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American Association of University Professors
AAUP is a professional organization whose purpose is to advance academic freedom, shared governance, and define professional values and standards for higher education.
American
Educational Research Association
A prominent
international professional organization, AERA has its primary goal as improving the
educational process by advancing educational research and its practical
application.
American
Federation of Teachers
"The AFT is an 940,000-member
union of public and professional employees, including public and private school
teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRPs), higher
education faculty and professionals, employees of state and local governments,
nurses and health professionals. The union exists to serve the interests of its
members as determined by democratic processes at the local, state and national
levels."
International Reading Association
The International Reading Association is a professional membership organization that promotes literacy internationally. The website includes information directed at the educator to aid in developing quality reading instruction. Links to publications, article summaries, and research are provided for numerous issues related to literacy and education.
International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE is an international non-profit professional organization for K-12 educators, technology specialists and administrators. The site offers free and cost based resources for curriculum resources.
National Association of School Psychologists
The mission of NASP is to promote and support school psychology through leadership in order to enhance mental health and educational competence for all children. Resources for crisis intervention are available for students, parents, educators and mental health professionals.
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCATE is a coalition of 35 professional associations of teachers, teacher educators, content specialists and governmental policy makers. It is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a professional accrediting body for teacher education.
National
Education Association
"Official website for the
over 2.3 million members of the National Education Association, intended to act
as a central resource for public school educators as well as the organizations'
information center."
National
Library of Education
The Library is a principal
center for the collection, preservation and utilization of information related
to education. It seeks to support the improvement of educational achievement;
provide widespread access to the Library's facilities and materials; cover all
educational issues and subjects; and use modern information technology to link
major libraries, schools, and educational centers across the United States into
a network of national education resources.
National Middle School Association
NMSA is the only professional organization devoted exclusively to the educational development of adolescents. Open access to online research in education is provided at http://www.nmsa.org/research/rmle/rmle.html.
National Science Teachers Association
Provides news and resources for K-12 and college science teachers.
Aviation Research By Topic Guide
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 4.6 million
records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and ArXiv e-prints. ADS provides
access and pointers to external resources, including electronic articles, data
catalogs and archives.
TRIS Online, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board and hosted by the National Transportation Library, contains 522,988 records of published transportation research.
College & University Information
50states.com: Colleges, Universities, & Community Colleges
This site provides links to information for resources in Native American higher education including scholarships. The Tribal College page links to the graduation dates page where specific colleges are also linked.
American Universities Home Pages
From the U.S. Department of Education, formerly College Opportunities Online (COOL), this site offers easy searching for information on over 7,000 post-secondary educational institutions in the United States.
This library database provides access to 31,575 college catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools.
Fastweb (scholarship information)
Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and PowerPrep Software
The free download for the GRE POWERPREP Software includes two computer-based GRE General Tests, sample analytical writing topics, scored sample essays and reader commentary, test-taking strategies, a math review, and test tutorials. Additional registration information is available on the GRE site for Test Takers.
This commercial site offers useful information for students, parents and educators. The site includes guides to choosing a college, pre- and post-graduate testing resources, and exploring careers.
World Wide Learn (directory of online courses, online learning and online education).
Department of Education web site connecting resources with needs of schools serving students displaced by Katrina.
Consumer health information that includes a featured site for disaster related resources.
National Association of School Psychologists
The mission of NASP is to promote and support school psychology through leadership in order to enhance mental health and educational competence for all children. Resources for crisis intervention are available for students, parents, educators and mental health professionals.
Hurricane Katrina resources: http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/katrina.html
Society for College & University Planning
Temporary Education Community for Hurricane Katrina Relief
No Child Left Behind: South Dakota Resources
This site represents a collaborative project of South Dakota State University College of Education and Counseling and the University of South Dakota School of Education in providing online information and resources regarding No Child Left Behind legislation and mandates.
State Report Card-The 2003 and 2004 reports are now available through the South Dakota Department of Education NCLB Web site.
Open Access Online Periodicals
Education
Week on the Web
American education's online
newspaper
e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology
Open access online journal for literature related to educational technology. e-JIST is an international peer-reviewed electronic journal.
A project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services, originally funded through a Mellon grant whose goal is to create a collection of free online easily searchable academically-oriented digital resources.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Digital Library and Archives
Open access full text online journal articles are available for a variety of disciplines.
Cresst Home Page
National Center for Research
on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) conducts research on
important topics related to K-12 educational testing.
Digest of Education Statistics
An annual publication providing statistical information covering the broad
field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. Includes
number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, finances, Federal funds
for education, employment and income of graduates, etc.
Free education publications for students, parents, educators, administrators and the general public. Some publications available full-text online.
"The Education Needs Index (ENI) is a county-level study of educational, economic, and population pressures that influence educational policy and planning." The searchable site allows comparisons between counties based on a variety of indicators. The Index covers over 3,100 counties in the United States.
ERIC via the Web
The premier national database that provides full text articles, indexing and abstracts of educational literature from 1966 to the present. It lists journal articles (EJs) and ERIC documents (EDs) including research reports, project and technical reports, curriculum guides, and more.
Exploration in Learning & Instruction: the theory into practice database
Presents a database of fifty
major theories on human learning and instruction.
