Related Web Sites
Disability Resources
Americans with
Disabilities Act
The U.S. Department of Justice's Web site provides everything you ever
wanted to know about the Act. Includes settlements from court rulings.
Captioned Media Program (CMP)
The Captioned Media Program provides free-loan,
open-captioned videos to deaf and hard of hearing persons. More than 4,000
titles including classic movies, educational videos, and special-interest
videos are available. Spanish titles also available. Teachers may use CMP videos and their
accompanying lesson guides in the classroom.
Computer Accommodations Program (CAP),
University of Minnesota
CAP is a partnership of Academic & Distributed Computing Services and
Disability Services at the University of Minnesota. The program exists to
assist university students, staff and faculty with disabilities in accessing
computers and information through the use of adaptive technology. The Web
site also includes useful guidelines on creating
accessible Web sites.
Center for Applied Special Technology
(CAST)
CAST is a non-profit organization whose mission is to expand educational
opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the development and
innovative uses of technology. CAST is the creator of the famous "Bobby," a
free service provided by CAST to help Web page authors identify and repair
significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities (www.cast.org/bobby/).
The Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF)
CSEF addresses fiscal policy questions related to the delivery and support
of special education services throughout the United States. This Web site
features links to publications - policy papers, briefs, and a State Analysis
Series - and to resources and organizations within and beyond OSEP's
Technical Assistance and Dissemination network.
Day, Residential, and Juvenile
Correctional Schools Project (DRJC)
The project investigates curriculum, assessment, and
accountability practices and policies in correctional educational schools
for committed youth and secondary day treatment and residential schools for
students with emotional/behavioral disorders.
disAbilityInfo.gov
Web site that provides one-stop online access to resources, services, and
information available throughout the Federal government.
Disability-Related Sites
on the World Wide Web
An extensive listing of disability-related resources on the World Wide Web
(maintained by The Arc, a national organization on mental retardation).
Education Policy Reform Research
Institute (EPRRI)
EPRRI is a federally funded program that is dedicated to increasing our
knowledge and understanding of ways that students with disabilities can be
fully included in educational accountability measures.
Educator's Reference Desk
The people who created AskERIC announce a new service and name to access the
resources you've come to depend on for over a decade. While the U.S.
Department of Education discontinued the AskERIC service, you will still
have access to the resources you've come to depend upon. Through The
Educator's Reference Desk (http://www.eduref.org)
you can access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online
education information, and 200+ question archive responses. While the
question answer service will no longer be active, The Educator's Reference
Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to
over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and
practice.
ERIC - Educational Resources
Information Center
In January 2004, the Department of Education began to implement a
reengineering plan for ERIC. The new ERIC mission continues the core
function of providing a centralized bibliographic database of journal
articles and other published and unpublished education materials. It
enhances the database by adding free full text and electronic links to
commercial sources and by making it easy to use and up to date.
IDEA Practices
Web site to assist teachers, school administrators and related service
professionals implement recent changes to the nation’s primary special
education law, IDEA ’97.
Independent Laboratory Access
for the Blind
The Independent Laboratory Access for the Blind (ILAB) seeks to
raise the expectations of high school and college students who
are blind and visually impaired (VI), as well as educators of
these students, with the goal of encouraging them to consider
careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) professions.
Institute on Community Integration (ICI)
Homepage for ICI, a University Affiliated Program on Developmental
Disabilities at the University of Minnesota, which is dedicated to improving
community services and social support for persons with developmental
disabilities.
International Center for
Disabilities on the Internet
Web site with a wide array of disability resources, including latest news
releases and links to international resources.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
JAN is an international toll-free consulting service that provides
information about job accommodations and the employability of people with
disabilities. This Web site includes their Searchable Online Accommodations
Resource (SOAR) that allows users to find accommodation information via
limitation, job function, product, and vendor.
The Family Village
A "global community" that integrates information, resources, and
communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and
other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them
services and support.
LD OnLine
A comprehensive Web site on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and
other professionals. LD Online is a service of The Learning Project
at WETA, Washington, D.C., in association with The Coordinated Campaign
for Learning Disabilities.
National Center for Blind Youth in Science (NCBYS)
The National Center for Blind Youth in Science works to
dramatically change the opportunities and resources available to
blind youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
subjects and careers.
National
Center on Secondary Education and
Transition (NCSET)
The mission of NCSET is to create opportunities for youth with disabilities
to achieve successful futures. The NCSET Web site features Web Topics
containing research-based information and resources related to topics in the
field; E-News, NCSET's monthly electronic newsletter with national resources
including new publications, projects, grant opportunities, scholarships,
legislative announcements, and more; the full text of NCSET's publications,
transcripts, and Institute proceedings; and a national events calendar.
National Council on Disabilities (NCD)
NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President
and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities. NCD
is composed of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the
U.S. Senate. NCD's overall purpose is to promote policies, programs,
practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all
individuals with disabilities
National Information Center for Children
and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
On-line resources for NICHCY, the national information and referral center
that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for
families,educators, and other professionals. NICHCY's special focus is
children and youth (birth to age 22).
