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    Education

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    bullet About.com's College Admissions Page - - comprehensive list of colleges with links to their web sites, section on rankings, etc.

    bullet Admissions Office - - number of resources to assist in the application process to colleges and universities

    bullet American School Board Journal - - "offers advice on a broad range of topics pertient to school goverance and management, policy making, student achievement, and the art of school leadership."

    bullet Assignment Calculator - - get your research papers/homework done on time - with suggestions - from the U of M

    bullet Back to College - - resource center for older and re-entry students

    bullet Brown vs. the Board of Education - -

    bullet College Board - - info about SAT (register for the SAT online), CLEP and Advanced Placement tests

    bullet College Corner - - college profiles, information on financial aid, guides to test preparation

    bullet College Rankings -

    bullet CollegeNET Home Page -

    bullet Community Education - - Rochester Public Schools

    bullet Distance Education and Training Council - - accredited institutions

    bullet Education Commission of the States (ECS) - - gathers, analyzes and disseminates information about current and emerging issues, trends and innovations in state education policy

    bullet Education Minnesota -

    bullet Education Week on the Web - - site is published by Education Week, American education's newspaper

    bullet Education world: where educators go to learn -

    bullet Educator's Reference Desk - - offers more than 2000 lesson plans, links to more than 2000 sites for educational resources and organizations

    bullet ERIC - - through the Educator's Reference Desk - more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice - request copies through interlibrary loan

    bullet ESCORT - - national resource center dedicated to improve educational opportunities for migrant children

    bullet FastWeb - - scholarship search

    bullet Financial Aid -

    bullet FREE - - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - education resources

    bullet Gateway to Educational Materials - - National Education Association site provides teachers with tools such as lesson plans, resources about teaching and learning and acess to GEM (Gateway Educational Catalog)

    bullet GradSchools - -

    bullet GRAUC - - Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities and Colleges

    bullet Home Education Magazine -

    bullet Homeschooling Information and resource pages -

    bullet Institution Accreditation - -

    bullet ISeek - - Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge

    bullet Learning Disabilities Online -

    bullet Minnesota Association of Charter Schools - -

    bullet Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators - -

    bullet Minnesota Department of Education -

    bullet Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance - -

    bullet Minnesota Online - - thousands of accredited online courses from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and over 100 degree, certificate and diploma programs

    bullet Minnesota Schools and Districts -

    bullet National Center for Education Statistics - -

    bullet Open Courseware Consortium - - universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. In the U.S. includes MIT, Johns Hopkins, etc.

    bullet Peterson's - - search for colleges by tuition, major, location, but also GPA, sports, religion

    bullet Private School locator -

    bullet Reading Center - - The Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota serves individuals affected by language learning difficulties

    bullet Reading Center - The Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota - - in Rochester and Winona

    bullet Research Project Calculator - The calculator estimates the dates by which each part of the process in a project should be completed and provides a script for the information-seeking process in the form of questions and answers th

    bullet Rochester Community and Technical College - - RCTC

    bullet Rochester Higher Education - - for Rochester, Minnesota

    bullet Rochester Public School District -

    bullet SallieMae - College Answer: The Planning for College Destination

    bullet Scholarship Help - -

    bullet Scholarships - - scholarship search site

    bullet Students.gov - - most detailed source for government information on higher education

    bullet Take SATs - - a free internet site that includes practice tests

    bullet Technical Schools - -

    bullet Test Prep Review - - free practice tests- includes ASVAB, GED, GRE, NCLEX

    bullet Thinkfinity - - Literacy, Education and Technology initative by Verizon

    bullet U.S. News Best Colleges - -

    bullet U.S. News Best Grad Schools - -

    bullet University Center Rochester - - links to all schools offering classes there

    bullet University of Minnesota Rochester - -

    bullet Winona State University Rochester - -


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