GOVERNMENT
California Department of Education
www.cde.ca.gov
Data, legislation, reports, advisories
and more
State:
Office of the Legislative Analyst (LAO)
Analyses and reports on a variety of
policy issues, including education.
California Alliance for Arts Education
Information about the CAAE and current
arts links statewide and nationally.
Federal:
United
States Department of Education
Data and articles about education in the
United States and other countries,
including many links
DATA AND STATISTICS
Educational Demographics, California
Department of Education
www.cde.ca.gov/demographics
Data about students, teachers, and
schools in California
Ed-Data Partnership
www.ed-data.k12.ca.us
Interactive database with financial
and demographic information for each
California school district and school
plus national and statewide comparisons
of enrollments, expenditures, and
pupil-teacher ratios. A joint venture of
Alameda County Office of Education, the
CDE, EdSource, and FCMAT
National Center for Education Statistics
www.ed.gov/nces
Comprehensive data about education
in the United States and other countries
RESEARCH AND POLICY
CENTERS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The California School Boards Association (CSBA) is a collaborative group of virtually all of the state’s more than 1,000 school districts and county offices of education.
Center
for the Future of Teaching and Learning
(CFTL)
www.cftl.org
Improving education through professional
growth for teachers
Consortium for Policy Research in
Education (CPRE)
www.upenn.edu/gse/cpre
Research papers on education topics
The California County Boards of Education (CCBE)
www.theccbe.org
The purposes of CCBE are to act on behalf of county boards of education,
promote and support public education, promote professional development of county board
members, and clarify the role of the county office of education as an effective unit of the
educational system of the state.
EdSource
Clarifying Complex Education Issues
Education Commission of the States
www.ecs.org
Reports and newsletters plus useful
links to other sites
Office of the Education Master Plan
www.putstudents1st.org
The Office of the Education Master Plan (“OEMP�) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization and as such is funded entirely by donations. The OEMP’s mission is to disseminate information about the Master Plan for Education to all communities throughout California in an effort to encourage its implementation through the formation of school/business/community partnerships, the creation of a network of people who can infuse Master Plan implementation into their work and activities, the building of widespread awareness and support of the Master Plan throughout the state, and by providing technical support to people and organizations in their attempts to improve public education. The efforts of the OEMP do not include lobbying.
Policy Analysis for California Education
(PACE)
www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/pace
Reports on current education policy
issues
Public Agenda
www.publicagenda.org
Public opinion data on current
national issues, including education
WestEd (policy branch)
www.wested.org/policy
Education policy issues,
particularly about charter schools and
class size reduction
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Education Resources Information Center
(ERIC)
ericir.syr.edu
Summaries of reports on over
850,000 education topics
EdSource
Clarifying Complex Education Issues
Education Week
www.edweek.org
A weekly newspaper covering
education in the United States
Phi
Delta Kappan
www.pdkintl.org
A monthly magazine with
wide-ranging articles on education,
including technology
CLASSROOMS/SCHOOLS
"Our Children Magazine"©
http://www.pta.org/ptastore/magazine.htm
Our Children Magazine provides
information and ideas on how to make
households, neighborhoods, schools, and
communities better places for children.
Cover to cover, nine times a year, PTA
members and non-members alike will find
features from becoming more involved in
all of your child's activities to
helping prevent violence in the schools.
California Alliance for Arts Education
www.artsed411.org/
Information about the CAAE and
current arts links statewide and
nationally.
CalTeach
www.calteach.csulb.edu
Information on preparation
programs, credentials, and jobs for
prospective teachers
Pacific Bell''s Knowledge Network
www.kn.pacbell.com
Information and links from Pacific
Bell''s Education First initiative for
California
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