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See also British Studies: Education .
19th Century Schoolbooks
"The Nietz Old Textbook Collection is one of several well-known collections of 19th Century schoolbooks in the United States. Among the 16,000 volumes [currently 33 full-text digital volumes online] are many titles that are rarely held and have not yet been reproduced in microform collections or reprint editions."
A Demonstration Project by the Digital Research Library, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
AACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse
"This clearinghouse is designed to help people access information on education policy at the national, regional, or state level, and includes links to every state government, department of education and judicial system. In addition, there are links to hundreds of newspapers, policy centers, and associations. News items are added regularly, and individuals at AACTE member institutions can access the legislative tracking and posting aspects of the site. A limited number of policy pieces are also included as well as a user run bulletin board."
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
The Albert Shanker Institute
- Democracy: Teach It (September 2003)
"...is a new statement calling for improvement in the teaching of democracy. Endorsed by a wide range of prominent Americansófrom former President Bill Clinton to President Reagan's UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, NEA President Reg Weaver to actor Christopher Reeveóthe document calls for an expanded course of study in history, civics, and the humanities, providing all students with a full, warts-and-all understanding of our own and other nations."
America's Most Literate Cities
- Jack Miller, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
American Council on Education (ACE) - (dead link)
- Does Diversity Make a Difference? - (dead link)
Three Research Studies on Diversity in College Classrooms
American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
Founded in 1995 by Lynne Cheney
- Defending Civilization: How Our Universities Are Failing America and What Can Be Done About It - (dead link) [.pdf]
"In response, [to September 11] ACTA has established the Defense of Civilization Fund to support the study of American history and civics and of Western civilization...The report calls on college and university trustees to make sure their institutions offer strong core curricula that pass on to the next generation the legacy of freedom and democracy."
The report names more than 100 individual professors who have said or written what the ACTA deems as exhibiting a "blame America first" sentiment.
- Losing America's Memory: Historical Illiteracy in the 21st Century
- The Shakespeare File: What English Majors are Really Studying - (dead link)
American Federation of Teachers
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
- Education Theses Database - (dead link)
"...a database of higher degrees theses accepted at Australian universities and colleges."
BBC Online - Education - (dead link)
Benchmarks and Standards as Tools for Science Education Reform
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
"This site contains a very large number of full text educational research conference papers."
Bibliography: History of Education in Canada 1980-1999
Historical Studies in Education/Revue díhistoire de líÈducation 11:2 (Fall/automne 1999)
Bibliography of Canadian Childhood and Youth
Bibliotherapy
Prepared by Nola Kortner Aiex
Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication.
Bilingualism Database
"This database is intended for use by those interested or involved in the field of Bilingualism regardless of whether they are professionals, researchers, students or parents of bilingual children...The database can be accessed via this website, as can a number of webpages containing useful information on bilingualism. The database is drawn from resources reflecting the availability of research material from the US, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. We would like to add non-Western resources to this database as they become available to us."
The School of Education, The University Birmingham
British Education Index (BEI)
An Electronic and Printed Guide to the Contents of British Educational Literature
"...an authoritative index to the contents of 300 education and training journals published in the British Isles, together with certain internationally published periodicals, and is expanding to cover national report and conference literature in the field."
The Campus Computing Project
Census Data for the Classroom & Demographic Media for All Audiences
Social Science Data Analysis Network
"The Social Science Data Analysis Network makes the latest US census surveys and demographic trends accessible to educators, policymakers, the media, and students at all levels."
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University (CPBD@MU)
"...is a bibliography for designing literature-based thematic units for all disciplines, including health education...Our database contains abstracts of over 4000 picture books for children, preschool to grade 3."
ChildStats.gov
Forum on Family and Child Statistics
Common Framework of Science Learning Outcomes, K to 12
From the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
Debating Literacy in Australia: A Documentary History, 1945-1994
EdResearch Online - (dead link)
"...database of 12 009 research documents and articles. 8 878 are linked to freely available full text documents. 3 160 journal articles can be purchased online for $22 per article (1st copy). There is no charge to search the database or access the bibliographical citations and abstracts. You will only incur a charge if you purchase one of the 3 160 articles with copyright protection...Cunningham Library at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) delivers its Complete Article Service from its web site where researchers and students can download the scanned images of the full text of articles selected from 120 Australian journals related to education."
- Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) - Cunningham Library
EdWeb (etext)
Exploring Technology and School Reform
"...you can hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom, and much, much more."
A "hyperbook" by Andy Carvin
Education Publications Relating to ESEA Programs
Education Week on the Web
American's Education Online Newspaper of Record
Education-line
Electronic Texts in Education and Training
A service provided by the British Education Index
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
ERIC Clearing House on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE)
- Search ERIC In-Progress Abstracts - (dead link)
"Each week, ERIC/ACVE personnel send abstracts of new journal articles and documents for inclusion in the ERIC Database. Unfortunately, it may take four (or more) months for these citations to appear. Here you can search or browse (by week) these "in-process" materials."
ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library
"Here you will find links to some of the best full-text books, reports, journal articles, newsletter articles and papers on the Internet that address educational measurement, evaluation and learning theory."
EDNER Project Issues Papers
"EDNER Key Issues papers are intended to distil formative evaluation questions on topics which are central to the development of the UK's higher and further education Information Environment. They are presented as short check-lists of key questions and are addressed to developers and practitioners."
The Education Trust
Education Week on the Web
Education World : "Best Of" Series : 2000 : Original Articles
Topics include: Lesson Planning ; Books in Ed ; Curriculum ; School Issues ; Teacher Lessons ; Tech in Classroom ; Administrators.
Extending Learning Time for Disadvantaged Students
"What elements distinguish successful summer school, after school, and other programs designed to increase students' time for learning? Volume 1, a Summary of Promising Practices, examines 10 key features of promising programs for extending learning time for students. Volume 2, Profiles of Promising Practices, looks at 14 promising extended-learning-time programs across the U.S."
ESEA Publication
Goals 2000: Educate America Act
Human Rights Watch
interactive educational Multimedia (ieM)
International Archive of Education Data
"...the Archive will acquire, process, document, and disseminate data collected by national, state or provincial, local, and private organizations, pertaining to all levels of education in countries for which data can be made available...The data stored in this new Archive are intended to support a wide variety of comparative and longitudinal research through the preservation and sharing of data resources. The Archive seeks to serve the needs of academics, policymakers, and researchers in the field of education."
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan
Institute for Higher Education Policy - (dead link)
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
"A refereed electronic journal to advance theory, research and practice in open and distance learning worldwide."
[James, William] William James
Sections include: Essays, Excerpts, Letters, and Reviews ; From Talks to Teachers ; The Principles of Psychology ; Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking ; The Meaning of Truth ; The Will to Believe ; Essays in Radical Empiricism ; On The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature ; Other Sites ; Essays about James Williams ; Bibliographic Info ; Discussion Groups.
Latino Education Directory
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
- Opening Doors (July 2002)
Student's Perspectives on Juggling Work, Family, and College
By Lisa Matus-Grossman, Susan Gooden with Melissa Wavelet, Melisa Diaz, Reishma Seupersad
Measuring Up 2002
The State-By-State Report Card for Higher Education
"This report grades states on their performance in five categories: preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits."
- National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
MuSICA: Music & Science Information Computer Archive
"Data Base Contents: Scientific research (references & abstracts) on music as related to behavior, the brain and allied fields." Updated weekly. Also includes MuSICA Research Notes, "a newsletter issued Winter, Spring and Fall, that provides reports and critical analysis of research on music and behavior, including education, child development, psychology, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, clinical medicine, music therapy and allied fields."
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine
National Academy Press (free online versions)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) see U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Public and Higher Education
- Measuring Up
The State-By-State Report Card for Higher Education
"This report grades states on their performance in five categories: preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits."
National Coalition for Girls and Women in Education
National Library of Canada
- Native Residential Schools in Canada: A Selective Bibliography
"This bibliography accompanies the exhibition Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools produced by the National Archives of Canada, the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Aboriginal Healing Charitable Association in collaboration with the National Library of Canada, numerous church and other archives presented at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa from June 18, 2002 to February 3, 2003...The type of materials listed in this bibliography include books, scholarly articles, school histories, personal accounts, theses, videos, and Internet resources."
