SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS INTERNET SITES Links valid as of 10/09 Especially useful for current issues: Education Week Pennsylvania Department of Education Smart Brief Daily listserve for professional informatiom   General course resources AFT (American Federation of Teachers) Organizational information; position statements on current issues. ASCD (Assoc for Supervision & Curr Development) Professional organization, publishers of Educational Leadership journal; good general source. ATE (Association of Teacher Educators) Site of a major professional organization. Charter Schools Profiles of successful schools, state info, technical resources. Coalition of Essential Schools Info on reform efforts of Sizer et al. Cradleboard Teaching Project Native American project to relate academic subjects to culture. Edison Project Home page of Whittle's for-profit management proposals to administer schools. Education Finance Statistics Center (EFSC) Self-explanatory. Ethics, National Education Association National code of ethics for the profession. ETS Education Testing Service Self-explanatory. Family Unschoolers Network Rationale and resources for homeschooling/unschooling. Homeless Children and Youth Act Text of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. FindLaw Source for state and federal legal info re schooling. etc. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Comprehensive law resource. NBPTS (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards) National Board for Professional Teaching Standards home site. NAME (National Association for Multicultural Education) Advocacy organization. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Statistical compilations available from federal governmentt. National PTA Issues of broad interest to families. National School Boards Association Coverage of issues from a management perspective. National Urban League Advocacy statements on education, etc. NativeWeb Multicultural education resources. NEA (National Education Association) Positions on current issues from professional organization which parallels AFT. Pennsylvania School Profiles Includes information on Penna. System of School Assessment (PSSA). Phi Delta Kappa Organizational info; also Gallup Poll questions, etc. Reform Assistance and Dissemination Research and statistics on innovative efforts. Rethinking Schools Activist positions on current issues. Scranton School District Self-explanatory; similar sites of other districts offer board meeting info, etc. Southern Poverty Law Center See especially Teaching Tolerance. Teach For America Organization which seeks to recruit top liberal arts grads to teach. Tolerance The site of the publication, Teaching Tolerance U.S. Department of Education Self-explanatory; list of resources.   Technical information APA Publication Manual Frequently Asked Questions Probably self-explanatory, but more focused on irregularities than on formatting itself. Educator's Reference Desk Syracuse University Library reference tools. (Formerly ERIC) Online Writing Lab From Purdue University. Four NETS for Better Searching A real time saver!

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