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Department of Education - This award-
winning site is designed to help pursue the President's initiatives, including No Child Left Behind, and advance our
mission as a Department—to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all
Americans. |
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Education News
Parents Can Use - To help parents understand the No Child Left Behind Act and all the important changes it
will bring, the U.S. Department of Education launched a new monthly television series entitled Education News Parents
Can Use. What is different about Education News is its focus on information and resources of value to parents and
families. The program features brief segments, including one-on-one interviews, "how-to" demonstrations, more video
and graphics, and brief conversations with parents, educators, community, business and religious leaders, and
education experts. |
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Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) - OESE promotes academic excellence, enhances educational
opportunities and equity for all children and families, and seeks to improve the quality of teaching and learning by
providing leadership, technical assistance and financial support. |
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Office of
Intergovernment and Interagency Affairs - works with government officials at the federal, state & local levels, as
well as educators, business and community leaders, parents and families, and religious leaders, to encourage their
support for improving American education. |
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Parents & Families Resource Page - This page links to some of the best Department of
Education-sponsored Internet resources for parents, teachers, and students visiting the ED web site for the first
time. |
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Public Library Locator
- If you know some, but not all, of the identifying information about a public library, the Public Library Locator can
help you! All you have to do is enter the information to search for public libraries in any area of the
U.S. |
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Search for Schools,
Colleges, and Libraries - |
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Teacher Use of Computers and the Internet in Public Schools - This stats in brief report
focuses on how teachers use, direct, and prepare their students on the computer and in the
Internet. |
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U.S. Department of Education - Office of the Chief Information Officer - OCIO develops technological
strategies and solutions that enable the Department of Education (ED) to provide world-class service to schools,
students and their families. |
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U.S.
Department of Education - Program Offices - This page lists the different programs available from the Dept. of
Education. |
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USDA Forest Service - Senior, Youth and Volunteer Programs - provide work, training, and
education to the unemployed, underemployed, elderly, youth, and others with special needs in pursuit of our mission --
Caring for the land and serving people." |
| Private Resources |
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National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform - NCCSR is the central gateway to good information
on comprehensive school reform (CSR). The Clearinghouse provides free resources for practitioners, policymakers,
researchers, and the public interested in schoolwide education reform. |
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ParenTech - is a technology education campaign
that provides free resources for families and educators of middles school kids (grades 6-8). |
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The
Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM (GEM) - A tool for locating lesson plans, curriculum
units and other education resources on the Internet! |
