websites for Educators

This collection of links, chosen and maintained by Gutman Library Research Services staff, provides links to freely available sites of interest to educators. Click on a topic to view links to related websites. Please tell us about websites we should consider adding.

• Adult Education and Literacy
• The Arts
• Bilingual Education /ESL
• Boston Area Libraries (selected)
• Charter Schools
• Children's Literature
• Citation Formats
• Colleges and Universities
• Comparative/International Education
• Counseling and Guidance
• Curriculum Resources (K-12)
• Distance Education
• Diversity
• Early Childhood
• Education Administration and Policy
• Education Associations, Organizations, and Conferences
• Education Journals (Open access)
• Education Law
• Education Libraries (selected)
• Education Reform
• Educational Technology
• Employment Opportunities
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
• Foreign Languages
• Gifted and Talented
• Grants and Financial Aid
• Higher Education
• History of Education
• Home Schooling
• K-12 Schools
• Kraus Curriculum Development Library (Gutman on-site access only)
• Language Arts
• Listservs
• Massachusetts
• Media
• Music
• Philosophy of Education
• Psychology
• Reading
• Reference Resources
• Risk and Prevention
• Science and Mathematics
• Search Engines
• Social Studies/Social Sciences
• Special Education
• State Departments of Education
• Statistical Data
• Teaching and Pedagogy
• Testing, Assessment, Evaluation, and Standards
• U.S. Government

Adult Education and Literacy

• Literacy.org
• The Literacy Project
• National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002
• National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
• National Institute for Literacy

The Arts

• Arts Education Partnership
• Cornell Theory Center Arts and Social Sciences Gateway
• The Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge
• National Art Education Association
• National Gallery of Art -- NGA Classroom
• Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education)

Bilingual Education / ESL

• Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research (University of Southern California)
• Interesting Things for ESL Students
• National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (formerly National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education)
• TESL-EJ Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language

Boston Area Libraries (selected)

• Boston College Libraries
• Boston Public Library (MBLN Catalog)
• Boston University
• Lesley University (Fenway Libraries Online--FLO)
• Massachusetts Library Catalogs
• Massachusetts Library Information Network: Indexes and Databases (Massachusetts public library card required)
• Minuteman (many local public libraries)
• MIT

Charter Schools

• The Center for Education Reform
• Charter Schools Development Center
• US Charter Schools website

Children's Literature

• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
• The Center for Children's Books
• Children's Book Council(CBC)
• Children's Literature (Boston College)
• Children's Literature Association
• Children's Literature Center
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
• Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
• Foundation for Children's Books
• International Children's Digital Library
• Kay Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
• Literary and Related Awards (American Library Association)
• Recommended Reading (New York Public Library)
• Special Collections in Children's Literature Wikiography
• Women Children's Book Illustrators

Citation Formats

• APA Electronic Reference Formats
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Citation Guides and Style Manuals (University of Vermont)
• Citing Electronic Resources (The Internet Public Library)
• Citing Sources (Duke University Library)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)

Colleges and Universities

• American Universities
• College Navigator (National Center for Education Statistics)
• College and University Home Pages
• College and University Rankings
• Peterson's Education Guides

Comparative/International Education

• Center for International Higher Education (Boston College)
• Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
• Data from Developing Countries (Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development)
• Eurybase - The Information Network on Education in Europe
• Institute of International Education (Open Doors)
• International Archive of Education Data (IAED)
• International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
• International Education Programs Service (U.S. Dept. of Education)
• International Educational Comparisons (NCES)
• The Library of Congress Country Studies
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• Australian Education International's Research Database
• Non-U.S. Education Systems
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
• OECD Education Database
• Overseas Schools (U.S. State Department)
• UNESCO Education Information Service
• UNESCO Electronic Documents
• USNEI -- U.S. Network for Education Information (U.S. Dept. of Education)

Counseling and Guidance

• Mental Help Net -- Professional Resources
• School Psychology Resources Online

Curriculum Resources (K-12)

• ALPS: Active Learning Practices for Schools (Harvard Graduate School of Education -- Project Zero)
• American Memory -- Learning Page (Library of Congress)
• Apple Learning Interchange
• EDSITEment
• Awesome Library for Teachers, Students and Parents
• Blue Web'n
• CEC Lesson Plans (Columbia Education Center)
• The Educator's Reference Desk
• The Gateway to Educational Material (GEM)
• Kraus Curriculum Development Library (Gutman Library on-site access only)
• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
• New York Times Learning Network
• ProTeacher
• Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

Distance Education

• American Distance Education Consortium
• Distance Education Clearinghouse
• Distance Learning On the Net

Diversity

• DiversityWeb
• National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women
• Native American Sites

