program
- The Food Trust
- Healthy School Lunches
- The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
- The Campus Kitchens Project
- Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
- Let's Move!
- Michelle Obama's Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- The Teaching Garden
- Fed Up With Lunch: The School Lunch Project
- Playworks
- NBA/WNBA FIT
- Domino's Smart Slice Pizza School Lunch Option
Early Literacy and Education
How to encourage early reading and education programs in schools
- Meet Your Early Literacy and Education Mentor
- Jumpstart
- First Book
- Reading is Fundamental
- Reach Out and Read
- National Head Start Association
- Save the Children
- Center for Research on Children in the U.S.
- The Early Literacy Crisis
- Productive Parenting
- KinderCare
- KinderCare's Guide to Reading With Your Child
- KinderCare's Early Literacy Tips
- KinderCare: How to be a Reading Role Model
- Literacy Tips for Big Kids from KinderCare
- Knowledge Universe
- Knowledge Universe's Early Education: Long Term Success Study
- Knowledge Universe: The Impact of Early Childhood Education
- Early Literacy Help for Special Needs Children
- Center for Multicultural Equity & Access
- Homewood Suites' Books for Kids Fact Sheet
Education News
Resources to keep you updated on news in education, and how to spread your plans for change
- Meet Your Education Blogging and Social Media Mentor
- Parenting's Mom Congress Blog
- National PTA
- National Education Association
- NY Times Education
- The Washington Post's Answer Sheet
- Huffington Post Education
- LA Times Education
- NBC Learn
- Discovery Education Portal
- Edutopia
- EdWeek.org
- Center for Social Impact Communication
Common Core Standards
Understand the Common Core Standards in education and what to expect your child to learn each year in school
- Meet Your Common Core Standards Mentor
- Parent's Guide to Student Success
- CoreStandards.org
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Common Core Standards Brief: English
- Common Core Standards Brief: Math
- Common Core Overview: Kindergarten
- Common Core Overview: First Grade
- Common Core Overview: Second Grade
- Common Core Overview: Third Grade
- Common Core Overview: Fourth Grade
- Common Core Overview: Fifth Grade
- Common Core Overview: Sixth Grade
- Common Core Overview: Seventh Grade
- Common Core Overview: Eighth Grade
- Common Core Overview: High School English
- Common Core Overview: High School Math
STEM Education
How to improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in schools
- Meet Your STEM Education Mentor
- STEM Education Coalition
- STEMeducation.com
- Discovery Channel's STEM Education Initiative: Be the Future
- The White House's "Change the Equation" STEM initiative
- PBS.org: STEM Education Resource Center
- STEM Education news from Edutopia
- St. Catherine Unversity's STEM Education Resources
- PNC Grow Up Great
Books Make It Better Book Drive
Books Make It Better is a mom-driven movement powered by Mom Congress delegates with a simple goal: hosting book drives to support early literacy.
Parental Involvement and Engagement
How parents and communities can influence change in schools
- Meet Your School Community Mentor
- Meet Your Parental Involvement Mentor
- Meet Your Parent-Teacher Communication Mentor
- Meet Your Family Engagement Mentor
- Stand for Children
- CommunitySchools.org
- Communities in Schools
- Life Works International
- The Parent Trigger Law Debate
- National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
- Parent Involvement Matters
- Project Appleseed
- NEA.org's Parent Involvement Research
- PTA.org's Parent Involvement Resources
- Voice Your Ideas with Parenting's Lesson Plan for Change
- KinderCare's Parent Resource Center
- KinderCare's Summer Learning Resources
- Harvard University's Family Involvement Network of Educators
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Education Policy
Meet the Secretary of Education and learn about important education policies
Arts Education
Why arts education is beneficial for kids, and how to keep art programs in your school
- Meet Your Arts Education Mentor
- National Arts Education Association
- Keep Arts in Schools
- Americans for the Arts
- Arts Education Network
- Arts Education Partnership
- Music For All
- Special Edutopia Report: Why Arts Education Must Be Saved
- National Endowment for the Arts: Grant Applications
- Center for Arts Education
- VH1 Save the Music
- VH1 Save the Music Fundraiser Kit
- PTA Reflections
Special and Gifted Education
Resources for parents with gifted or special education-needs children
- Meet Your Special Education Mentor
- Meet Your Gifted Education Mentor
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children
- National Society for the Gifted and Talented
- Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
- Gifted Child Society
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development
- Davidson Academy for the Profoundly Gifted
- The Thomas B. Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence
- Hoagie's Gifted
- Early Literacy Help for Special Needs Children
- Center for Child and Human Development
Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
Information on how you can stop bullying in your school
- Meet Your Bullying Prevention Mentor
- StopBullying.gov
- PTA.org Bullying Resources
- StopBullyingNow.com
- StopCyberBullying.org
- Cyberbully.org
- CyberBullyHelp.org
- Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
- James Howe, author of The Misfits
- No Name Calling Week
- Plushy Feely Corp
- Thebullyproject.com
- Dosomething.org Violence and Bullying
- Helping Hands for Hurting Hearts for Parents of Bullied Children
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