US Schools and Education

Higher Education

• Education Resources on the Internet – EduFind® is an online service operated by the Digital Education Network which provides a range of Internet based services for education.
  
• Public Schools – Every community in the United States has a public school system, responsible for educating children at elementary and secondary levels.
• Resource Guide – Study in the USA is the education guide for international students. Here you can Request Information from English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, universities, colleges, and boarding schools in the USA and Canada
• UNESCO Education QuickLinks – What is the education for all movement? Participants at the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand, in 1990 pledged to provide primary education for all children and massively reduce adult illiteracy by the end of the decade. The education for all movement was born.
• USA Study Guide – "We specialize in matching international students with U.S. schools. Our focus is on one area of expertise and we do it very well. In fact, a high percentage of our staff members are former international students. There is no better experience than that."
  
• Web US Higher Education – This section of UT Austin Web Central provides links to other regionally-accredited institutions of higher learning in the United States.

National Lists

• American School Directory – Launched in 1996, ASD.com has fast become the most popular Internet site for obtaining accurate and timely information on over 104,000 K-12 schools.
• National Center for Education Statistics – The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing education data in the United States and other nations.
• School Listings – Worldwide Classroom is pleased to present you with one of the most comprehensive directories of schools welcoming international students in USA.
• Schools & Education – Universities and College listings.
• US Dept. of Education – Promoting educational excellence for all Americans.

Reference

• BUBL Education & the Internet – Education Links
  Gateway to Educational Materials
  Intranet as a Learning Tool: A Preliminary Study
  National Grid for Learning
  Online Courses Newsletter....
• BUBL Information Service – Free User-Friendly Access to Selected Internet Resources Covering all
  Subject Areas, with a Special Focus on Library and Information Science
• BUBL Schools & Their Activities – 1999 Primary School Performance Tables
  Canada's SchoolNet 4Learning
  Cisco Educational Archive and Resources Catalog
  Community Update
  Criteria for Selecting Educational Delivery Methods...
• Current Issues in Education – What do Students Expect to Learn? The Role of Learner Expectancies, Beliefs, and Attributions for Success and Failure in Student Motivation....
  Monitoring the Middle School Movement: Are Teachers In Step?
  Segregating Students on The Margin: Peer Relationships in Alternative Charter High Schools
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.
• SPRI Education Websites – The Scott Polar Research Institute was founded in 1920, in Cambridge, as a memorial to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, and his four companions, who died returning from the South Pole in 1912. When Scott's last words, "For God's sake look after our people" were made known to the British nation, the response was tremendous. Scott himself had emphasised the importance of science and from this plea, the Institute was born.
• The White House – The most famious home in America and in the Western World.

Special Interests

• American Sport Education Program – America's leading sport education program.
• Education in the US - Overviews – A range of educational links.
• Great Ideas in Education – Great Ideas in Education is the joint website of Holistic Education Press, Psychology Press, and the publishing division of the Foundation for Educational Renewal.
• Montessori Education – The objectives of the Association are to maintain, propagate and further the ideas and principles of Dr. Maria Montessori for the full development of the human being. The Association aims to establish these objectives by all lawful means and in particular by: Furthering the study, application and propagation of the Montessori ideas and principles for education and human development. The propagation of knowledge and understanding of the conditions necessary for the full development of the human being from conception to maturity both at home and in society.

Teachers & Parents

• About the USA – INFORMATION USA is an authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about official U.S. policies, American society, culture, and political processes
• Educating.net – Education portal for all quality educational services on the Internet, including distance education, homeschooling, K-12, college & university, professional re-training, continuing education, fun learning and
• Education Planet – Education Planet's mission is to enhance education by providing the educational community with easy and affordable access to quality, web-based educational resources, tools and services.
• Education World - Curriculum Now – Lesson Planning
  School Issues
  Professional Development
  Technoligy Integration
• Education World - Education News – Education Headline News
  Headline News
  Education News Archives
• EduHound – Everything for Education K12
  We tracked it down so you don't have to!
• eSchool News Online – eSchool News covers education technology in all its aspects--from legislation and litigation, to case studies, to purchasing practices and new products. Together the newspaper and the web site serve an unduplicated audience of more than 340,000 executive educators.
• High School Hub – High School Hub is a free online learning center
  that features subject guides for English,
  foreign languages, math, science, and social studies.
  
• Homework Spot – HomeworkSpot.com is a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites together with engaging editorial in one high-utility, educational spot.
• Homework Spot – HomeworkSpot.com is a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites together with engaging editorial in one high-utility, educational spot.
• SEED – SEED supports learning how to use technology to achieve Maine’s Learning Results, through an unusual professional development opportunity - where teachers teach teachers. Teachers learn best from other teachers, through dialogue about effective innovative practices. SEED uses the terms “teacher” and “educator” broadly...
• Useful & Fun Links – A mixed bag of links...