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General Issues
 Education Resources Information
Center - ERIC
Educator's Reference Desk
ERIC
Digests - short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current
interest in education.
The Chronicle of Higher
Education - current events and issues.
All Academic - the
guide to free academic resources on-line
uPortal - a free,
sharable portal under development by institutions of higher-education.
Academic
Impressions – daily news
Inside Higher Ed - the online source for news, opinion and
jobs for all of higher education
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Organizations
College Board -
founded in 1900, the College Board is a national membership association of
schools and colleges whose aim is to facilitate the student transition to
higher education.
National Parent Information
Network (NPIN) - free service from US Department of Education. Also,
1-800-583-4135 Mon-Fri 9am 6pm
(Eastern time)
Middle States Commission on
Higher Education - accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in
the Middle States region.
European University Association
- represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries
National
Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) - reports, recommends, news bulletin,
publications, and NCTQ Databases.
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Data & Statistics
National Center for
Education Statistics - the National
Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing
data related to education in the United States and other nations.
The Encyclopedia of ED
Stats: the Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics,
and Projections of Education Statistics.
National
Public School Locator Search - by NCES. This Locator has been developed
to enable school officials and others to obtain the correct name, address,
phone number, NCES ID number, and other characteristics of a public school or
school district.
The PreK-3rd Data
Resource Center - Pre-kindergarten through Third Grade longitudinal data
School
District Data Book - contains the most extensive set of data on children,
their households and the nation's school systems.
The
1,000 Top U.S. Schools – from Newsweek
National
Report Cards - the State-by-State report card for Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher
Education: Facts & Figures - presidents' salaries, definitions of
Carnegie classifications...
College Tuition
and Fees, 2005-06 – the Chronicle of Higher Education
The
Chronicle of Higher Education: Almanac
– 1995/96-Present
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College Information
College
Navigator - U.S.
Department of Education
America's
Best Colleges - college rankings by U.S. News and World Report
Carnegie
Classification of Higher Education - searchable, 2000 version.
The Education and Career
Center - Peterson's Guide
Critical
Comparisons of American Colleges and Universities - an independent
college assessment reference
College and
University Profiles – the Chronicle of Higher Education
GraduateSchool.com –“The Graduate School Search Engine”
Ivy
League – members, history, etc.
Rate My
Professors
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Financial Aid &
Scholarship
Financial Aid - sources
of scholarship, fellowship, and many other kinds of financial aid.
Guaranteed
Scholarships - the scholarships listed on this page are all guaranteed.
FastWeb - over $1
billion in scholarships
WiredScholar
- apply for student loans online
Fulbright Scholar Program
– managed by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
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Tests
The Princeton Review -
online practice exams: S.A.T., G.M.A.T.
Kaplan Educational Center
- a unit of the Washington Post.
Educational Testing Service
- P.S.A.T., S.A.T., L.S.A.T., and G.M.A.T.
Tests - Test.com features
the Internet's largest collection of instantly scored tests. Practice for the
SAT, GRE, TOEFL, and many more academic entrance exams online. In addition,
it offers exams on Civil Service, programming, etc. You can even create a
test online.
LSAT
Prep Materials - Law
School Admission
Council
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Helpers
Vocabulary - helps
prepare for the SSAT®, PSAT®, GED®, SAT® and ACT®. It supplements personal
vocabulary acquisition in home-schooling and ESL programs.
B.J. Pinchbeck's
Homework Helper - math, science, English, history, music, almost every
subject.
HomeworkHelper - formerly
known as the Super Tutor Company.
Ed Helper – math,
reading comprehension
A Word A Day - a free
email service by Wordsmith.Org
Rhyme Zone – find a
word’s rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more
On this
Day - research on your birthday, New York Times Archive
Writers Free
Reference - a list of free reference sites useful to writers
The Planetary Society -
your connection to the exploration of the solar system and the search for
life in the universe.
Click and Learn
(.org) - for teachers & students
Click
and Learn (.com) - Blank / Blackline Maps (Free to Teachers)
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For Teachers
The Educator’s Reference
Desk – ERIC, Lesson Plans, and Question Archive.
Lesson Plans -
home of the largest collection of lesson plans on the Internet (over 300)!
Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, Art, Language Arts, P. E.
BigChalk - a wide
range of subjects.
The History Guide
- created by Steven Kreis, a history professor at Meredith College.
The site looks at the development of Western civilization from 40,000 B.C. to
the present. Recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education (09/28/99, electronic
version).
History Matters
- the U.S.
survey course on the Web. George
Mason University.
Facts On File Curriculum
Resource Center – (from York IP addresses only)
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
– administrated by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Open Courseware
Consortium - a free and open digital publication of high quality
educational materials, organized as courses.
Courses Listing
– Open Courseware, University
of Notre Dame
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Online Schooling
Class.com - quality
education over the Internet to learners worldwide
Blackboard -
e-Learning at more than 3,300 colleges, schools, associations, and companies
- in every state and 70 countries.
Textbooks
Textbooks - new and used textbooks by
BigWords.com
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