EDUCATION

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REFERENCE BOOKS

• African American Education: a Reference Handbook, 2001. R370.89 J33
• Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning. R371.33 C36 2005
• Educational Research, Methodology & Measurement, 2nd ed., 1997. R370.7 E318
• Encyclopedia of American Education, 2nd ed., 2001. R370 U54
• Encyclopedia of Education. Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. R370.3 E47
• Greenwood dictionary of education. Greenwood Press, 2003. R370.3 G74 2003
• Handbook of Educational Psychology. London: Prentice Hall International, 1996. R370.15 H2
• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, 1995. R370.19 H35
• Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, 2nd ed., 1996. R370.71 H274
• Requirements for certification of teachers, counselors, librarians, administrators: 66th ed., 2007-2008. R371.12 K9 2007
• Special education: a reference handbook, 2001, R371.9 S33

DATABASES

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PERIODICALS

WEBSITES

General | Statistics | Lesson Plans | Alternative Education | Exceptional Children | Local Schools

-- GENERAL

• U.S. Department of Education: Features information selected especially for parents, teachers, students, and administrators; multi-media press releases; Information Centers for financial aid, grants and contracts, policy, programs, and research and statistics.
• National Education Association
• Tennessee Education Association
• Blue Web'n: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
• CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center: Resources for librarians, teachers, and students of children's literature from the School of Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Child Care & Early Education Research Connection: Resources indexed and housed on the Research Connections site cover a broad spectrum of research on child care and early education and related policies. The collection brings together original research, syntheses, datasets, and other research-related resources from the wide range of social science disciplines and professional fields that study early care and education.
• Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD): The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
• The Educator's Reference Desk: Contains AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
• Encyclopedia of Educational Technology: Contains short multimedia articles providing the foundation for incorporating technology in education. The articles provide definitions and overviews on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training.
• International Children's Digital Library: This site offers a growing collection of outstanding historical and contemporary children's books from throughout the world.
• Literature for Children
• PBS TeacherSource
• New Teachers Home Page: created by educators, this site offers free informational services including a newsletter on teaching tips, Classroom Resources, and Practical Tips and Articles.

-- STATISTICS

• ChildStats.gov: Offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
• The Condition of Education 2000-2005: Report from NCES summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• State Education Data Profiles: Search for statewide information in elementary/secondary education, postsecondary education and selected demographics for all states in the U.S.

-- LESSON PLANS

• Awesome Stories: AwesomeStories.com uniquely uses the Internet to link its story content to hundreds of thousands of the world's best on-line primary sources. Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see relevant maps, pictures, artifacts, manuscripts and documents, IN CONTEXT, within each story.
  (CBU has a free membership to this site. Use the login provided on the linked page.)
• Discovery School Lesson Plans Library
• FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies.
• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM): Browse or search in one place for collections of educational materials available on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
• Teachers' Domain: Offers classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or independent study, and Teachers Domain Professional Development courses which utilize the same resources along with videos of exemplary classroom practice. Currently includes collections on Science and Social Studies.

-- ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

• Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)
• Challenge and Opportunity: The Impact of Charter Schools on School Districts
• Charter School Highlights and Statistics - the Center for Education Reform
• Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and Characteristics
• Home School World
• US Charter Schools

-- EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• LD [Learning Disabilities] Online
• Learning Disabilities Association of America

-- LOCAL SCHOOLS

• Memphis City Schools
• Shelby County Schools
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Tennessee Curriculum Standards