The Autism Society is the nation's leading grassroots autism organization. We work to increase public awareness about the day-to-day issues about people across the spectrum, advocate for appropriate services for individuals of every age, and provide the latest information regarding treatment, education, research, and advocacy.
LD OnLine seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD.
The National Down Syndrome Society is the leading human rights organization for all people with Down syndrome.
ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
The center provides research, training, outreach and a broad range of service for the developmentally disabled. The Waisman Center also provides links to special education resources under the Family Village heading.
Promotes technology as an educational tool.
A comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools
The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) serves as the unified national voice of private nonprofit higher education.
Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation.
This site is the official home of the Common Core State Standards. It is hosted and maintained by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center). It provides parents, educators, policymakers, journalists, and others easy access to the actual standards, as well as supporting information and resources.
The Generator School Network is an online community of more than 5,000 youth and adult members who have discovered how they can change the world through service-learning.
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) administers, coordinates programs that are related to adult education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges.
This society educates its members in distance learning, interactive multimedia in education and training, development of interactive instruction materials, performance support systems applications in education and training, interactive instruction delivery, and information literacy through its conferences and online journal articles.
Links to licensing requirements in every state.
The page details the various routes to teacher certification in Pennsylvania.
The University of Virginia has developed a number of programs and resources dealing with bullying.
Provides info from government agencies, defining risks and appropriate responses.
To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.
Search the database using the term "education statistics".
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
National Center For Education Statistics Fast Facts
National Center For Education Statistics Annual Report
Provides the Nation’s Report Card.
This website reports the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress and includes state profiles and state comparisons.
A government-funded center that deals with assessment and standards issues.
Information on No Child Left Behind, including the Act and policy, and the Obama Administration's blueprint for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
The website contains sections on issues and insights.
The association supports and disseminates scholarly research.
The American Federation of Teachers is associated with the AFL-CIO. The union represents 850,000 teachers.
This association is an organization that provides professional development in curriculum and supervision, initiates and supports activities to provide educational equity for all students and serves as a leader in education information services.
Discusses issues related to the administration of elementary schools.
The site focuses on current events, advocacy and issues.
Provides educational statistics about teachers compensation and other issues related to teachers.
The foundation is a policy and research center.
The primary role of the organization is to develop policy, provide data, identify best practices and provide a venue for communication and collaboration.
The Education Trust's mission is to promote educational achievement. They are a policy and lobbying organization.
Using the Big6 information literacy process, you will identify information research goals, seek, use, and assemble relevant, credible information, then to reflect— is the final product effective and was my process efficient.