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For more information about virtually every issue in education, here's a resource list from GoBigEd: 

  

  

Academic honors: 

http://www.edreform.com/ParentPower/standards/class_rank.htm  

http://www.cwfa.org/printerfriendly.asp?id=900&department=cwa&categoryid=education 

  

  

Accreditation: 

www.ncacasi.org  

www.npsag.com 

  

  

ADHD (see also Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Special Education): 

www.add.org  

www.adhdfraud.com 

www.my.webmd.com 

  

  

Administration, Administrators: 

www.aasa.org  

www.ccsso.org 

www.ecs.org 

www.naesp.org 

www.nassp.org (or www.principals.org - National Association of Secondary School Principals) 

www.nga.org 

  

  

Advanced Placement tests: 

www.apcentral.collegeboard.com  

  

  

African-American: 

See Minority Issues and Urban Issues 

  

  

Afterschooling (at home, in school settings, with tutors, or in dedicated afterschools; see also Home Learning Ideas): 

www.AfterSchoolTreats.com (free lesson plans in 35 categories aimed in particular at children in Grades 4 - 8 by our own Susan Darst Williams) 

www.RussianSchool.com (private afterschools in Boston and California with a high-level math focus) 

www.naesp.org/client_files/afterschool/AfterSchoolPublication.pdf (10 exemplary school-based programs from the National Association of Elementary School Principals) 

www.AmericaScores.org (soccer as an enticement to participate in academically-based afterschooling) 

www.homeschoolzone.com  

www.afterschoolallstars.org 

www.readwritethink.org 

  

  

Agricultural Education: 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/aged.html  

  

  

Americanism: 

www.americanheritageresearch.com  

www.EdWatch.com 

  

  

Art: 

www.kinderart.com  

www.teachers.net 

www.crayola.com 

www.naea-reston.org (National Art Education Association) 

www.artsonia.com 

www.enchantedlearning.com 

  

  

Athletics: 

www.nays.org  

www.youth-sports.com 

www.youthsportsusa.com 

www.MomsTeam.com 

www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/sportsmanship.html 

  

  

At-Risk: 

www.csos.jhu.edu  

  

  

Audits: 

www.effwa.org/main/page/php?number+19  

www.effwa.org/auditpledge 

www.wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2320.doc (West Virginia performance audit policy) 

www.pps.k12.or.us/projects-c/aisc/audit.pdf (Portland, Ore., performance audit report) 

  

  

Autism (See also Learning disabilities and Special education): 

www.nomercury.org  

www.momsagainstmercury.org 

www.a-champ.org 

  

  

Balanced literacy reading programs (see Whole language) 

  

  

Behavior problems: 

www.focusas.com/BehavioralDisorders.html (overview focusing on adolescents) 

www.adhd.com (attention deficits) 

http://aacap.org/page.ww?name=Children+with+Oppositional+Defiant+Disorder&section=Facts+for+Families (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) 

www.adaa.org (anxiety) 

www.anxietyzone.com (anxiety) 

http://www.mncdd.org/resources/factsheets/School_Discipline.pdf (discipline and special ed students) 

http://www.whittedclearylaw.com/CM/Publications/publications42.asp (suspensions and expulsions: a legal overview) 

  

  

Bible in education: 

www.biblecurriculum.org  

www.bibleinschools.net 

www.calvary.com/beantown 

www.releasedtimebible.org 

www.bibleliteracy.org 

www.biblecurriculum.org 

  

  

Bilingual / English language learners / English as a Second Language (also see Immigrants / illegal aliens in schools): 

www.nclr.org  

www.us-english.org 

www.nabe.org 

www.vdare.com 

  

  

Block scheduling: 

http://www.capescheduling.com/page/page/861491.htm  

www.jefflindsay.com/Block.shtml 

  

  

