Federal Education Information
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Major Federal Government Resources
- The United States Department
of Education (DOE)
- The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government
that establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal
assistance to education.
- A-Z Index of products
and resources
- Comprehensive DOE
Site Map
- General Publications
- Basic DOE Programs
and Services
- Online Educational
Rescourses
- Federal Register
Education Documents
- For state departments of education, use State
Education Agencies.
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- National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES)
- NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data
that are related to education in th eUnited States and other nations.
- Comprehensive
NCES Electronic Index of publications
- NCES Education Statistics publications
- Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System (IPEDS)
- National
Assessment of Educational Programs (NAEP)/Nation's Report Card
- State Higher Education
Profile (SHEP)
- NCES Sitemap
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- CIP
Manual
- The NCES 2000 Edition Classification of Instructional Programs.
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- Federal
Student Aid
- Financial aid forms and information for students and institutions. Includes
the Student
Guide to financial aid manual.
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- FAFSA
on the web
- The free Application for Federal Student Aid includes links to
find the necessary federal school codes, instructions and forms in bothe
english and spanish.
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Other Federal and Related Education Links
- US
GPO Access Topics
- This excellent browsing site from Oklahoma State University contains
links on:
- Education
- Education
Statistics
- Teaching
- Career
Education.
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- US GPO Access
Subject Bibliographies
- Subject lists of published U.S. government documents, including:
- Higher Education
- Elementary and
Secondary Education
- Teaching
- Career Education
- Educational Statistics
- High School Debate
Topic
- Student Financial
Aid
- It should be noted that these are NOT lists of Web hyperlinked publications,
although many of them are available via the Web, through other links on
this site.
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- Federal Resources
for Educatiional Excellence
- Links to DOE funded education resources, such as:
- Arts
- Educational
Technology
- Foreign
Languages
- Health
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Mathematics
- Science
- Vocational
Education
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- DOE
Policy Overview
- The official DOE policy site, with links to areas such as No
Child Left Behind, the current focus of federal education policy,
and the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001.
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- ENC Online
- The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education;
has a Resource Finder, catalogs, guides, reference assistance.
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- ERIC (Education
Resources Information Center)
- ERIC is the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal
education literature. The ERIC online system provides more than 1.1 million
citations going back to 1966. UNCG has serval databases that link to ERIC.
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- FREE (Federal Resources
for Educational Excellence)
- FREE offers free access (esp. useful for students and teachers) to
hundreds of internet-based education resources supported by numerous federal
agencies. A multitude of K-12 topics are covered.
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- National Library of Education
- The library branch of DOE, which houses information and resources related
to DOE programs. Among the highly useful sites maintained at the NLE:
Gateway To Educational Materials,
providing access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other
education resources on the Internet, and the very useful Education
Publications Online site which is also searchable. Most are free,
online, but some must be ordered.
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- NCATE (National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Education)
- NCATE is the primary accreditation and standard-setting body for all
schools of education in the United States.
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- CHAE (Council for Higher
Education Accreditation )
- CHAE coordinates higher education accreditation activity in the United
States.
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- YAHOO Education Resources
- As with other topics, YAHOO is hard to beat for a good variety of subject
links.
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- National
Research and Development Centers
- Links to web sites and addresses with contact persons, for the Department
of Education's National Centers for university-based educational research.
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- PUMAS
(Practical Uses of Math And Science)
- The on-line journal of math and science examples for pre-college education,
from NASA.
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UN International Education Resources
- UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
- UNESCO maintains a very informative Statistics
Institute, with access to a variety of international education statistics,
including the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook. UNESCO also maintains
an excellent international education information Statistical
Links site. NOTE: other international education statistics may be
found at the NCES International
Comparisons site.
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- United
Nations CyberSchoolBus
- Provides information on the member nations of the UN, including InfoNation
international data comparisons, and Country@AGlance
basic information.
