To add depth to dailies or to make your series as hard-hitting as possible, it is worth a trip to the Web. Here are dozens of useful sites collected by Pete Weitzel. These sites offer everything from education statistics to education-related magazines. These locations can help you earn an A on your next education assignment.
Sites we've found most useful
Education Week-http://www.edweek.org/ Articles from the current Education Week; background information on education issues; links to a range of education sites, listed by subject, and to education organizations. Education Week's "The Daily News"-http://www.edweek.org/context/clips/clips.htm Education stories from select newspapers, magazines and other reports on education. U.S. Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/ A good place to get started on research. Links to resource directories, research reports, education organizations and associations, including: Associations: http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdAssoc.html Organizations: http://oeri.ed.gov:8888/STATES/direct/SF National Center for Education Statistics http://www.ed.gov/NCES/ or gopher.ed.gov:10000 Numbers on just about anything you want to know about. The Condition of Education, 1997-http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/ce/index.html The NCES analysis of education in America, with statistical comparisons, and including these chapters: The Social Context of Education - http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/ce/c97004.html Public and Private Schools, How Do They Differ? - http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/ce/c97006.html Climate and Diversity-http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/ce/c97sece.html Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) - http://www.aspensys.com/eric/barak.html
ERIC is a national information system providing access to education-related literature. It is supported by the Department of Education and the National Library of Education.
ERIC Clearinghouses-http://www.aspensys.com/eric/barak.html#1 The clearinghouses collect, abstract and index education materials, and respond to requests for information in specific subject areas.
Eric Search Wizard - http://ericae2.educ.cua.edu/scripts/ewiz/amain2.asp Designed to help you search for information on specific subjects.
Curriculum Standards on the World Wide Web http://cdp.mde.state.mi.us/info/standards.html Links to national and state standards, by subject. A good starting place if you are interested in doing a local report card. Edlinks - http://webpages.marshall.edu/~jmullens/edlinks.html A strong list of education links, with short explanations of each site. And a 'Daily Report Card' of media coverage of education issues. Maintained by Marshall University.
Organizations and interest groups
American Association of School Administrators - http://www.aasa.org/ "Front Burner Issues" plus a comprehensive lists of links to education organizations & associations, materials & resources, regional laboratories, and to state superintendent organizations. Council for Great City Schools - http://www.cgcs.org/ Includes "Urban Educator," and descriptions of "programs that work." Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing - http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm Education Commission of the States - http://www.ecs.org Hot topics backgrounders Education Writers Association - http://www.ewa.org/ Links to prize-winning education stories and various education sites American Federation of Teachers - http://www.aft.org//index.htm National Education Association - http://www.nea.org/ Council for Basic Education-http://www.c-b-e.org/index.htm Washington-based interest group focused on curriculum standards. National Association of Secondary School Principals - http://nassp.org/ National PTA - http://www.pta.org/ U.S. Charter Schools Association - http://www.uscharterschools.org/
Reports and research studies
The Condition of Education, 1996 http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/ce/home.html National Education Summit - http://www.summit96.ibm.com/ Americans' Views on Standards - http://www.summit96.ibm.com/brief/papers/public.html#executive A Public Agenda Foundation study for the National Education Summit. Goals 2000 Update - http://www.ed.gov/G2K/ProgRpt96/ A 1996 update on the federal initiative. Third International Mathematics and Science Study - http://www.ed.gov/NCES/timss/brochure.html or http://www.ed.gov/NCES/timss/ The first is the official site; the latter seems to get to the point quicker. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages - http://www.cal.org/cal/html/eslindex.htm Proposed standards for ESL teaching. US News, Special Report on Standards - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/stanhigh.htm March 1996 cover story, with poll results, and links to related resources
Report cards
(Note: Many states, school districts and schools post "report cards" on Internet home pages. Here are links to two urban school district pages, as examples, and to one newspaper's guide to providing comparative information on local schools.) Boston Public Schools - http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/ The system's website includes statistical reports on its schools (enrollment by race/grade and test scores) and school home pages. San Francisco Public Schools "Accountability Report Cards"-http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schlhome.htm Seattle Times High School Guide - http://www.seattletimes.com/schoolguide/altindex.html The newspapers' consumer report on high schools, with report cards and statistics on each.
Miscellaneous
Harvard Graduate School of Education - http://gseweb.harvard.edu/ Links to the school's education newsletter, abstracts of articles in the Harvard Education Review. Columbia Teachers College - http://www.tc.columbia.edu/rschact.stm Centers on Urban Education and Technology and School Change. Edweb - http://edweb.cnidr.org:90/resource.cntnts.html Discussions on education and the use of computers and the internet. Phi Delta Kappan - http://www.pdkintl.org:80/karticle.htm Home page for education fraternity's journal Lists of schools The American Schools Directory - http://www.asd.com/ Provides links to web sites at 106,000 K-12 schools. HotList of K-12 Internet School Sites - http://rrnet.com/~gleason/k12.html Links to state departments of education, state school districts. Web66: International WWW School Registry -http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html Links to school websites around the world. Pete Weitzel can be reached at (919) 489-4151, or send e-mail to pweitzel@aol.com