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- Organizations, Associations, and Governmental Agencies
- Periodical Resources
- Other Resources
- Legal Resources
- Statistical Resources
Organizations, Associations, and Governmental Agencies
- American Educational Research Association
- American Federation of Teachers
- Center on Education and Work - University of Wisconsin, Madison
- The Center provides leadership in identifying and responding to issues affecting the connection among education, work, community, and the family.
- Educational Associations and Organizations
- This web page, maintained by the U.S. Department of Education, contains hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by public and private organizations.
- Institute on Education and the Economy - Teachers College, Columbia University
- IEE conducts a program of research and policy analysis and provides intellectual leadership on the implications of changes in the economy and labor markets for all levels of our education and training systems.
- National Assessment Governing Board
- The Governing Board is an independent, bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. Congress created the 26-member Governing Board in 1988 to set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- commonly known as the "The Nation's Report Card." In November 1997, Congress granted NAGB exclusive authority over development of the proposed Voluntary National Tests (VNT).
- National Center for Research in Vocational Education
- NCRVE is the nation's largest center for research and development in work-related education. Headquartered at the University of California at Berkeley since 1988, NCRVE has played a key role in developing a new concept of vocational education as the Center works toward fulfilling its mission to strengthen education to prepare all individuals for lasting and rewarding employment, and lifelong learning.
- National Education Association
- National Institute for Urban School Improvement
- Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, the National Institute for Urban School Improvement seeks to combine the reform efforts pertaining to special needs children with general reform efforts for all children in urban schools. This site features an electronic newsletter, a forums section, and a browseable and searchable Resource Database.
- National School Boards Association
- National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Studies, Science and Engineering Education Statistics
- Rand Institute on Education and Training
- U.S. Department of Education
- Goals 2000 Plan : Educate America Act
- This site features a collection of information about the GOALS 2000: Educate America Act, including the full text of the Act as signed into law by President Clinton on March 31, 1994.
- National Center for Education Statistics
- The purpose of the Center is to collect and report "...statistics and information showing the condition and progress of education in the United States and other nations in order to promote and accelerate the improvement of American education."
- Achievement in the United States: Progress Since a Nation at Risk? (Center for Education Reform and Empower America)
- Available full-text in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Education and the Economy: An Indicators Report
- Examines the link between education and economic productivity from different angles using a variety of data sources. Available full-text in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
- Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools : 1996-97
- Based on a survey conducted in the summer of 1997 on violence in U.S. public elementary and secondary schools. Available full-text in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- School-to-Work Internet Gateway from the U.S. Department of Education
Periodical Resources (some resources may not be full-text)
- American Educational Research Association journals - searchable abstracts
- ERIC/AE has indexed the abstracts of all articles appearing in the journals of the American Educational Research Association since 1966 - Educational Researcher (ER), American Educational Research Journal (AERJ), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS), Review of Educational Research (RER)
- American School Board Journal
- Published monthly by the National School Boards Association.
- Annotated Bibliography of Education Journals
- - over 426 education related journals and extensive links to educational organizations and institutions that sponsor them, developed and maintained by the staffs of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Instructional Materials Center (IMC) and the Kansas State University Libraries (KSU).
- Brookings Papers on Education Policy
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- To search the FULL-TEXT of the Chronicle of Higher Education on line input the user name and password listed below when requested:
- on-line user number: 11170602
- password: 4tnguy79
- Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
- Scholarly journal published at Arizona State University -- browseable abstracts and searchable full-content.
- Education Review : A Journal of Book Reviews
- Education Review (ER) publishes review articles of recently published books in education. ER contains sixteen departments covering the range of educational scholarship, and is intended to promote wider understanding of the latest and best research in the field. All articles are published on-line, with current articles archived on the ER web page.
- Education Week
- ERIC : Educational Resources Information Center
- The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than 850,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
- Harvard Educational Review
- Harvard Educational Review Online
- Click on ENTER and type the following into the appropriate fields in the input box. User Name: 82108 Password: harvard (all lowercase) Then click on the OK button.
- The Journal of Educational and Behavioural Statistics
- The Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
- Review of Educational Research - published by the American Educational Research Association
- Review of Higher Education
- Table of contents available. The official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), The Review of Higher Education provides a forum for discussion of issues affecting higher education and related fields. The journal advances the study of colleges and universities by publishing peer-reviewed articles, essays, reviews, and research findings.
- School Board News
- Published by the National School Boards Association.
Other Resources
- Education and Society
- Review of public policy issues that impact how students learn. From the National Education Association.
- Education Links
- Education Policy and Legislation Links: Federal and State
- The Internet has made it easier to research and track the federal and state legislative and governmental decisions that shape K-12 education. Other resources include organizations involved in education policy. From the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL).
- Education Reform Studies
- Information on education reform and "market-based public policies and alternatives, including privatization, school choice, and competition." The Cato Institute
- Education Studies Research Program - The Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
- School Choice Programs : What's Happening in the States -- 1998
- A state-by-state report on school choice programs from the Heritage Foundation. 1997 and 1996 editions also available.
- Urban Education Web/ERIC
- UEweb offers manuals, brief articles, annotated bibliographies, reviews and summaries of outstanding publications, and conference announcements in urban education.
Legal Resources
- American Bar Association's Division for Public Education
- The mission of the American Bar Association's Division for Public Education is to increase public understanding of law and its role in society. To achieve this mission, they conduct programs, develop resources, provide technical assistance and information clearinghouse services, present awards, and foster partnerships among bar associations, educational agencies and others. This site is a guide to many of these offerings, as well as links to related sites.
- EDLAW, Inc.
- EDLAW, Inc. is a full service provider of information on education law located in Hollywood, Florida. This page is designed to provide a starting point for basic legal information of use to special educators, parents and their advisors in meeting federal and state requirements for the education of students with disabilities.