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Educational Research & Resources
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Learning
Differently Resources
Have you ever tried to help a child with
homework or classwork and find that they just can't remember
what they're learning -- they just can't seem to put things
together? Many children process information differently and
need a different approach when they are being taught.
Understanding why they learn differently, what their needs
are is a first step to helping them. Learn
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U.S.
Department of Education
The Department of Education establishes policies
relating to federal financial aid for education, administers distribution
of those funds, and monitors their use. Information related to federal
programs
No
Child Left Behind:
Federal School Improvement Initiative
NYS
Education Department
NYS No
Child Left Behind
NYS
Office of Technology Policy
Education
Commission of the States
Educational
Resources Information Center (ERIC)
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
is a national information system designed to provide users with
ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.
ERIC, established in 1966, is supported by the U.S. Department of
Education, Institute of Education Sciences, and the National Library
of Education. You can access the literature through the ERIC database,
the world's largest source of education information. The database
contains more than 1 million abstracts of education-related documents
and journal articles. You can access the ERIC database on the Internet
or through commercial vendors and public networks. ERIC updates
the database monthly (quarterly on CD-ROM), ensuring that the information
you receive is timely and accurate.
The
Gateway to Educational Materials
(GEM)!
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM is a Consortium
effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands
of educational resources found on various federal, state, university,
non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working
group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and
learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the
FREE web site.
National
Center for Educational Statistics
The National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting
and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and
other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education
and the Institute of Education Sciences.
The National Assessment
of Educational Progress: NAEP: Nation's
Educational Report Card
By
State: Choose State by State Report Cards
Kids
Count:
Data on income, poverty, parental employment,
education, language, disability, neighborhood charactersitcs, age
and sex, etc. Reports can be generated by cities, counties,
congressional districts, metro statistical areas (Annie E. Casey
Foundation).
Education
Trust: EdWatch:
A searchable database features state and national
data showing student achievement and opportunity patterns, kindergarten
through college, by race, ethnicity and family income.
National
Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy:
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
(NCSALL) both informs and learns from practice. Its rigorous, high
quality research increases knowledge and gives those teaching, managing,
and setting policy in adult literacy education a sound basis for
making decisions. NCSALL is also a leader in designing innovative
professional development programs and in building support for research
use.
American Factfinder: U.S. Census Site
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