Early Childhood

• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
• Child & Family Web Guide (Tufts University)
• Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
• Children's Defense Fund
• ChildStats.gov
• CYFERNET (Child Youth and Families Education and Research Network)
• Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)
• KIDS COUNT
• National Center for Early Development & Learning

Education Administration and Policy

• Brown Center on Education Policy
• Education Policy Analysis Archives
• The Education Trust
• The Institute for Higher Education Policy
• The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Organization of U.S. Education (U.S. Network for Education Information)

Education Associations, Organizations, and Conferences

• Education Organizations (Yahoo Index)
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Association of University Women
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• American Educational Research Association
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Psychological Association
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Association of Teacher Educators
• Children's Defense Fund
• College Board Online
• Consortium for Policy Research in Education
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Council of the Great City Schools
• EDC: Education Development Center, Inc.
• Education Commission of the States
• Educational Research Service
• EDUCAUSE
• International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
• International Reading Association
• International Society for Technology in Education
• Massachusetts Federation of Teachers
• Massachusetts Teachers Association
• National Art Education Association
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Association of Independent Schools
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• National Center for Education Statistics
• The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• National Center on Education and the Economy
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• National Council for the Social Studies
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• National Education Association
• National Network of Regional Educational Laboratories
• National PTA
• National School Boards Association
• National Science Teachers Association
• RAND
• University of Waterloo Electronic Library, Scholary Societies Project
• Wellesley Centers for Women

Conferences:

• EDUCAUSE Events Calendar
• Higher Education Meetings Calendar (WICHE)
• NEA Higher Ed Events Calendar

Education Journals (Open access)

• Open Access Journals in the Field of Education

Education Law

• Education Law Material
• FindLaw: Legal Subjects: Education Law

Education Libraries (Selected)

United States:

• Cubberley Education Library, Stanford University
• Bridgewater State College (Textbooks)
• Framingham State College (Textbooks)
• Lesley University (Textbooks)
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Education Library
• Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College Columbia University
• National Library of Education
• Peabody College, Vanderbilt University Education Library
• University of California, Berkeley, Education-Psychology Library
• University of Florida, Education Library
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education and Social Science Library
• University of Kentucky, Education Library
• University of Virginia, Education Library

International:

• Cambridge University Institute of Education Library and Resources Centre
• Queen's University Libraries (Kingston, Canada), Education Library
• University of Alberta: H.T. Coutts Library
• University of Hong Kong Libraries -- Education Library Collections

Education Reform

• Annenberg Institute for School Reform
• The Center for Education Reform
• Center on Reinventing Public Education
• Coalition of Essential Schools National Web
• Consortium for Policy Research in Education
• Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform
• The Education Schools Project
• The Education Trust
• Regional Educational Laboratories

Educational Technology

• Educational Software Preview Guide
• EDUCAUSE
• EDUTECH
• Microsoft in Education
• Technology & Learning Online

Employment Opportunities

• Academic 360.com
• Academic Employment Network (Includes certification requirements, school district profiles, and cost of living comparisons for most states)
• Career Builder
• Educator Licensure (HGSE Career Services Office)
• Monster.com

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

• ERIC (unrestricted access via the Education Resources Information Center)

Foreign Languages

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• National Foreign Language Center

Gifted and Talented

• The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented

Grants and Financial Aid

• FastWEB
• Foundation Center's Home Page
• Harvard Graduate School of Education Funding Opportunities Guide
  Portions of site have restricted access.
• MacArthur Foundation
• Yahoo -Education: Financial Aid: Grants

Higher Education

• Center for International Higher Education (Boston College)
• College and University Rankings
• EDUCAUSE
• Infomine. Instructional Resources: University
• Internet Resources Newsletter
• Measuring Up (National Report Card on Higher Education)
• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
• The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Peterson's Education Guides
• The World Lecture Hall

History of Education

• Bibliography of the History of American Education (last updated 2001)
• H-Education (listserv)
• History of Childhood Readings
• History of Education Society (United Kingdom)
• History of Education Society (United States)
• History of Literacy
• Virtual Museum of Education Iconics (University of Minnesota)

Home Schooling

• Growing Without Schooling
• Homeschool.com
• Homeschool World
• Homeschooling Information and Resource Pages
• Jon's Homeschool Resource Page
• Massachusetts Home Learning Association

K-12 Schools

• American School Directory
• SchoolMatters
• Search for Public Schools (U.S. Dept. of Education)
• Search for Private Schools (U.S. Dept. of Education)

