Links of Interest to Parents and Child Advocates

These links lead out of the California State PTA Web site to servers that are not under control of the California State PTA.

A

• Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
• American Academy of Pediatrics, California District
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Legion
• American Lung Association
• American Public Health Associations
• American Red Cross
• America Recycles Day
• Armstrong/Robitaille Business Insurance Services SERVICES
• askERIC
• Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
• www.AWARE.md - AWARE, Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education
• Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America

B

• Barnes and Noble
• John Burton's Cyberspace Bookmark (Education resources)

C

• Cable in the Classroom
• CalTeach
• California Alliance for Arts Education
• California Alliance for Public Schools
• California Association for Gifted
• California Association of Student Councils
• California Class Size Reduction Study Findings
• California County Superintendent Educational Services Association
• California Dental Association
• California Dental Health Foundation
• California Center for Health Improvement
• California Earthquake Preparedness Month - April
• California Education Roundtable
• California
• Federation of Teachers (CFT)
• California Library Association
• California Medical Association
• California Mental Health Association
• California Public Schools Home Page
• California Reading Roundtable
• California School Boards Association (CSBA)
• California School Employees Association (CSEA) Government Relations Office
• California School Library Association
• California School Nurses Association

California State or State of California

• California State Agency Index
• Attorney General's Office
• Crime and Violence Prevention Center
• Board of Education, Department of Education
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing
• Consumers Union
• Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
• Department of Education
• Educational Demographics, California Department of Education
• Safe Schools and Violence Prevention Office
• School Attendance and Review Board (SARB)
• School Law Enforcement Partnership CADRE
• Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Department of Finance
• Department of Health Services
• Department of Health Services, Immunization Branch
• Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office
• Department of Youth Authority (CYA)
• Governor's Office
• League of Women Voters
• Legislative Analyst's Office
• Legislative Counsel
• LegiSchool
• Library, California State Library
• Office of Criminal Justice Planning
• Office of Emergency Services
• School Attendance and Review Board (SARB)
• State Assembly
• State Senate

• California Teachers Association (CTA)
• California Wellness Foundation
• Californians for Drug Free Youth, Inc. (CADFY)
• California Voter Foundation
• Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDE School Health Connections
• CDE
• Children NOW
• Childrens Defense Fund
• Children's Environmental Health Network
• Children's Partnership
• Classroom Net
• Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
• Compute, Connect, Compete
• Computer Using Educators (CUE)
• Consortium for Policy Research in Education
• Court TV

D

• Dairy Council of California

E

• Ed-Data Partnership
• EdSource
• Education Commission of the States
• Education Congress of California
• Education Data on California Schools (Ed-Data)
• Educational Demographics, California Department of Education
• Education Excellence Network
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Education Week
• Educause
• Environmental Protection Agency

F

• Financial Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT)
• Food Allergy
• The Foundation for Better Healthcare

H

• Healthy Families Network
• Higher Education Policy Center

I

• Indiana Education Policy Center
• Industry Education Council of California (IECC)

J

• JAMA Asthma Information Center

K

• Keep Schools Safe (National Attorney General's Office & National School Boards Association
• KidsSAFE
• Knowledge Network

L

• League of Women Voters of California
• LegiSchool

M

• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
• "Million Mom March" - May 14, 2000
• MusicLink Foundation

N

• NASA's The Space Place web site is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. This web site provides interesting facts, fun activities and exciting contests for students in grades K-6.
• National Association of Parliamentarians
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Association of State Boards of Education
• National Asthma Education Program (NHLBI)
• National Cable Television Association
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
• National PTA (Parent Teacher Association)
• National PTA, Links to State PTAs
• National PTA, Links to other Agencies/Resources
• National Parent Information Network (resources and "Parents Ask Eric")
• National PTA Earth Week
• National Safety Council
• Net Day
• Nickelodeon’s The Big Help - April 16-22, 2000

O

• Official site for Roberts Rules of Order
• "Our Children Magazine"©

P

• Pacific Bell''s Knowledge Network
• Pesticide Action Network
• Phi Delta Kappan
• Policy Analysis for California Education
• Protecting Our Kids (Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office)
• Public Agenda

PARENT EDUCATION WEBSITES

Substance Abuse Information for every parent who thinks there might be a drug problem within the family. http://www.qvctc.commnet.edu/student/GaryOKeefe/drugfacts.html

Parents’ Rights Understanding Your Rights and Responsibilities

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/parenting/parentsrights.html

FatherNet – Information on the importance of fathers, fathering and how fathers can be good parents and parent educators. http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Fathernet/FatherNet.html

The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE) http://www.ncpie.org/

Parent Education Resources – Is your child ready for Kindergarten? The Kindergarten Survival Handbook, Workshops, Parenting Tips, etc. http://www.parent-education.com/

GreatSchools – Your free online guide to k-12 schools where you can find information on school profiles, compare schools, standardized tests, gifted and talented, special education, etc. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go

Parents Helping Parents, The Family Resource Center http://www.php.com/

Parent Involvement Resources http://www.nwrac.org/links/involve.html

R

• Resources for Youth

S

• Safety Belt Safe USA
• Schools of California On-line Resources for Educators (SCORE)
• Schwab Learning- A Parents' Guide to Helping Kids With Learning Differences
• Stand for Children
• Student Pledge Against Gun Violence

U

• U.C. Berkeley Public Health Library
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

United States

Department of Education

Library of Congress

Senate

House of Representatives

V

• Vote No on Proposition 38

W

• WestEd
• The WonderWise Parent

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