Education: Websites

Follow the "Resources" tab on the AASL homepage to access free, web-based sites that are user-friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover and provide a foundation to support 21st-century teaching and learning.

An index of Distance Education program websites from across the United States.

A comprehensive website and online community that increases knowledge, sharing, and adoption of what works in K-12 education.

Contains links to hundreds of useful websites for educators.

From website: "We cover inequality and innovation in education with in-depth journalism that uses research, data and stories from classrooms and campuses to show the public how education can be improved and why it matters."

Designed especially for classroom teachers, and includes a variety of curriculum resources based on national educational standards.

Provides information on PA's educational laws; certification information; information on the resources available for students, parents, and educators through PA's public libraries; and much more.

From the National Council of Teachers of English.

Provides sample lesson plans, resources, state standards of learning, and much more.

Contains a wide variety or resources for students, parents, teachers, and administrators from instruction guides to lesson plans to student aid information.

While these books and media have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, the award-winning titles and the titles on YALSA's selected lists span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. We encourage adults to take an active role in helping individual teens choose those books that are the best fit for them and their families.

Provides access to research related to child care and early education, including "scholarly research, policy briefs, government reports, data, and instruments from a wide range of disciplines and sources, including multiple federal agencies."

Collects and reports federal statistics dealing with children and families.

Key indicators tracked are: percent low birth-weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth rate; percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment; percent of teens who are high school dropouts; percent of teens not attending school and not working; percent of children in poverty; and percent of families with children headed by a single-parent.

Shows biennial report cards as issued by the nonprofit, nonpartisan National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The purpose of these reports is to measure the performance of the nation and of each state in providing education and training beyond high school.

Provides access to lots of education statistics, including fast facts, state/district profiles, tools for comparing schools, and more.

Provides an extensive list of education-related statistics and data sources.