Education Resources

A list of resources from around the Web about education as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.

General

• Education Department
• National Center for Education Statistics
• The Nation's Report Card, From the N.C.E.S.
• World Education Trends, O.E.C.D., 2005

News

• Education News, Daily digest of media reports.
• Education Week , Daily articles; some content by subscription only.
• Chronicle of Higher Education , Daily articles; in-depth coverage and data by subscription only.
• Almanac of Higher Education, From the Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Inside Higher Ed, News and commentary.
• Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education , Policy news, emphasizing Western states.
• Arts & Letters Daily
• College newspapers online

Policy Groups

• Center on Education Policy
• Education Trust
• Alliance for Excellent Education
• Fair Test, Opposes over-reliance on standardized testing.
• Center for Educational Freedom , Cato Institute
• Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Special Education

• Education Department's special education office
• Council for Exceptional Children
• National Council on Disability
• National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• International Dyslexia Association
• Schwab Foundation for Learning
• Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy
• Center for Law and Education
• LD Online

Associations and Trade Groups

• Parent Teacher Association
• National Association of School Boards
• American Association of School Administrators
• American Council on Education , Higher education.
• Association of American Universities
• American Association of Community Colleges

Education Unions

• National Education Association
• American Federation of Teachers
• United Federation of Teachers, Represents New York City teachers.
• Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions

Philanthropies and Foundations

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education
• Ford Foundation
• Lumina Foundation for Education
• William and Flora Hewitt Foundation

Teaching

• Teach for America
• American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• National Center for Alternative Teacher Certification

College Admissions

• AdmissionsAdvice.com, Tips, reviews, links and a blog from a college counselor.
• CollegeConfidential.com, Advice and reviews.
• College Board, Advice on finding a college, applications and financial aid.
• College Bound
• National Association for College Admissions Counseling, Student resources.
• Common college application , Used by about 300 schools.

College and graduate school rankings

• U.S. News & World Report
• Princeton Review, Based on student surveys.
• Kiplinger's Personal Finance, "Best values in education."
• Washington Monthly, Schools that promote social mobility.
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
• Hispanic Magazine
• John Templeton Foundation , Evaluating character development.
• Graduate school rankings
• Business Week , Business school rankings.
• Wall Street Journal, Business school rankings.

Financial aid and loans

• Federal Education Department, Portal for Information on student loans and aid.
• Online Tutorial , From Kiplinger, a financial advice magazine.
• The Government's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Most students interested in financial aid for college will need to complete this.
• College Board's Aid Calculator For comparing financial aid offers.

Study Abroad

• Institute for International Education
• Institute for the International Education of Students

College Sports

• N.C.A.A.
• N.C.A.A. sports news
• ESPN U
• CSTV, College sports cable network.

Higher Education: Studies and Resources

• Trends in college prices and aid, From the College Board.
• State by state "report card'', From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
• College graduation rates, From the Education Trust
• The American Freshman, Annual survey by UCLA.
• The State of College Admission , Annual survey by NACA.
• Community College Research Center
• The Center for Studies in Higher Education

New York City

• Department of Education
• Independent Schools Admissions Association , Private schools admissions information.
• Inside Schools, News and school ratings.
• The After-School Corporation

Documents

• “A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform” , The 1983 white paper that triggered the standards movement, written by the National Commission on Excellence in Education.
• “Answers in the Tool Box: Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Completion” A 1999 U.S. Department of Education study that describes and assesses the high school curriculum, based on a study of student transcripts.
• Racial segregation in schools and inequities in the quality of public education, Analysis from the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.
• “Growing By Degrees: Online Education in the United States, 2005”
• “The American Freshman” Annual survey of entering freshmen at nearly 400 four-year colleges and universities.
• “A Matter of Degrees: Improving Graduation Rates in Four-Year Colleges and Universities” (2004) The Education Trust’s analysis of graduation rates at four-year colleges and universities.
• “The Expectations Gap: A 50-State Review of High School Graduation Requirements” (2004)
• “The State of College Admission”
The National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual report

“Federal Student Loan Debt: 1993 to 2004” Issue brief from the American Council on Education.

“Cracks in the Education Pipeline: A Business Leader’s Guide to Higher Education Reform” (2005) By the Committee on Economic Development, a business group with longstanding focus on education issues.

“Pathways to College Access and Success” (2005), Case studies of alternate paths through high school, by the U.S. Department of Education.

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