Great Sites: Education

• Accreditation, its Importance, defines accreditation, warns about and lists bogus accrediting agencies, explains the importance of accreditation

• BrainPOP.com, educational animated movies for science, biology, and technology topics for K-12 audience including quizzes and projects

• CampusTours.com, virtual tours of many campuses across U.S. w/ multi-media available and college web sites

• Colorado K-12 School Districts, and BOCES web sites

• Colorado Education & Library Directory, names, addresses, phone numbers

• Colorado Education Performance Reports, shows tables with general information from CSAP and other sources

• Colorado High School Activities Assoc., seeking excellence in academics, activities, and athletics

• Colorado Higher Education Institutions, 2 and 4 year colleges

• Colorado Information for Kids and Students, links to Colorado and federal history and information sites

• Colorado Mentor, help selecting colleges, financial aid, classification guidelines for in-state tuition, online applications, career center info, "ask an expert" and more

• Colorado Student Loan Program, information for both students and parents

• CollegeBoard.com, one-stop resource for college planning with information on scholarships, financial aid, majors, careers, and much more

• College Rankings

• Degree Mills; a Warning, defines degree mills and how to identify and avoid them.

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid, "FAFSA"

• Gateway to Educational Materials: provides educators easy access to thousands of educational resources on the Web

• GED Online,  fee required access to GED information

• Mapping-Your-Future.org, information for students and families about college, career, and financial aid

• NCES: National Center for Education Statistics, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and other nations

• National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities

• NHEN, National Home Education Network,  provides grass-root work of state and local home schooling groups

• Official Site of the GED Testing Service

• Petersons.com,  information for test preparation, college searches, financial aid, and much more

• PLACE exam , registration, test dates, and related information for teachers and prospective teachers

• RachelsChallenge.com, Columbine victim, Rachel Joy Scott and her family's program, an effort to "start a chain reaction"

• School Research Topics  from State Publications Library at the Colorado State Library

• Science Education  from the National Institutes of Health

• Stop Hazing.org,  aspects of hazing including fraternity, sorority, athletic, high school, and military

• Student Assessment from Colo Dept. of Education,  results listed, parent guides, schedules, Accountability Reports, and much more

• Study Guide Zone, a series of free study guides for a variety of tests used for admissions, licensing, and assessment, including SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT 

• TurnItIn.com, fee required access to program used to identify Internet plagiarism in school reports (used at CU-Boulder)

• U.S. Dept. of Education

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