Education
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Web Resources
| Education Mega-Sites | Educational Psychology and Testing | Grant and Scholarship Information |
| K - 12 Resources | Organizations | Publications |
| Higher Education | Government Resources | Research and Statistics |
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
Provides access to lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources. Resources are searchable by subject or keyword and limited by grade level (each K-12 grade, higher education, vocational education, or adult/continuing education).
Education World
With over 100,000 URLs (and growing daily) in its database, it claims to be the most comprehensive source for Education Links on the Internet. Search by keyword, or by the Topic List, or browse the Awards for extensive reviews of the hottest education sites of the month.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Centralized government ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
A classified list of site on the Internet for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth in all areas of education.
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Topic areas include bilingual education, public policy issues and immigrant education.
GreatSchools.net
Guide to K-12 schools. Provides basic information about all schools in the U.S. with enhanced reports on Arizona and California schools. Reports on enrollment, race/ethnicity, student-teacher ratio, and test scores. Designed for parents to compare schools, this site is very user-friendly.
ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse)
Math and science curriculum resources for K-12. Includes web sites, books, kits, and other formats.
Teacher's Edition Online
The Teacher's Edition Online site gives elementary school teachers different ideas on how to conduct classes. This easy-to-navigate site, packed with colorful and informative graphics, acts like a support group for teachers.
The Learning Web
The U.S. Geological Survey has created, this World Wide Web site dedicated to K12 education, exploration, and lifelong learning.
Math Lesson Plans and Other Resources
Links to lesson plans, activities and other resources on the web.
Science Learning Network
Science resource for K-8 teachers students.
Teachers Helping Teachers
This site is completely by and for teachers. It offers something for everyone in the field. The home page links to the expected areas of interest; math, science, language arts, social studies where the user will find tips and lesson plans related to the topic and the site also offers a newsgroup style forum for sharing ideas and questions.
Computers in Teaching and Learning
This
page is designed to cover everything related to the use of Computers in the Teaching and Learning processes
Children's Literature Web Guide
This guide is an attempt to gather and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
Lesson Plans
Contains lesson plans for all topics including the Internet and parents.
Lesson Plans and Activities
Provides extensive links to lesson plans for elementary and secondary grades in the areas of math, science, language arts, ESL, social studies, and others.
ERIC Resources in Spanish
A small collection of full text ERIC documents written in Spanish, and links to other resources.
ALA Resources for Parents and Kids
This American Library Association site gives a resource for parents to find award winning books, Internet resources for kids, and book lists.
Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL)
An electronic guide to information regarding adolescent issues and secondary education. Especially useful for counselors.
Private School Locator
Find private schools in United States. Get enrollment data by grade and race/ethnicity for 30,000 schools.
Search by school name, city, county, state or zipcode. Search for school characteristics, such a religious affliation, program emphasis (Alternative, Montessori, etc.). Search by coed status, number of students, or grade levels. Based on data submitted to a U.S. Department of Education Survey.
Public School Locator
Gives contact information for individual schools, enrollment by grade, student-teacher ratio, race/ethnicity, free lunch enrollment. Search for U.S. public schools by school name, district, geographic area, or enrollment size.
School District Locator
Gives contact information for school districts, demographic data, and links to data on individual schools. Search for districts by name, or geographic area.
College and University Rankings
Annotated list of resources that rank higher education institutions. NOTE: Read the "Caution and Controversy" section before you place to much value in any ranking.
College Source Online
This features over 6,500 college catalogs in complete cover to cover, original page format; representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools. Tables of contents and indexes are fully hyperlinked so you can quickly find all the details you need. Available only to University of Arizona faculty, students, and staff from on the University of Arizona campus.
College Board Online
Search for a college, learn about financial aid, register for the SAT, discover Advanced Placement courses, and more.
FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
Comprehensive free resource for student financial aid information on the Web. Free scholarship search, financial aid calculators, glossary, and bibliography.
CollegeNET
2500 colleges listed with admissions information. Search engine and geographical indexes.
Graduate School Guide
Comprehensive On-line Guide to Doctoral, Master's and Professional Degree programs.
Learning Support Centers in Higher Education
Web portal on the subject of Learning Support Centers. Find Resources on programs providing tutoring, supplemental instruction, student orientation, study skills, labs for ESL conversation, and other learner assistance in higher education.
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Web resources for teaching and learning in higher education. Search for web tutorials, assignments, assessments on a topic. You can incorportate these resources into you classes.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Union catalog of theses and dissertations from participating schools. Includes some full text links.
Peterson's Education Center
Peterson's Education Center brings together, consistently organized information about educational opportunities at all levels, and gives individuals the ability to search Peterson's databases as well as to request more information.
Educational Psychology and Testing:
Test Link - The Educational Testing Center (ETS)
Established to make information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Use this site to locate tests or reviews of tests that are used in the field of education.
FAQ: Finding Information on Psychological Tests
Information on psychological tests provided by the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association. Includes information on published and non-published psychological tests.
School Psychology Resources Online
Useful links for the school psychology community, parents, and educators. Good source for information on specific conditions and disorders.
EDUCAUSE
Offers leadership and assistance to its member institutions in order to address critical issues surrounding the role of information technology in higher education.
NCSS Online
National Council for the Social Studies. Professional development, teaching resources, news, meetings, and publications.
Consortium for School Networking
Educators need up-to-date information on how to get quick, easy, and cost effective access to the Internet and on-line resources. The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is the national voice for advocating access to the emerging National Information Infrastructure in schools.
Yahoo Index
Collection of government resources related to education.
Arizona Department of Education
Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability
Arizona Content Standards, AIMS testing, and School Report Cards.
U.S. Department of Education
Website has links to grant information, teachers guides, Goals 2000 and much more.
Grant and Scholarship Information:
Community of Science
These databases contain the names and addresses of Principal Investigators, grant titles, abstracts, and keywords associated with grants funded by the federal government.
Fulbright Scholar Program
Information contained on this page pertains to the Fulbright Senior Scholar Program and is made available to Fulbright alumni, grantees, prospective applicants, and the public at large.
National Science Foundation: Grants for Educators
Describes NSF programs providing grant money for educators.
Education Policy Analysis Archive
EPAA is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published entirely electronically. It is published at the College of education of Arizona State University.
From Now On
The Educational Technology Journal.
Horizon
This journal helps to inform educators about challenges being faced by educators and steps being taken to face these challenges.
Education Book Reviews
Resource for educators and librarians who are looking for reviews on books on education, both new and old.
UNESCO Statistical Tables on Education
Includes educational expenditure by country, educational structure and enrollment rations by countries; summary tables for all levels of education by groups of countries, and statistical information about libraries worldwide.