The Educator's Reference Desk
Contains 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information
and 200+ archived questions.
Internet Public
Library
Excellent site categorized by specific topics.
Selected Web Sites of Importance to Education
Librarians in College & University Settings (ALA, EBSS, Curriculum Materials
Committee)
Excellent site reviewed by Education Librarians around the nation
Librarians' Index to the Internet
: Education Topics http://lii.org/search/file/education
Contains excellent annotated websites categorized by subject areas and
hot topics.
Michigan Electronic Library
- Education
A comprehensive listing by topic and potential audience.
The "hot topics" section is quite helpful.
Phi
Delta Kappa Fastbacks
The index is online and the print resource is located in the CRC Resource
Lab.
Fastbacks are easy to read pamphlets containing overview information about education related topics. Use this database by entering fastback in the abstract field, around 180 resources will appear with the most recent first. (These resources are not easy to find via this database but are worth the effort.) Document the title and find the fastback number in the Curriculum Resource Center in the Phi Delta Kappa Fastbacks list or locate the print Fastback list in CRC next to the textbooks.
Brown v. Board of Education
Bibliography in commemoration of the 50 th anniversary of Brown v. Board
of Education.
Former Selected ERIC Clearinghouses (dated but important)
Some ERIC clearinghouses were closed down after 1/1/04 and some have remained active. This website fills in the details. Titles of clearinghouses include the following: Adult, Career and Vocational Education; Assessment & Evaluation; Community Colleges; Counseling & Student Services; Educational Management; Elementary & Early Childhood Ed.; Higher Ed; Information & Technology; Reading, English & Communication; Rural Ed. and Small Schools; Teaching & Teacher Ed.; Urban Ed.
Titles of Adjunct and Affiliate Clearinghouses include the following topics: Child Care; Early Intervention & Early Childhood Special Education; Entrepreneurship Ed.; ESL Literacy Ed.; Homeless Education; Rural Mathematics Ed.; U.S.-Jap Studies
Curriculum
Guides at the University of Cincinnati, Curriculum Resource Center website.
Excellent
starting spot for curriculum related websites.
Teaching
Activities and Lesson Plans on the Web
Resources
are listed by subject area
Curriculum
Resources on the Web
Resources
are listed by subject area
Education
World http://www.education-world.com/
A huge
collection of education related sites, with sections on "Lesson Planning,"
"Administrator's Desk", "Professional Development" and more.
Gateway
to Educational Materials (GEM)
Links
to thousands of uncataloged educational resources found on federal, state,
university, non-profit and commercial internet sties. Sponsored by
the US Dept. of Education.
International
Reading Association
Links
to literacy resources. Contains articles on hot topics about literacy
and reading.
National Longitudinal Suvey of Youth
United
States Department of Education
Useful
to locate educational headlines, policy, research, statistics and various
other topics. In the HELP area, the "A - Z" index is quite comprehensive.
What
Works Clearinghouse
This
new What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) gathers studies pertaining to
the effectiveness of educational interventions including programs, products,
practices, and policies based on scientific
evidence
Ohio
Department of Education
Contains
a "hot topics" section along with "quicklinks" that contain proficiency test
scores, local report cards/ratings, teacher certification and jobs. (Use the
scroll bar on the right to find the quicklinks.)
Ohio
Local Report Cards / Rating
Find
data for Ohio School Districts and buildings
Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT)
American Education Research Association
Education
Statistics at a Glance < http://www.nces.ed.gov/edstats/
>
A one-stop
shopping website for education statistics. Maintained by the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), it contains major NCES publications
such as, The Condition of Education , The Digest of Education
Statistics , and Projection of Education Statistics , Indicators
of School Crime and Safety and Youth Indicators.