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News, Statistics, Departments of Education

News

• Education News
• Education Week

Federal Government Education Sites

• The U.S. Department of Education - News, programs, grant information, and links to educational sites.
• Education Resource Organization Directory - Directory of "organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics." From the US Department of Education.
• The Common Core State Standards Initiative - You will find the standards and other resources here.
• No Child Left Behind - Government site.
• No Child Left Behind Action Briefs - Short statements for parents and the community on the policies in No Child Left Behind law
• Teacher Certification Requirements - Links to certification requirements for most of the 50 states.
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• America's Literacy Directory - Find locations for tutoring and GED preparation.
• Rate My Teachers.Com - Find out what your middle or high schools students think about how you are doing your job.
• Influenza Prevention and Control - Classrooms full of sneezy, wheezy students? Check out the flu news from the Center for Disease Control Prevention.

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania

• The Pennsylvania Department of Education
• The School District of Philadelphia Homepage - District news, and links to the administrative units in the district.
• School District of Philadelphia Professional Staffing - Current vacancies for teachers in Philadelphia schools.
• Charter Schools in Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth - A public action group for improving the lives of Philadelphia's children.
• PHEAA - The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Authority. Financial assistance for college students in Pennsylvania with information for students, parents, and educators.

Educational Studies and Statistics

• The National Center for Educational Statistics
• Perspectives on Urban Education - An online journal by the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Problems and Perils of Growing up in American.

• Home-Alone America - The difficulties faced by American children who are raising themselves. Another possible title is Why have All the Mothers Gone? An article by Mary Eberstadt in Policy Review.

Miscellaneous

• The Really Big List of Education Quotes - For that moment when you need a quote about education.

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Professional Organizations

• The American Federation of Teachers Web Site - Union news and articles of interest to educators.
• The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
• National Education Association
• PSEA Interactive - Pennsylvania State Education Association
• The Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees - Information and services for retirees.
• The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• The Council of Chief State School Officers - Organization for public officials who lead state departments of education.
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• PASA: The Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators
• Association for Middle Level Education
• National School Board Association

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Television in the Classroom

• Cable in the Classroom - Schedules of educational cable content, and suggestions for teaching students to use media responsibly.
• PBS Teacher Source - Schedules, over 1000 lesson plans, and other guides to using PBS in the classroom.
• CNN Student News - News web site for middle and high school students. There are also teacher pages to help with using current events in the classroom.
• The Discovery Channel
• The History Channel - Lesson plans from the History Channel.

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