Education

Useful Web Sites:

Educator's Reference Desk sponsored by the Information Institute of Syracuse, includes a lesson plan collection and provides a way to search the Gateway to Educational Materials.

National Center for Education Statistics "...the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education." The menu bar drops down submenu choices and a "Kids'Zone" icon is active, too.

Solution Tree a leading provider of educational strategies and tools that improve staff and student performance. For more than 20 years, Solution Tree resources have helped K–12 teachers and administrators create schools where all children succeed.

Teachable moment offers timely teaching ideas, lesson plans, essays for discussion, etc. Aimed at K-12 teachers, links to good (i.e., model) educational Websites. Their intent is to "encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment." It is a project of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.

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Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings:

For the subject EDUCATION,

search also under TEACHING

Reference Materials: (Located in the Grossmont Library)

Directories
How to pay for your degree in education... 2002-2004	REF LB 2337.2 S345 2002
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of education, 8 v.	REF LB 15 E47 2003
Statistics
Projections of education statistics to 2010	REF LB 2846 G37 2000

Electronic Reference Materials (Available online)

Encyclopedia of American education, 3 v. [NetLibrary, Inc.]	LB 17 U54 2007 E-BOOK
Encyclopedia of special education, 3 v. [Credo Reference]	LC 4007 E53 2007 E-BOOK
Gender and education: an encyclopedia, 2 v. [Credo Reference and NetLibrary, Inc.]	LC 213 G425 G425 2007 E-BOOK

Last updated on 6/24/10 by Michelle Blackman