Education Internet Sources

General Education Sites / Associations / Government Links / Blogs / Education Journals Online / Educational Directories

The following educational resources have been selected to guide both the novice and seasoned researcher on the topic of contemporary issues and trends in Education studies. Please notify Benjamin Harris to make any suggestions or comments.

General Education Sites

Education World
The "About.com" for education resources, this gateway provides articles and information on a wide range of education related topics.  This regularly updated site features pages in a newsletter format, with columns on administrative issues, technology in education, general education resources, lesson planning and current news.

Educator's Reference Desk: Resource Guides
A product of the Information Institute at Syracuse University, the site includes lesson plans, a question/answer archive, and links to over 3000 sites categorized by topic.

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
"The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than 1 million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles."  Additional resources are included, but the primary use of ERIC continues to be as a citation index and source for scholarly texts.

Associations

For additional listings of organizations based on topic, geographic location, etc., visit the U.S. Department of Education's Organizations Directory.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Association for Childhood Education International

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

International Reading Association

National Art Education Association

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

National Education Association (NEA)

National Middle School Association

National Music Teachers Association

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

 

Federal

Condition of Education (from the National Center for Education Statistics)

Digest of Education Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

National Library of Education (at the U.S. Dep. of Education)

Office of Special Education Programs (from the U.S. Dept. of Education)

School Law Issues (from the Council of School Attorneys and the NSBA)

U.S. Department of Education

State

TAKS Information Booklets

Texas Education Agency

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS, from the Texas Education Agency)

Texas State Library
 

E-Journals in Education (from AERA SIG)
Links to more than 100 open access electronic journals on various topics in education.

Education Week

Education Policy Analysis

Educator's Spotlight Digest

Harvard Education Letter

Innovate (from the Fischler School of Education and Human Services)

Journal of Special Education Technology (JSET)

Teachers College Record
 

Educational Directories

American Universities

College and University Rankings

Universities Worldwide