National Rehabilitation Information
Center (NARIC)
Homepage for the National Rehabilitation Information Center's library and
information center on disability and rehabilitation.
PACER Center, Parent Advocacy Coalition
for Educational Rights
The mission of PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the
quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their
families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.
Parents Engaged in Education
Reform Project (PEER): Goals 2000 and Children with Disabilities
On-line information from the PEER Project, which works through and with the
network of trainers in the Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers to
reach parents of children with disabilities.
Special Needs Education Network (SNE)
SNE provides Internet services specific to parents, teachers, schools, and
other professionals, individuals, groups, and organizations involved in the
education of students with special needs. It is a service of the
SchoolNet project, a cooperative initiative of Canada's provincial,
territorial, and federal governments in collaboration with educators,
universities, colleges, and industry.
Transition Coalition
The Transition Coalition site offers information, support, and linkages to
professionals, family members, individuals with disabilities and others
interested and involved in the transition from school to adult life.
Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative
The Collaborative is a membership organization of special education leaders
from the nation's urban school districts.
Waisman Center,
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Homepage for the Waisman Center, a University Affiliated Program on
Developmental Disabilities at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, which
is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development and
developmental disabilities through research and practice.
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Federal and Regional Resource Centers
The
Regional Resource and
Federal Centers (RRFC)
Homepage for the Federal Resource Center (RRFC), a national network of
technical assistance projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) The
beneficiaries of the RRFC's services are children, youth, toddlers, and
infants with disabilities, and the families and professionals who are
associated with them.
Listed below are links to each of the six Regional Resources Centers.
Each RRC participates in the NCEO hosted
Inclusive Assessment and Accountability Community of Practice, and together
we co-host teleconferences, seminars, and training activities each year.
Northeast Regional Resource Center
(NERRC)
Mid-South Regional Resource Center
(MSRRC)
Southeast Regional Resource
Center (SERRC)
North Central Regional Resource Center (NCRRC)
Mountain Plains Regional Resource
Center (MPRRC)
Western Regional
Resource Center (WRRC)
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Education Agencies
Minnesota Department
of Education
Electronic gateway to information and resources provided by the Minnesota
Department of Educatio , including workshop and grant information,
graduation standards, district information, career information, and programs
and publications.
Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP)
Homepage for OSEP, a component of the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), which is one of the principal components of
the U.S. Department of Education. OSEP's mission focuses on the
free appropriate public education of children and youth with disabilities
from birth through age 21. OSEP's major responsibilities involve
administering the provisions and programs of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
U.S. Department of Education
Homepage for the U.S. Department of Education which includes Secretary's
Initiatives, Programs and Services, Publications and Products, Links to
Other Sites, and Picks o' the Month" - three educational resources that the
Department highlights each month. Top of
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Education Organizations and Associations
Academy for Educational
Development
Web site for the Academy of Educational Development (AED), an independent,
nonprofit service organization committed to addressing human development
needs in the United States and throughout the world. In partnership
with its clients, AED seeks to meet today's social, economic, and
environmental challenges through education and human resource development;
to apply state-of-the-art education, training, research, technology,
management, behavioral analysis, and social marketing techniques to solve
problems; and to improve knowledge and skills throughout the world as the
most effective means for stimulating growth, reducing poverty, and promoting
democratic and humanitarian ideals.
American Association of School
Administrators (AASA)
This web site is a gateway to publications and other electronic resources
offered by the AASA, the professional organization for over 16,500
educational leaders across North America and other countries.
American Educational Research
Association (AERA)
AERA is an international professional organization with the primary goal of
advancing educational research and its practical application. Its more than
22,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research, testing
or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators;
graduate students; and behavioral scientists.
American Federation of Teachers
(AFT)
Web site for AFT which includes many education-related on-line resources,
available to both members and nonmembers of AFT.
American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA is the not-for-profit professional, scientific, and credentialing
association for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech,
language, and hearing scientists. The web site provides helpful information
to professionals and consumers regarding children and adults with
communication disorders.
Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers
Entry point to the fifteen Comprehensive Centers (CCs), which are part of an
emerging network of organizations providing assistance and information
nationwide. Their role is to help states, school districts, and
schools in "meeting the needs of children served under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), including children in high-poverty areas,
migratory children, immigrant children, children with limited-English
proficiency, neglected or delinquent children, homeless children and youth,
Indian children, children with disabilities, and, where applicable, Alaska
Native children and Native Hawaiian children" (Title XIII of ESEA).
Council of Chief State School
Officers (CCSSO)
Web site for CCSSO, a nationwide, nonprofit organization composed of public
officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary
education. Site includes policy updates, an on-line version of Chief
NEWS, and other education information updated daily.
