Education
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About.com's College Admissions Page - - comprehensive list of colleges with links to their web sites, section on rankings, etc.
Admissions Office - - number of resources to assist in the application process to colleges and universities
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."
Assignment Calculator - - get your research papers/homework done on time - with suggestions - from the U of M
Back to College - - resource center for older and re-entry students
Brown vs. the Board of Education - -
College Board - - info about SAT (register for the SAT online), CLEP and Advanced Placement tests
College Corner - - college profiles, information on financial aid, guides to test preparation
Community Education - - Rochester Public Schools
Distance Education and Training Council - - accredited institutions
Education Commission of the States (ECS) - - gathers, analyzes and disseminates information about current and emerging issues, trends and innovations in state education policy
Education Week on the Web - - site is published by Education Week, American education's newspaper
Education world: where educators go to learn -
Educator's Reference Desk - - offers more than 2000 lesson plans, links to more than 2000 sites for educational resources and organizations
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
ESCORT - - national resource center dedicated to improve educational opportunities for migrant children
FastWeb - - scholarship search
FREE - - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - education resources
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)
GRAUC - - Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities and Colleges
Homeschooling Information and resource pages -
ISeek - - Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge
Learning Disabilities Online -
Minnesota Association of Charter Schools - -
Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators - -
Minnesota Department of Education -
Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance - -
Minnesota Online - - thousands of accredited online courses from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and over 100 degree, certificate and diploma programs
Minnesota Schools and Districts -
National Center for Education Statistics - -
Open Courseware Consortium - - universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. In the U.S. includes MIT, Johns Hopkins, etc.
Peterson's - - search for colleges by tuition, major, location, but also GPA, sports, religion
Reading Center - - The Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota serves individuals affected by language learning difficulties
Reading Center - The Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota - - in Rochester and Winona
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
Rochester Community and Technical College - - RCTC
Rochester Higher Education - - for Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester Public School District -
SallieMae - College Answer: The Planning for College Destination
Scholarships - - scholarship search site
Students.gov - - most detailed source for government information on higher education
Take SATs - - a free internet site that includes practice tests
Test Prep Review - - free practice tests- includes ASVAB, GED, GRE, NCLEX
Thinkfinity - - Literacy, Education and Technology initative by Verizon
U.S. News Best Grad Schools - -
University Center Rochester - - links to all schools offering classes there
University of Minnesota Rochester - -
Winona State University Rochester - -
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