The More You Know,
The More You Can Help
Your Child
Q. How
can I use the Internet to improve the quality of my involvement in my
children's educations? I have no time to read a lot of books or go to meetings,
but I can surf the Web, if I only knew where to go.
Start with the Encyclopedia of Education on www.ShowandTellforParents.com
It's a complete list of categorized links to answer most any question on
education.
Here are some reliable sources from that list, to
background yourself on the key issues:
Blogs: www.joannejacobs.com, www.CrankyProfessor.com, http://drcookie.blogspot.com, www.ParentPundit.com, www.Eduwonk.com
Classical schools: www.welltrainedmind.org, www.accsedu.org
Curriculum: www.coreknowledge.org, www.saxonpub.com, www.textbookleague.org, www.historytextbooks.org, www.pabbis.org
Disadvantaged children: www.noexcuses.org, www.urbancure.org
Homeschooling: www.hslda.org, www.consideringhomeschooling.org,
www.nheri.org
Federal funding and programs: http://www.ncpa.org/iss/edu/
Finance: www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/ed_finance/intro.htm,
http://www.heritage.org/research/education/K-12.cfm,
www.ncpa.org
Gifted and talented: www.nagc.org
Grassroots organizations: www.chalkboardproject.org
(Oregon), www.EdWatch.org (Minnesota), www.EducationReport.org (Michigan), www.catalyst-chicago.org (Illinois)
Homeschooling: www.hslda.org
Laws, rules and regulations: www.ncsl.org, www.nsba.org/cosa
Learning problems: www.ReadByGrade3.com, www.ldonline.org, www.adhdfraud.com
Mathematics: www.mathematicallycorrect.com,
www.kitchentablemath.net
News: www.EducationNews.org, www.EdWeek.org, www.EagleForum.org/educate/index.html,
www.ewa.org
Parental involvement and
fund-raising: www.ptotoday.com, www.pta.org
Phonics: www.spalding.org, www.riggsinst.org, www.howtotutor.com
Policy: www.alec.org, www.ppionline.org, www.heritage.org, www.cato.org, www.goldwaterinstitute.org, www.TexasPolicy.com
Private schooling: www.capenet.org, www.nais.org, www.ncgs.org,
www.exodusmandate.org, www.sepschool.org
Private scholarships: www.scholarshipfund.org, www.pave.org
Quality: www.edexcellence.net
Reading: www.nrrf.org, www.NationalReadingPanel.org
Reform: www.EdWatch.org, www.heartland.org, http://www.effwa.org/main/page.php?number=32
Religious issues: www.aclj.org, www.rutherford.org, www.gtbe.org
Research: www.education-consumers.com
School boards: www.asbj.com
School choice: www.edreform.com, www.AllianceforSchoolChoice.org,
www.heartland.org
School spending: School district
spending report on www.eiaonline.com;
see your district's website and your state's education department website for
your district's annual report
Sex ed: www.TrueLoveWaits.com, www.medinstitute.org
Special education: www.cec.sped.org, www.ideadata.org, www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/14/91/1491.htm,
www.csef-air.org
Statistics: www.nces.ed.gov
Teacher organization, nonunion: www.aaeteachers.org
Teacher quality: www.abcte.org, www.nctq.org
Testing reform: www.kimberlyswygert.com
Textbooks: www.textbookreviews.org
Time management: www.jefflindsay.com/Block.shtml,
http://geocities.com/weswalker99/
Tutoring: www.kumon.com, www.sylvanlearningcenters.com,
www.tutor.com
Unions: www.nea.org,
www.aft.org, www.eiaonline.com, www.landmarklegal.org
University model schools: www.naums.net
Writing: www.tcr.org, www.readbygrade3.com/cvrltr.html
Homework: Share
this list with other parents, and add websites of particular interest to your
state or your school.