Links of Educational Importance

Business Websites

Businessweek (Bloomberg)
CNBC.com
CNN Business (The Financial Network)
Economy.com (Moody’s)
Financial Calculators On-Line
Internal Revenue Service
Kaiser Family Foundation (State Health Facts On-Line)
MotleyFool.com
Quicken.com
The Conference Board (Business Knowledge Network)

Consultant Sites

Castallo and Silky (Educational Consultants)
James M Merrins, Ed.D. (Career Coaching)

Education Professional Associations

New York State Education Professional Association

Empire State Society of Association Executives
New York State Association for Women in Administration – NYSAWA
New York State Association of School Business Officials – NYSASBO
New York State Public High School Athletic Association – NYSPHSAA
NYS Educational Conference Board – NYSECB
New York State Center for Rural Schools
New York State Council of School Superintendents – NYSCOSS
New York State School Boards Association – NYSSBA
New York State School Music Association – NYSSMA
New York State United Teachers – NYSUT
Rural Schools Association of NYS
School Administrators Association of New York Stat – SAANYS

National Education Professional Associations

American Association of School Administrators – AASA (site of New Superintendents e-Journal, see “publications”)
American Educational Research Association – AERA
American Federation of Teachers – AFT
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development – ASCD
Association of School Business Officials – ASBO International
Council of the Great City Schools – CGCS
National Alliance of Business: Edutopia
National Association for Music Education – NAfFE
National Association for Pupil Transportation – NAPT
National Association of Elementary School Principals – NAESP
National Association of School Resource Officers
National Association of Secondary School Principals – NASSP
National Education Association – NEA
National PTA – NPTA
National School Boards Association – NSBA
North American Association of Educational Negotiators
School-Based Health AllianceThe Education Trust

General Interest

American Fact Finder: U.S. Census
Britannica.com
Constellation Maps
Consumer Search On Line
ENature: On-Line Nature Field Guides
Fifty States.com: Complete Information
Maps On Line
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
National Geographic.com
The Weather Channel Live On Line
World Wide Words

New York State Government Agencies

All New York State Government Agencies and Websites
Charter Schools Institute
Charter Schools Resource Center (limited)
Office of the NYS Comptroller
Division of the Budget
Dormitory Authority
Governor Cuomo
NYS Assembly
NYS State Education Department (NYSED)
NYS Senate
New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYS TRS)
Primer on Assessment Review
Office of Real Property Tax Service
Senate/Assembly District Maps
State & Local Government on the net
Department of Taxation and Finance

News Sources

New York State Newspapers

Albany Times Union
Buffalo News
Elmira Star-Gazette
EmpirePage.com
Eye On New York Politics
Glens Falls Post-Star
Ithaca Times
Long Island Newsday
Lower Hudson online
Middletown Times-Herald Record
New York Daily News
New York Post
New York Times
New York Village Voice
Poughkeepsie Journal
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Schenectady Daily Gazette
Syracuse Herald-Journal Post-Standard
Troy Record

National Education News

AASA: School Administrator
American School Board Journal
American School Board Journal: Brutal Rituals, Dangerous Rites: High School Hazing Grows Violent and Humiliating
Converge
Daily Press Clips Compiled by Education Week (U.S.)
Daily Press Clips Compiled by New York Wired (NYS)
Educast
Education New York
Education Week
Educators’ Portal
Electronic School
NYSERDA
Phi Delta Kappan
School Board News
School Transportation News
The Daily News from Education Weekly
Urban Educator

National News

Boston Globe Online
C-SPAN
CNN.com
ESPN.com
Newsweek.com
The New York Times on the Web
The New York Times: Technology
TIME.com
Washingtonpost.com – News Front

Office and Reference Tools

Altavista Translations
AnyWho: Telephone Number, Email, Home Page URL, FAX, Toll Free, and Address
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
Dictionary of Difficult Words
Library Spot.Com
On-Line Conversion Calculators
Phrase Finder
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Quickmath.com – Math calculations made easy
Telephone Directories on the Web
The Elements of Style
Thesaurus.com
Webster’s Dictionary
Zip Code Directory

School Administrator Resources

Education and Research

A Trust Betrayed, Sexual Abuse of Students by School Staff: Education Week Special Report ADA Accessible Play Areas: New Access Board Guidelines
America’s Best Web Sites for School Profiles
College Rankings for 2002 from US News & World Report
Education Commission of the States
Education World® Where Educators Go To Learn
EduHound:The Engine for Everything Education K-12!
Edulink: Web links for educators
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – Home Page
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Freedom Forum: The First Amendment and the Press
Harvard Program On Negotiation IBM: Reinventing Education Partnerships
Joe’s School Bus World – Links to Resources
LAB at Brown University
NAPE: Nontraditional Career List for Females from Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Institute for Urban School Improvement
National School Safety Center
Promethean (State Standards)
Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crimes: A Manual for Schools
Statistics Made Easy
Stop Hazing.org
Student Behavior Management Resources
The College Board
The Gateway to Educational Materials
U.S. Census – Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

School Environmental Links

American Academy of Pediatrics
CDC: Questions and Answers on Molds
EPA: Healthy School Environments
EPA: Indoor Air Pollution – An Introduction for Health Professionals
EPA: Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings
EPA: The Inside Story – A Guide to Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Kit
MoldUpdate.Com
NYC Dept. of Health: Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments
Washington State Dept. of Health: Indoor Air Quality Best Practices

