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Source of news, research, and legislation on all 50 states and the District of Columbia covering topics such as teacher quality, No Child Left Behind, educational testing, and much more.
Offers various searching options. Subject categories such as "Government Relations," "Issues and Insights," and "State Associations" lead to full text documents of interest to school administrators.
Focuses on educational leadership. Click on "News and Issues" for access to news and information in full text or for definitions of educational terms in ASCD's online dictionary, A Lexicon of Learning.
The center conducts research on efforts to improve academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.
Formerly, the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. Includes "Hot Topics" such as class size, charter schools, educational vouchers, standards and accountability, school safety, student motivation, and whole-school reform. Also provides access to various ERIC resources and an assortment of other material.
The goal of the consortium is to improve elementary and secondary education through practical research. Click on "Publications" for full text reports and other publications on education policy, governance, finance, and school reform.
Source of information about programs and resources to assist employers in hiring people with disabilities.
A peer reviewed journal published by the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education Arizona State University and the College of Education University of South Florida.
The Education Trust provides advocacy, analysis and expert testimony on policies, research and wide public dissemination of data for high academic achievement of all students at all levels pre-K-16.
Focuses on policy issues related to higher education finance, information technology, accountability and quality, the emerging majority, and international higher education.
Offers action-oriented analyses of pressing policy issues regarding opportunity and achievement in higher education-including two- and four-year, public and private, for-profit and nonprofit institutions.
Provides information about U.S. education and information about education in other countries.
Offer browsable topics and approaches, such as education, environment and energy, health, HIV/AIDS, leadership and democracy, youth, communications, gender, partnership, social marketing and behavior change, research and evaluation, technology applications and training. It can also be browsed by geographic area.
A searchable web database of research relevant to international education. It is updated monthly and currently contains details of 6,141 books, articles, conference papers and reports.
Provides information on international higher education, The International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA), International Higher Education Clearinghouse, Higher Education Corruption Monitor, as well as higher education journal directory.
Focuses on cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement and societal development through the international study of educational ideas, systems, and practices.
Source of education in Latin America, including distance education, higher education, language programs, primary and secondary education, as well as scholarship, grants, and loans.
Offers a broad range of programs and opportunities for Non-US and US students, scholars, educators, professionals and potential partners, including fulbright programs.
Provides data pertaining to all levels of education in the United States and other nations.
Provides studies in a wide range, such as TIMSS, language education, computers in education, reading literacy, written composition, teacher education and development, as well as international civic and citizenship education.
Touches upon themes/topics in the areas of curriculum development, policy dialogue, learning to live together, conflicts and social cohesion, HIV and AIDS, as well as poverty and alleviation.
Includes information on international indicators, international surveys and assessments, indicator projects, and links to related sites.
An extensive site with links to many sites including the following Unesco Institutes:
International Bureau of Education (IBE)
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
International Institution for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC)
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE)
UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Provides official information about U.S. education and for U.S. citizens seeking authoritative information about education in other countries.
The Center provides research and development on standards that improves assessment and accountability systems for both K-12 and adult learning.
The site links to K-12 standards by state and by subject area, to U.S. and foreign resources, and to labs, clearinghouses and organizations concerned with educational standards.
"A compendium of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 education in both searchable and browsable formats."
Also known as "The Nation's Report Card." Includes test results for reading, mathematics, and other subjects included in the testing program; NAEP publications; a glossary of terms; test questions; and more.
An independent, bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. The Board sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly known as the "The Nation's Report Card."
Develops professional standards and create a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards. It also provides state and local information as well as tips on how to prepare a portfolio.
"The current nationwide emphasis on ensuring that all students and schools meet high standards has increased the demand for evidence of "what works" in education." WWC aims to promote informed education decision making and to help to improve student outcomes.
"The Annenberg Institute consults closely with district and organization partners on a reform strategy that fits with the local context and that is designed to build the capacity of local partners to shoulder the ongoing challenge of local school improvement."
Focuses on school choice and other education reform issues, including charter schools and tuition vouchers. Provides links to many related sites.
The Center studies major issues in education reform and governance in K-12 education.
Touches upon charter school laws in various states.
The Center provides technical assistance, training, and resources to charter school developers, operators, charter-granting agencies, and policy makers in California, U.S. nation-wide, and internationally.
This 108 page report from 2002 examines whether charter schools have fulfilled their promises, particularly in regard to student achievement. (Adobe PDF)
Provides various homeschooling resource guides.
A clearinghouse of research for the public, researchers, homeschoolers, the media, and policy makers.
Source of material regarding charter schools in New York. Provides information about: technical assistance for setting up a charter school in New York State, New York State Charter School Law, a listing of approved charter schools in NY, a breakdown of payments made to charter schools, and more.
Useful information about charter schools includes: Overview, News, Community, State Profiles, Federal Suport, and Resources.
Provides education-related legal information on federal statutes, federal agency regulations, federal judicial decisions, U.S. Constitutions, state statutes, state judicial decisions, and key Internet sources.
This site was originally built & maintained by Offices of the U.S. House. Covers U.S. Constitutions, state regulations, best known court cases in Education, as well as educational legislation in foreign countries.
Provides access to a variety of legal resources related to education on the Web.
Covers education law, student rights and the privitization movement.
Site of New York State Assembly featuring the Consolidated Laws of New York.
Text of the 2001 federal legislation, Public Law 107-110.
Provides information on international higher education, The International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA), International Higher Education Clearinghouse, Higher Education Corruption Monitor, as well as higher education journal directory.
Covers news, current issues, research, special issues and data, government and politics, information technology, community colleges and more.
Consortium devoted to information technology in higher education. Site provides access to various resources and an e-journal Educause Review.
An online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education.
Includes information on education abroad, international education leadership, international student and scholar services, recruitment, admissions, and preparation, teaching, learning, and scholarship, public policy, and more.
An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, the National Center prepares analyses of policy issues regarding opportunity and achievement in higher education and communicates performance results and key findings.
Contents cover areas such as faculty salaries, internationalization of education, new finance of public higher education, benefits and retirement, and more.
A searchable database for finding postsecondary educational institutions and programs accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
Divided into four major categories: I. General works, II. The Colonial Period, III. From the Revolution to Reconstruction, and IV. America in the Urban Age. This is an unannotated bibliography that was last updated in November 2001.
Offers information and analysis on court-ordered desegregation and provides links to other Web resources related to this important case in the history of Education in the USA. Includes results of research conducted by Dr. John Logan of the Lewis Mumford Center, The University at Albany, State University of New York.
College essays tracing American education.
International scholarly society devoted to history of education. Links to events, bibliographies, resources.
Emphasis is on North American events related to education in its broad sense. "The episode in question [may] be a policy, a court case, a piece of legislation, a scholarly article, a new theory, a research report, an incident, the release of a book, a speech, an empirical finding, a conference, the opening or a closure of an institution, a movie, an anecdote, or anything, big or small, [relating to] education theory, policy, politics, research and practice during the last century."