U.S. Government Resources: Education

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Education Law Research Guide and Bibliography

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

Ben's Guide serves as the educational component of GPO Access, GPO's service to provide the official online version of legislative and regulatory information. This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers.

Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov

Career Voyages is the result of collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on occupations in demand and what skills and education are needed to attain those jobs.

Colleges Security Statistics
http://www.ope.ed.gov/security

The OPE Campus Security Statistics web site is sponsored by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education. It was authorized by Congress with the 1998 amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to help potential college students and their parents research criminal offenses on college campuses.

Common Core of Data
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd

A program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that provides annual statistics concerning all public K-12 schools and school districts nationwide.

Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

The U.S. Department of Education was established on May 4, 1980 by Congress in the Department of Education Organization Act. The Department establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most Federal assistance to education. Its mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.

Department of Education's Office of Hearings and Appeals
http://www.ed-oha.org/index.html

OHA provides an independent forum for the fair, impartial, equitable, and timely resolution of disputes involving the Department of Education and recipients of Federal Education Funds. This web site publishes decisions issued by OHA and by the Secretary of Education. Decisions posted on OHA's web site are searchable.

Digest of Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest

The Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

DisabilityInfo.gov
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=500

As one of President George W. Bush's Initiatives, which direct federal agencies to work together to build a one-stop interagency web portal, DisailityInfo.gov is a comprehensive online resource specifically designed to provide people with disabilities with the information they need to know quickly. The portal provides access to disability-related information and programs available across the government on numerous subjects, including civil rights, education, employment, housing, health, income support, technology, transportation, and community life. To obtain educational information, click on the tab at the top of the page.

E-Scholar
http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp

E-Scholar provides students, parents, and career professionals information on different educational opportunities offered by Federal Government.

ED Pubs
http://edpubs.ed.gov/

An on-line ordering system for U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided free of charge to the general public.

EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov

EDSITEment is a partnership forged in Spring 1997 among the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MarcoPolo Foundation and the National Trust for the Humanities. EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.

Education Resource Organizations Directory
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/

The Directory is intended to help identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.

Education Statistics
http://www.nces.ed.gov/quicktables

This National Center for Education Statistics web site provides a searchable database of statistical tables and figures.

Education Statistics at a Glance
http://nces.ed.gov/annuals

Provides statistical data from different NCES resources including The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, and Youth Indicators.

ERIC Reports - Basic Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eric/index.html

GPO Access provides reports on federally funded education research topics from the U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), beginning with those received in October 2002. A larger selection of ERIC reports is available from the ERIC program (see below). Files are available in Adobe PDF only.

ERIC Reports - Full Access
http://www.eric.ed.gov

The Department of Education provides access to education literature and resources through this ERIC web site. Full-text reports are available only to the Penn State University community.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/

This site, the result of a working group of federal agencies formed in 1997, provides links to learning resources from more than 35 federal organizations and agencies. Resources include teaching ideas, photos, maps, learning activities and more on a wide variety of topics. The Gateway to Educational Materials offers a way to search multiple participating websites.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

FAFSA on the Web helps students determine eligibility for federal loans, apply for federal aid on-line, and check the status of a completed FAFSA.

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
http://edworkforce.house.gov

The current Committee on Education and the Workforce was established on January 7, 1997. The Committee's basic jurisdiction is over education and labor matters generally.

Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent agency that encourages lifetime learning through its support of museums and libraries of all types.

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds

A system of interrelated surveys which collects data on all primary providers of postsecondary education.

Los Alamos National Laboratory
http://www.lanl.gov/education/

The Los Alamos National Laboratory provides student and education programs to help promote a science-literate public.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov

NCES collects and analyzes educational data from the United States and other nations.

National Education Goals Panel
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/negp/datasystemlinks.html

The National Education Goals Panel is an independent agency of the executive branch that is responsible for monitoring national and state progress toward meeting educational goals, which were set at the 1989 Education Summit and later amended by Congress.

National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
http://www.nifl.gov

NIFL provides a focal-point for public and private activities that support the development of high-quality regional, state, and national literacy services.

National Library of Education
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/nat_ed_library.asp

The National Library of Education is the world's largest federally funded library devoted solely to education and is the federal government's main resource center for education information.

NCES Electronic Catalog
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch

Perform customize searches for any NCES publications and data products. The publications are available for download.

NCES School Database
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator

Search the database for schools, colleges and libraries in the United States and its territories.

NCES Kids' Zone
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids

Educational information and activities for students.

No Child Left Behind
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush in January of 2002. This site provides an overview of the new program and its primary objectives.

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html

OSERS provides a variety of supports to parents, individuals, and school districts related to improving the results and outcomes for people with disabilities.

OPE Campus Security Statistics
http://www.ope.ed.gov/security

The OPE Campus Security Statistics Web site, sponsored by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the Department of Education, helps potential college students and their parents research criminal offenses on college campuses.

Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school.html

Data from the US Census Bureau that provides revenues, expenditures, debts, and assets of elementary and secondary public schools.

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
http://help.senate.gov/

The Committee studies and reviews matters relating to health, education and training, and public welfare.

StudentJobs.gov
http://www.studentjobs.gov

Studentjobs.gov provides information on thousands of Federal Government job opportunities. There is no charge for using Studentjobs.gov and users are not required to pre-register to look for a job.

Teaching with Historic Places
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/

This is a program of the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, which provides a variety of products and services designed to bring historic places into the classroom.

USA.gov for Kids
http://www.kids.gov

USA.gov for Kids is a gateway to information resources for kids. The site is divided by educational subjects such as Arts, Computers, Geography, Health, History, Music, Safety, Science, and much more.