Council of Great City Schools
(CGCS)
Web site for CGCS, the organization for the nation's largest urban public
school systems, advocating K - 12 education in inner city schools, and
governed by superintendents and board of education members from 50 cities
around the country. Site includes on-line newsletters, studies,
directories, and a search engine.
Education Commission of the
States
Web site for the Education Commission of the States, a national nonprofit
organization that helps state leaders improve education for all young
people. This site offers information about what's going on throughout
the country on a host of current hot issues in education, such as
school-to-work policies and programs, various efforts to improve student
achievement, school governance, charter schools, school finance and a number
of topics related to the cost and quality of higher education.
Institute for
Responsive Education
Web site for The Institute for Responsive Education, a Boston research-based
assistance and advocacy agency promoting the partnership of schools,
families, and communities with the ultimate goal of success for all
children.
The National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Also known as "the Nation's Report Card," NAEP provides continuing
assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject
areas.
National Association of
Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
Homepage for NAESP, which is dedicated to all Elementary and Middle School
Principals. Also the gateway to PRINCIPAL ONLINE which provides
information pertaining to education, and a gathering place where principals
can exchange information, ideas, and experiences as well as discuss issues
that impact education.
National Association of State
Boards of Education (NASBE)
Web site for NASBE, an association including members of state boards, state
board attorneys, and state board executive secretaries. As the single
organization representing state boards nationwide, these members are
responsible for the educational interests of more than 50 million students
in public schools and more than three million students in post-secondary
institutions.
National Association of State Directors of
Special Education (NASDSE)
NASDSE Information Services provides access to the National Association of
State Directors of Special Education Newsgroups, which requires an annual
paid subscription.
National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Homepage for NASSP, which is dedicated to "all" leaders in middle level and
high school education.
National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES)
Statistical information covering the broad field of American education from
kindergarten through graduate school. This site includes data from
government and private sources, and draws especially on the results of
surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education
Statistics.
National Center for
Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
On-line publications and resources provided by CRESST, a national center
that conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.
National Education Association
Web site for NEA, America's oldest and largest organization committed to
advancing the cause of public education with over 2.2 million members who
work at every level of education, from pre-school to university grade
programs.
National Education Goals
Panel
The National Education Goals Panel is an independent executive branch agency
of the federal government charged with monitoring national and state
progress toward the National Education Goals.
National Network of
Regional Educational Laboratories
Links to the ten Regional Educational Laboratories, which are educational
research and development organizations supported by contracts with the U.S.
Education Department, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).
The Educational Laboratories provide research-based resources and assistance
to educators, policymakers, and communities.
National School Boards
Association (NSBA)
On-line resources for NSBA, a nationwide advocacy and outreach organization
for public school governance.
RAND Institute on
Education and Training
The RAND Institute's mission is to bring accurate data and objective
analysis to the national debate on education policy. It is a division within
RAND, a nonprofit institute that helps improve policy and decisionmaking
through research and analysis.
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Education Publications
The Daily Report
Card
Daily publication that "covers the coverage" the media gives the movement
toward all six education goals adopted in 1989 by the president and the
governors - summarizing that day's published news from all 50 states on
local/regional/national stories/columns/editorials affecting education
reform - and pointing out what reform isn't getting coverage.
Education Week
Full text, on-line version of Education Week. This site
also includes on-line versions of Teacher Magazine, the "Daily
News," job listings, and other educational resources.
InsideEducation.net
The Internet version of Inside Education magazine. In addition to
offering the printed publication online, the site features topic-specific
e-portals, Web-exclusive editorial, Q&A interviews with school
administrators, online columnists, and education-related resources. Primary
audience is district-level school administrators, including superintendents,
principals, and curriculum and technology directors.
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Other Web Resources
Family Education
Network
Web site for Family Education Network, which provides many on-line resources
to families and their children.
National Center to
Improve Practice (NCIP)
Homepage for NCIP, which promotes the effective use of technology to enhance
educational outcomes for students (preschool to grade 12) with sensory,
cognitive, physical, and social/emotional disabilities.
National Center
to Improve the Tools of Educators
Web site for the National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators, which is
dedicated to advancing the quality of technology, media, and materials for
students with diverse learning needs.
National Clearinghouse for English
Language Acquisition (NCELA)
OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language
Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) collects, analyzes, synthesizes and
disseminates information about language instruction educational programs for
English language learners and related programs.
School-to-Work
Workforce Development Clearinghouse
Web site for the School-to-Work Workforce Development Clearinghouse, which
was established to focus on the information needs of the various STW
stakeholders in Ohio. This Clearinghouse links with existing internet
resources, not duplicating others' resources. Its primary function is to
provide high quality information in an efficient and timely manner, ever
adapting as the needs of our client-stakeholders change. Though focused on
Ohio, the site has relevant information for anyone interested in
school-to-work issues and best practices.
Thomas Legislative
Information on the Internet
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, the Library of Congress created this Web
site that makes Federal legislative information freely available to the
Internet public. Information includes text of bills before the legislature,
committee information, as well as state and local links.
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