Language Arts

• Center for Applied Linguistics
• National Writing Project

Listservs

• CataList

Massachusetts

• Boston Public Schools
• Boston Redevelopment Authority -- maps, census data, and more about the City of Boston
• Commonwealth Communities
• Massachusetts Home Page
• Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
• Massachusetts Dept of Education
• Massachusetts Library Information Network: Indexes and Databases (Massachusetts public library card required)
• Massachusetts School District Profiles
• Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)

Media

• BBC
• Discovery Channel Online
• Federal Communications Commission
• Media Literacy Online Project Home Page
• Open Vault (WGBH Media Library and Archives)
• PBS

Music

• K-12 Resources for Music Educators
• Music Education Online

Philosophy of Education

• Center for Dewey Studies
• Some Favorite Quotations from the Works of John Dewey (1859-1952)

Psychology

• American Psychological Association
• AmoebaWeb: Psychology on the Web
• Association for Psychological Science
• Center for Psychology Workforce Aaalysis and Research (APA)
• Classics in the History of Psychology
• Electronic Journals and Periodicals in Psychology
• Narrative Psychology
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Social Psychology Network
• Stanford Psychology Department Mediamosaic Library
• Psych Central: Psychology Web Pointer
• Psych Web

Reading

• History of Literacy
• International Reading Association
• National Center for Family Literacy
• National Institute for Literacy
• National Literacy Trust (United Kingdom)
• ProLiteracy Worldwide
• Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)

Reference Resources

• Digital Library Collections
• Documents Center website Directory
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
• InfoSpace
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Massachusetts Library Information Network: Indexes and Databases (Massachusetts public library card required)
• Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (11/26/97)
• Scout Report Archives
• Switchboard: A National Residential and Business Directory
• University of Michigan-Dearborn. Virtual Reference Desk
• USA.gov
• Virtual Reference Collection
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (requires HU ID and PIN)

Risk and Prevention

• Children's Defense Fund
• PILOTS Database- worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder
• A World of Prevention (Texas Youth Commission)

Science & Mathematics

• Access Excellence: The Site for Health and Bioscience Teachers and Learners
• Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
• Fermilab Education Office
• Frank Potter's Science Gems
• Froggy Page
• Galileo Project
• Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide
• JASON Project
• The Math Forum
• NASA Quest
• Project 2061
• Science Learning Network
• TERC
• Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
• WISE (Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment)

Search Engines

• Ask.com
• Google

Social Studies/Social Sciences

• Best of History websites
• Web Center for Social Research Methods (Cornell)
• Cornell Theory Center Arts & Social Sciences Gateway
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
• The History Net
• HyperHistory Online
• Intute: Social Sciences
• National Archives: The Digital Classroom
• National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (NBER)
• United States Census 2000 -- Census in Schools

Special Education

• LD Online: Learning Disabilities and Resources
• National Center for Learning Disabilities

State Departments of Education

• State Education Departments

Statistical Data

• American Factfinder --Census Bureau [Java]
• Boston Redevelopment Authority --detailed City of Boston information
• Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• ChildStats.gov
• The Condition of Education, 2000-2007
• Data from Developing Countries (Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development)
• Digest of Education Statistics, 1990-2006
• Education Watch Online
• Elementary and Secondary Education: An International Perspective
• Fedstats
• Harvard-MIT Data Center
• ICPSR Data Archive
• International Archive of Education Data (IAED)
• Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data
• KIDS COUNT
• MetLife Surveys of the American Teacher (1998 – 2007)
• Murray Research Center (Radcliffe Institute)
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
• National Center for Education Statistics
• OECD Education Database
• Selected Resources for International Education Statistics
• Selected Resources for United States Education Statistics
• Social Statistics Briefing Room (White House)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web -- Education(University of Michigan)
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics
• U.S. Census Bureau

Polls:

• Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (University of North Carolina) -- Public Opinion Poll Question Database
• Polling Report
• Public Agenda ONLINE

Teaching and Pedagogy

• ALPS: Active Learning Practices for Schools
• K-12 Practitioners' Circle (NCES)
• The Knowledge Loom (Northeast & Islands Regional Educational Laboratory)
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
• Teacher/Pathfinder
• Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook
• Teachers.Net
• Theory Into Practice Database
• Usable Knowlegde
• WIDE World

Testing, Assessment, Evaluation, and Standards

• Achieve
• Evaluation websites (Sociometrics Corporation)
• Buros Center for Testing
• CRESST (National Center for Research on Evaluation,Standards, and Student Testing)
• Developing Educational Standards
• ETS Test Collections
• Institutional Research and Assessment
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
• National Assessment Governing Board
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• Sources for National Educational Standards(U.S. Census Bureau)

United States Government

• Documents Center (University of Michigan)
• Department of Education
• FirstGov
• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Supreme Court
• THOMAS: Legislative Information
• University of Michigan Documents Center
• White House