Education

General Sites

• U.S. Department of Education: Topics from A to Z
• ASCI: Association of Christian Schools International organization Directory

California Schools

• ED-Data – Fiscal, Demographic, and Performance Data on CA K-12 Schools
  Demographic data reported to the CA Department of Education; includes location, school demographics, student counts, students by ethnic groups, etc.
• California State Board of Education Content Standards

Higher Education

• Peterson’s Education & Career Center
• U.S. News College Center
• World Lecture Hall

K-12

• Association for Experiential Education
  A resource for activity learning. (RW)
• The Awesome Library
  An extensive, searchable library of K-12 resources categorized for kids, parents, teachers, librarians.
• Blue Web’n Application Library
  Provides a directory of sites for K-12 schools. Good collection of links to sites with lesson plans, etc.
• Tired Teachers Website K-12
  Lesson plans and activities. Arranged by subject area.
• Education World: Where Educators Go to Learn
  Provides information on lesson plans, curriculums, books in education, special themes, etc. Searchable by keyword. Note the Holidays Center.
• ePALS: Classroom Exchange
  Collection of K-12 classrooms that would like to communicate with other students throught chat or e-mail. Currently, about 16,000 classrooms are registered.
• Educational Resources on Asia
  Maintained by the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies, this site contains resources and curriculum materials for K-12.
• EdWeb Home Room
  Extensive resource for selected education sites. Helps are included for teachers to restructure curriculum and infuse technology across the curriculum. (RW)
• Global Schoolhouse Project
• History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
  Excellent resource for useful curriculum links.
• Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
• Pathways to School Improvement
  Products of North Central Regional Educational Library are identified. Typical topics include assessment, at-risk, instruction, parent and family involvement. (RW)
• Rosa Hempill Chemistry and Science Resources for Students and Teachers
• SchoolGrants
  Offers numerous resources for locating, writing, and managing grant proposals for K-12.
• The Virtual Schoolhouse at Cisco Educational Archives
  Cisco Educational Archives at the University of North Carolina maintains The Virtual Schoolhouse. Excellent resources are available for teachers to learn how to use the Internet.
• Yahoo Education Directory

Periodicals

• Education Policy Analysis Archives
  A peer-reviewed journal for articles on educational policy from Arizona State University. Includes archives and abstracts. (RW)

Special Education

• The Law and Special Education
  Provides links to statutes, regulations, and legal information available on the Internet. This site accompanies the author’s textbook on this subject; last updated in January 1998.
• International Dyslexia Association

Statistics

• National Center for Education Statistics
  Some data dates back to 1972; the bulk dates from the 1980s.

Teaching Abroad

• Council on Internal Educational Exchange
  Help is given for those seeking information on teaching abroad. (RW)

Urban Education

• Institute for Urban & Minority Education
  Extensive sites and resources for those wanting information about teaching in inner-city schools. (RW)
• Council of the Great City Schools
  Helps are given for those working in inner-city schools. The periodical Urban Educator is available, plus information on free software.(RW)

Homeschooling

• Homeschool World

**Sites that contain the initials RW were suggested and annotated by Dr. Ray White, VUSC Education Professor Emeritus.**