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the national center for fair and open testing

• … The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) advances quality education and equal opportunity by promoting fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial evaluations of students, teachers and schools. FairTest also works to end the misuses and flaws of testing practices that impede those goals … (about 1/2).
• Mission Statement.

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Contrarian View; Resources; Fact Sheets; Testings: K-12, University, Employment;
Staff, Board; Newsletter; Archives; News; Publicatiopns; Videos; Links; Support us;
Address: FairTest, P.O. Box 300204, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA;
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About 2/2: … We place special emphasis on eliminating the racial, class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity posed by standardized tests, and preventing their damage to the quality of education.  Continuer la lecture de « Fair Test »

The Chennai Centre for China Studies CCCS, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 (83/2008 dated 4 April 2008), is a non-profit public policy think-tank, with the following objectives … (about 1/2).

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Address: , 2, Apoorva Apartments, 7, Maharani Chinnamma Road, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018, India;
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About 2/2 /Our objectives:   Continuer la lecture de « Chennai Center for China Studies CCCS »

strategic insights and bipartisan policy solutions

At a time of new global opportunities and challenges, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. A bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change … (about 1/2).

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Address: Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
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About 2/2: … Founded by David M. Abshire (far left) and Admiral Arleigh Burke (left) at the height of the Cold War, CSIS was dedicated to finding ways for America to sustain its prominence and prosperity as a force for good in the world.  Continuer la lecture de « Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS »

Council for Genuine Global Cooperation – Nord-Süd Forum e.V. – Linked on our blogs with Soka Gakkai International SGI.

• The GLOBAL COOPERATION COUNCIL advocates genuine collaboration as a prerequisite of fair globalization in the firm belief that the emerging new world in the 21st century calls for departure from the entrenched patterns of thinking.
• Instead of clinging on to outdated social, economic, financial and political perceptions and structures, there is a compelling need to create conditions for a just, truly democratic and secure world whose citizens are empowered to interact with each other and those at the helm of affairs in order to respond rapidly to changes creeping in at a quick pace … (Interaction for change 1/2).
• Sustained are IDN-In Depth News, Global perspectives, Development Watch and Global Affairs Media Academy.

All pages have the same URL. To reach them, click on the internal links as: executives, advisory, help yourself, statutes arichives, global events, news-features-analyses, internat. cooperation, interaction for change, acrtivities, contact, links.
Impressum /Address: GLOBAL COOPERATION COUNCIL, (Nord-Süd-Forum) e.V., Marienstr. 19/20, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.

Interaction for change 2/2: … This calls for fostering a culture of peace, which is a prerequisite for sustainable global security.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Cooperation Council »

a Buddhist association based in Tokyo, to raise awareness about the need for a nuclear free world – Linked on our blogs with Global Cooperation Council.

Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a lay Buddhist movement linking more than 12 million people around the world. SGI members integrate their Buddhist practice into their daily lives, following the Lotus Sutra based teachings of Nichiren, a 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest … (about /Overview 1/2).

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Initiatives; Peace; Development; Human Rights; Activities; Partners; Resources; About /Facts; AllNews; Media; FAQs;
map; Address: SGI Headquarters, Josei Toda International Center, 15-3 Samon-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 160-0017;
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About /Overview 2/2: … Just as the lotus blooms in a muddy pond, all people can manifest the Buddha nature – inner resources of courage, wisdom and compassion that can equip them to overcome life’s challenges and lead happy and fulfilling lives.  Continuer la lecture de « Soka Gakkai International SGI »