School Resource Officer Links

Center for the Prevention of School Violence Center for the Prevention of Violence: School Resource Officer Room
FERPA: Guidance on Law Enforcement and Anti-Terrorism
Maine Chiefs of Police Association
MHRC/DOE – Equal Educational Opportunity – Chapter 4
NASRO: 2002 School Resource Officer Survey
National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)
National School Safety Center
U.S. Dept. of Ed: Safe and Drug-Free Schools
U.S. Dept. of Justice Report: Sharing Information – A Guide to FERPA and Participation in Juvenile Justice Programs
U.S. Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services
U.S. Dept. of Justice: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Regulations (scroll down to existing regs)

Affirmative Action, Gender Equity and Bullying Resources

American Association of University Women
ASCD: The Respectful School (purchasing info for Wessler book)
Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education
Code of Federal Regulations On-Line
Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Inc.
Health Risk Behaviors Among Maine Youth (2005 Youth Risk Survey)
Legal Information Institute (Cornell) – Employment Discrimination Information
NAPE: Nontraditional Careers for Females (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
NAPE: Nontraditional Careers for Males (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
National Alliance for Partnership in Equity
National Association of School Psychologists: Bullying Prevention
National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations
National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science
New England Equity Assistance Center
OCR: Title IX Athletic Investigator’s Manual
Safe Schools Coalition
Stop Bullying Now
Stophazing.org
U. S. Department of Education – OCR Sexual Harassment Guidance (2001)
U.S. Code On-Line
U.S. Code – Civil Rights Act
U.S. Code – Age Discrimination in Employment Act
U.S. Code – Americans with Disabilities Act
U.S. Code – Equal Pay Act
U.S. Code – Rehabilitation Act
U.S. Code – Title IX
U.S. Department of Education – Nondiscrimination on Basis of Handicap Regulations
U.S. Department of Education – Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education – Title IX Regulations
U.S. Department of Justice – Americans with Disabilities Home Page
U.S. Department of Justice – Nondiscrimination on Basis of Disability for State & Local Govt. Regulations
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Labor – Employer Page
U.S. Department of Labor – Poster Advisor
U.S. Dept. of Education: Exemplary & Promising Gender Equity Programs
U.S. Dept. of Education: Single-Sex Vs. Coeducational Schooling – A Systematic Review
U.S. Dept. of Justice: Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – ADA Regulations
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Complete Regulations (scroll down to existing regs)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Sex Discrimination Guidelines

School Legal Links

Federal and State Courts

Courts.Net: Links to State/Federal Courts
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Federal Courts Finder

Federal Statutes and Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations (non-official demo site)
Code of Federal Regulations On Line
Federal Register On Line
United States Code

Legal Opinions, Research, and Journals

ABA’s LawLink (TM) Legal Research Jumpstation
BitLaw: A Resource on Technology Law
Cornell Law School: Legal Information Institute
FindLaw: Federal Circuit Court Opinions
FindLaw: Legal News
FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions
LawCrawler: Legal Search Engine
Lawyerexpress.com
National Labor Relations Board Decisions
Nativeweb:Resources for Indigenous Cultures
Tech Law Journal
Tribal Law Journal: Resources and Links
University Law Review Project
Washlaw Web:Comprehensive On Line Legal Resources

Professional Law Associations

American Arbitration Association – AAA
American Bar Association – ABA
Council of School Attorneys
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
National Association of College and University Attorneys
North American Association of Educational Negotiators

School Law

A&R Education On-Line
Edlaw: Special Education Advocacy
SchoolLaw.com

Search Engines and Directories

Ask Jeeves!
Dogpile.com
Excite.com
Federal Web Locator
Google.com
Metacrawler.com
Netscape Netcenter
Northern Light Search
Promethean (State Standards)
Yahoo!

State Government Sites

Links to State and Local Government Websites
National Conference of State Legislatures – NCSL
State Education Agencies
WashLaw Web – StateLaw: State & Local Government – Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Information

Technology Sites

AASA: E-Rate Resources and Links
Apex Learning: On-Line Courses and Virtual Schools
BitLaw: A Resource on Technology Law
Bobby Software: Free Web Page Accessibility Software
Business Software Alliance
Cliffs Notes.com: Catching Plagiarism on the Net
Community Learning Network
Computer Security: Remembrance of Data Passed, A Study of Disk Sanitization Practices
Consortium for School Networking
Cyber Patrol.com
Electronic School Magazine
eSchool News
Federal Trade Commission: Information on Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act
Genius Papers.Com: Term Papers on the Net
IBM: Reinventing Education Partnerships
Intel: Technology Resources for Educators
Microsoft: Fresh Start for Donated Computers Program
National PTA: Guidelines for Corporate Involvement in Schools
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium
NSBA: Education Leaders’ Tool Kit for Technology in Schools
Principal Connections: A Guide to Technology Leadership
Privacy.Net: Consumer Information and Demos of How Consumers are Tracked On-Line
Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse
SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium
SPA Anti-Piracy Website
Tech Law Journal
United States Copyright Office
United States Distance Learning Association
Web Washer
World Wide Web Consortium: Accessibility Guidelines and Other Resources

United States Government

United States Department of Education

Family Policy Compliance Office (FERPA)
FERPA Regulations
Final Title I Regulation: Alternative Assessment – Issued 12/9/03
NCLB Fact Sheet: Accountability for Students with Disabilities
No Child Left Behind (DOE Website)
Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Special Education Programs (OSERS)
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
U.S. Department of Education Home Page

United States Department of Justice

Department of Justice ADA Home Page
Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Department of Justice Home Page

United States Labor and Employment Agencies

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index
National Labor Relations Board
Occupational Safety & Health Administration – OSHA
Poster Advisor (Information on Employer Notice Posting Requirements)
Social Security Administration
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Home Page
U.S. Labor Dept. – Wage and Hour Division

Other United States Government Sites

Child Nutrition – USDA
Congressional Budget Office (economic projections)
Library of Congress Home Page
NHTSA: Injury Prevention: School Bus Safety
The White House