Government Resources |
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. |
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. |
Estuaries.gov -
The primary function of this Web site is to educate the public on the importance of estuaries and the need to
protect them. |
FCIC's Educator
Page - Here are four activities to help you teach young citizens how to be
proactive consumers and learn about the government. |
National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) - Part of the U.S. Department of Education
and the Institute of Education Sciences, this is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data
related to education. |
NOAA Education
Website - This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians
and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been
produced. |
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. |
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. |
Parents Resource Page - Department of Education - 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. |
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. |
Search for
Schools, Colleges, and Libraries - |
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. |
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. |
U.S. Department of Education - Program Offices - This page lists
the different programs available from the Dept. of Education. |
Private Resources |
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM (GEM) -
A tool for locating lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the
Internet! |