Compiled by Amy Fisher and Deborah Lee, April 2002.
National Reading Panel Publications
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Native Village
"...was created as an educational and current events resource for Native youth, teens, families, educators, and friends. We publish two weekly news editions: Native Village Drum and Native Village Youth and Education News. Each issue shares Indian news from across the Americas and is written in a condensed, easy-to-read format. Native Village libraries house links to quality learning opportunities and websites. Our archives allow you to browse past issues, and we continually update information in other areas to help you stay current with Americas' First Nations and People."
NEA Today
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - (dead link)
- Education at a Glance 2001 - (dead link)
Pew Internet & American Life Project
"The Project creates original research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, health care, schools, the work place, and civic/political life. The Pew Internet & American Life Project aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internetís growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial."
Population Research Institute
The Pennsylvania State University
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
PT3 NOW!
"...is a television and radio series that investigates the relationships between education and technology. The series explores issues, ideas and strategies surrounding today's education and tomorrow's teachers."
Watch the television series online or listen to the radio series.
Public Agenda Online
Public Opinion and Public Policy
Quality Counts 2000: Who Should Teach?
Education Week on the Web in collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts annual report card on the nation's educational system. Includes Executive Summary ; Teacher Quality ; State Policy Tables ; State of the States ; Report Cards at-a-Glance ; State Policy Updates
Raising the Educational Achievement of Secondary School Students
"Five attributes of such schools are explored in Volume 1, a Summary of Promising Practices. Volume 2, Profiles of Promising Programs, examines 13 middle and high schools (and programs) achieving promising results. Both volumes are designed as a resource for educators and policymakers using Title I resources to improve teaching and learning in secondary schools."
ESEA Publication
SEAMEO [South East Asia Ministries of Education] Publications - (dead link)
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
"...develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices."
Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation
National survey from Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
Survival Guide for New Teachers
U.S. Department of Education
Taking Responsibility for Ending Social Promotion: A Guide for Educators and State and Local Leaders
"is intended to help states, districts, and schools identify strategies and resources for helping to end the practice of promoting unprepared students by ensuring that all students have the opportunity and assistance they need to meet challenging standards." (May 1999)
ESEA Publication
Teacher Focus
A gallery of discussion forums, online resources, and calendars.
Teacher's Guide to Developing Virtual Environments: VRRV Project Support
"Your virtual environment design project promises to be challenging, time consuming, and hopefully, ultimately rewarding. This Teacher's Guide provides one way that you can undertake this project. It is neither definitive nor complete, but is intended as a practical resource from which you can draw and expand, based on your own needs."
By Kimberly Osberg, Human Interface Technology Laboratory of the Washington Technology Center, University of Washington
Teachers and Goals 2000: Leading the Journey Toward High Standards for All Students
Teachers of the secondary school (Enseignants du secondaire) (French)
By Alain LÈger, Originally published at PUF in 1983 (exhausted) and now available for free download.
Teaching History with Technology
"The Center for Teaching History with Technology aims to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses."
Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: A Guide for State and Local Leaders
"The President released the Department's Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: A Guide for State and Local Leaders, prepared in response to his directive to identify strategies and Department resources that can support fundamental change in low-performing schools."
ESEA Publication
U.K.'s Higher Education Archives Hub
"Here you are able to search and display descriptions of the archives housed at the represented institutions ... The institutions which have archive descriptions retrievable here include Glasgow University, Edinburgh University, Bath University, Liverpool University, King's College London, University College London, Nottingham University, Durham University, School of Oriental and African Studies, Manchester University, Southampton University, Bangor and Warwick University. More repositories are shortly to be added."
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
U.S. Census Bureau - Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
"...include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) of elementary and secondary public school systems."
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. Department of Education see Education - U.S. Dept. of Education
U.S. Surgeon General
U.S. White House
University of Virginia Library - Special Collections
USAID - Global Education Database (GED)
"The database contains the latest data from UNESCO and DHS surveys."
Video Streaming: A Guide for Educational Development - (dead link)
"Click and Go Video have produced a free guide to aid non-technical and technical individuals through the decisions and processes needed to produce good learning and teaching video that is suitable for broadcasting on the web."
Information Systems Department - University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
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