National Center for Early Development and Learning
Supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Educational Services in collaboration with the University of Virginia and the University of California Los Angeles, the site provides links to research reports and publications for early childhood research focusing on enhancing cognitive, social and emotional development of young children.
South Dakota State University has a five year contract with the National Children's Study, the largest research study of the environment's effects on children's health and development. The study will involve over 100,000 children nationwide from before birth until age 21. Federal agency partners include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
National
Center for Educational Statistics
The Purpose of the Center is
to collect and report "...statistics and information showing the condition and
progress of education in the United States and other nations in order to promote
and accelerate the improvement of American education... NCES studies cover the
entire educational spectrum, providing the facts and figures needed to help
policymakers understand the condition of education in the nation today, to give
researchers a foundation of data to build upon, and to help teachers and
administrators decide on best practices for their schools." Statistics available
include published data as: CCD (Common Core of Data); PSS (Private School
Survey); NHES (National Household Education Survey); and RCG (Recent College
Graduates).
South Dakota Department of Education
Education information resources for administrators, teachers, parents and students including standards, school report cards, certification requirements, educational statistics, and the SD Education Directory.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements provides an online index to general information about over 400 tests and information for finding test reviews. Tests reviewed in Mental Measurements Yearbook are available for purchase. (Free reviews available in the print version of Mental Measurements Yearbook located in Reference BF431.A11 B8m).
U.S.
Department of Education
The government maintains an
excellent and comprehensive web site on all facets of education in America.
Information is provided on the departments' programs, services, publications and
products. The site serves as a central resource for information on financial
aid, research in education and funding opportunities.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
A K-12 educational government website, Ben's Guide provides information on all three branches of government and activities for educators, parents, and students. The site also provides access to U.S. Government web sites developed for kids.
Blue Web'n: a library of
Blue Ribbon learning sites on the Web
A directory of Web sites for
K-12 schools and college/university departments of education.
Columbia Education Center
Lesson plans created by
teachers for use in their own classrooms.
Connection+
"Connections+ consists of
Internet resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources--linked with
corresponding subject-area content standards."
Cradleboard Teaching Project
The Cradleboard Teaching
Project is a project of the Nihewan Foundation for American Indian education,
Distance Education Clearinghouse
Produced by the University of Wisconsin Extension, the clearinghouse provides comprehensive state, national and international resources available for distance education developers and providers.
Discovery School's: Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators
"Kathy Schrock's Guide for
Educators is a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for
enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. "
Education Virtual Library
Provides links to listservs,
a bibliography of web resources, links to databases, funding sources, lectures &
tutorials, teaching methodologies and software among other topics. Includes an
alphabetical listing of hundreds of education sites
Education World(tm) Where Educators Go To Learn
"The Educator's Complete
Resource Guide to the Internet."
Educator's Tool Kit: Lesson Plans
Links to other lesson plans
on the Web.
Educause
Educause is a nonprofit
consortium of higher education institutions that facilitates the introduction,
use, and access to and management of information resources in teaching,
learning, scholarship, and research.
EduHound.com-Everything for Education K-12!
EduHound, a division of T.H.E. Journal, is a specialized educational directory featuring free resource links to K-12 educators, parents, and students.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
GEM is a consortium of over 518 organizations and individuals supportive of the mission to provide access to Internet based educational materials. The Gateway is a a catalog of metadata records from GEM Consortium members' websites. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of education, the site offers thousands of high quality educational materials, including lesson plans, activities, and projects.
The Global School House site is published by Global SchoolNet, an international network of 70,000+ online educators, who engage in online project-based learning activities. The site offers numerous links to resources, including the Projects Registry of over 750 collaborative online projects.
Google for Educators includes links to Blogger, Book Search, Google Earth, Google Sketchup, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Newsletter for Teachers.
Houghton Mifflin's Education Place
K-8 resources.
This site features standards based discipline specific educational and professional development Web sites for K-12 teachers and students. Included are seven content web sites providing lesson plans, student interactive content, worksheets, links to panel-reviewed Web sites and additional resources.
NASA's
Education Program
This is a service of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
including resources, news, and calendars of importance to educators and
students.
National Student Exchange
Provides links to the
member schools of the National Student Exchange program by state, province or
territory. Also has a direct link (via the Logo) to the national program web
site.
The Web site is authored, maintained, and revised on by Joe Landsberger, as an educational public service. Guides are available for a variety of subject areas, test taking, research, study skills, and project management.
Teachers.Net LESSON PLAN EXCHANGE
A place where teachers can
exchange there teaching ideas and lesson plans.
Teachers Helping Teachers
Ideas, teaching tips, and
more for teachers by teachers.
Published by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, this directory site offers comprehensive links to resources for K-12 distance education information, products, applications, lesson plans, parent resources and technology resources.
Thompson Peterson Syndication for Higher Education
Published by Thompson Peterson, this site provides information and links to other sites exploring research and practices in RSS, podcasting, and blogging in higher education.
ETS The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Test Prep Review Free practice Praxis tests, study tools, and self assessments online
South Dakota Department of Education. Office of Accreditation and Teacher Quality
This site provides detailed information concerning certifications and endorsements.
ETS Praxis II Exam Persons completing a program or seeking endorsement after July 1, 2005 will be required to take the Praxis tests.
This site gives detailed information concerning the Praxis requirement.
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