Blogs on education: 

www.joannejacobs.com  

www.irascibleprofessor.com 

www.educationation.org 

www.CrankyProfessor.com 

http://drcookie.blogspot.com 

www.ParentPundit.com 

www.Eduwonk.com 

www.susanohanian.org 

www.myshortpencil.com 

  

  

Book selection: 

www.eagleforum.org (A Child's Reading List) 

www.kidsreads.com  

www.teenreads.com 

www.classicscentral.com 

www.coreknowledge.org (summer reading list) 

  

  

Book concerns: 

www.pabbis.org  

www.textbookreviews.org 

www.pfaw.org (see also http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12122) 

  

  

Books for disadvantaged kids: 

www.firstbook.org  

  

  

Buildings and grounds: 

www.edfacilities.org  

www.nspma.com 

www.nssea.org 

www.SchoolDude.com 

www.schoolfacilities.com 

www.schooldesigns.com 

www.aia.org/cae 

www.cefpi.org 

www.healthyschools.org 

  

  

Business operations: 

www.asbointl.org and www.asbointl.org/WhatsNew/SchoolBusinessAffairs/index.asp  

  

  

Business and school partnerships: 

www.biz4ed.org  

  

  

Career education: 

www.careers.org  

www.aboutcareereducation.com 

www.nfte.com (entrepreneurship) 

www.eweek.org (engineering) 

www.discoverengineering.org (engineering) 

  

  

Character education: 

www.charactered.com  

www.charactercounts.org 

www.cyi-stars.org 

www.ethics.org 

www.tolerance.org 

www.ethicsed.org 

www.josephsoninstitute.org 

  

  

Charter schools (see also School choice): 

www.edreform.org  

www.edexcellence.net 

http://goldwaterinstitute.org/AboutUs/ArticleView.aspx?id=431 (study shows grade-school charter schools outperform traditional public schools for disadvantaged student populations) 

www.heritageacademies.com 

www.geofoundation.org 

www.ImagineSchools.com 

www.ArthurAcademy.org 

www.charterschoolleadershipcouncil.org 

www.valleyacademy.com 

  

  

Chatrooms on education issues: 

www.ed2chat.com  

  

  

Child advocacy: 

www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp  

www.horatioalger.com 

  

  

Child development: 

www.fcd-us.mag (Foundation for Child Development) 

www.childtrends.org (nonprofit research organization) 

  

  

Child protection: 

www.yahoo.com 

  

  

Christian education: 

www.nace-cee.org  

www.summit.org 

www.delpublications.com 

www.face.net 

  

  

Christian "exodus" out of public schools: 

www.exodusmandate.org  

www.ethicsdaily.com/static.cfm?mode=per 

www.honested.com 

  

  

Civics: 

www.aclj.org  

www.founding.com 

www.freedomforum.org 

www.pbs.org/georgewashington/ 

www.rutherford.org 

  

  

Class rank (see Academic Honors) 

  

  

  

Class size: 

http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/topic/topic.cfm?topic_id=17  

  

  

Classical education: 

www.welltrainedmind.com  

www.accsedu.org 

www.classicalfree.org 

www.classical-homeschooling.org 

www.classicalconversations.com 

  

  

Classroom management: 

www.theteachersguide.com/ClassManagement.htm  

www.adhdsolution.com 

  

  

Collective bargaining (see also Unions): 

www.eiaonline.org  

www.effwa.org.studies/education_2000_may.php (study, "Collective Bargaining in Public Schools: Turning the Focus to Students") 

http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/educat/contractforfailure/www%20backup/2_whatis.html 

  

  

College planning / admissions tests: 

www.nacac.com  

www.collegeboard.com 

www.ets.org 

www.act.org 

www.EducationOnlineToday.com 

  

  

Competition as a factor in education (see also School choice): 

www.educationnext.org/20014/68.html  

www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php/431.html 

  

  

Consensus / Delphi / group manipulation: 

www.learn-usa.com  

www.beverlye.com 

  

  

Consolidation / deconsolidation: