Links
In this study, much emphasis is placed on developing individual or
group local action plans. Many of the best resources for updating information
are on the web. Below are a few sites to help begin your search.
Women's Division Artilcles
Youth links
Organizations that have an interest in various issues related to
public school education or students:
Adult links
- Education Week: www.edweek.com.
This site is a gold mine of up-to-date information. In its section "Issues
A-Z," hot topics are updated regularly. These address most of the
issues in this book and others. On the "Special Reports" page,
annual Quality Counts studies on important topics are researched in depth.
The 2003 study is on the teacher gap and the 2002 study is on technology
counts. The home page provides overviews of current news related to education
and links take the reader to past articles related to each subject.
- U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov.
Through this site, you can access government resources, statistics
and more. It has a link to the site for The No Child Left Behind Act,
or you can access this site directly at: www.nochildleftbehind.gov.
- National Center for Education Statistics: www.nces.ed.gov.
U.S. government site with many statistics related to various aspects
of education.
- National Association of State Boards of Education: www.nasbe.org.
Links to many other sites and state-by-state guidelines for No Child
Left Behind.
- Education Commission of the States: www.ecs.org.
Compiles what individual states are doing. List and information on
specific issues.
- Council of Chief State School Officers: www.ccsso.org.
Select by state to link to state web site.
- National Governors Association: www.nga.org.
Information on each governor and state/federal issues.
- National Conference of State Legislators: www.ncsl.org.
Statewide guidelines for individual states to meet. Links to many
other sites.
- Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning: www.mcrel.org.
Rural Technology Institute, NCLB policy brief, and more.
- Rural School and Community Trust: www.ruraledu.org.
"Why Rural Matters" state by state information, small schools, section
on NCLB
Education Renewal Zones.
- Rethinking Schools: www.rethinkingschools.org.
A resource on urban schools. Archive collection of articles as well as current
information.
- School Violence Resource Center: www.svrc.net.
State-by-state information plus links by category to other resources.
- National School Safety Center: www.nsscl.org.
Provides statistics and information on violence in schools.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security: www.dhs.gov.
Go to: "home and community" then "children and schools."
- Healthy Schools Network: www.healthyschools.org.
Model resources and national resource for healthy kids and schools.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services
Action for Healthy Kids: www.actionforhealthykids.org.
Lists state teams and plans, tools for action and over 35 national organizations
working on healthy kids.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov.
Excellent information, especially "Tools for Schools" program on
indoor air quality.
- PTA: www.pta.org.
Website of the Parent-Teachers'Association. One helpful PTA brochure is "100
Ways
for Parents to Be Involved in Their Child's Education."
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