Resources for Educators and Parents

• Access Excellence - A Place in Cyberspace for Biology Teaching and Learning
• Area Education Agency 7
• Armadillo's K-12 WWW Resources
• ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Information Network
• AskERIC
  The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is "a federally-funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. AskERIC is the award-winning Internet-based education information service of the ERIC System, headquartered at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology at Syracuse University.
• AT&T Learning Network
• BookAdventure!
• Booklists for Kids
• Booklists for Teens
• CedarNet Education
• ClassBrain, Inc.
• Copyright Bay - Information on copyright and fair use
• College Savings Plans Network
• Disney Educational Productions
• EDSITEment "Subject-based access to top humanities sites, EDSITEment lesson plans and at-home activities, and additional learning activities.
• Education Related Links - Iowa Department of Education
• Education Week on the Web
• Educational Organizations : Iowa DE
• Encyclopedia of Education Stats - information from the Dept. of Education
• FrontPage in the Classroom
• Humanities Iowa
• ICONnect
  "ICONnect offers school library media specialists, teachers and students the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to navigate on the information superhighway." This site includes: "on-line courses on how to use the Internet; Internet curriculum advisors; mini-grants for curriculum projects that focus on the Internet as an information resource; KidsConnect!, a question answering, help and referral service for kids on the Internet.
• Information Searching on the Internet - Iowa Department of Education
• Iowa Department of Education
• Iowa Literacy Resource Center home
• Judy & David's Online Songbook (Click on a letter to get the words to your favourite children's song!)
• KGAN Storm Trac 2's WeatherEye
• KidsGardening
• Lesson Plan Ideas
• Library-in-the-Sky
• The National Institute for Literacy's Literacy Information and Communication System
• The Mint Home Page
  An integrated web site designed for middle school and high school students, their teachers and parents.
• NASA Quest
• NASA's Space Link
• National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education, 1999
• National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1998
• National Education Association
• National PTA
  As described by the President of the National PTA, this site offers "text, photos, and video clips on topics ranging from violence prevention to support for scholastic art programs."
• Official Iowa Education Home Page: Iowa Department of Education
• Pathways to School Improvement
  Need the latest research on important educational issues such as assessment, math and science education, educating 'at risk' students, safe and drug-free schools, school-to-work transition, as well as leadership and governance? Would you like to 'visit' schools that put that research into practice? Then visit Pathways to School Improvement Internet.
• PBS TeacherSource
• Pitsco's Ask an Expert!
  From the Amish to Zookeeping -- Over 200 web sites and email addresses where you can find experts to enhance your curricula and answer your questions.
• Prevention Yellow Pages
  A worldwide directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children"
• Public School Locator, provided by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• Regional Technology in Education Consortia
  The Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC) program is established to help states, local educational agencies, teachers, school library and media personnel, administrators, and other education entities successfully integrate technologies into kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) classrooms, library media centers, and other educational settings, including adult literacy centers."
• Savingforcollege.com
• Scholastic Place
• TeacherVision.com - Teacher lesson plans and classroom management.
• Teacher WebResources
• Timeless Classics
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus
• Web66: International WWW Schools Registry
• A World of Prevention
  A directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention
  of child and adolescent problems and the promotion of youth development in families,
  schools and communities."
• Yahoo - Education
• Zoom School
  "Zoom School is an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities."

• Iowa State University
• University of Iowa
• University of Northern Iowa

• 4-Year Colleges and Universities in Iowa - Iowa DE
• Allen College
• Hawkeye Community College
• Iowa Colleges and Universities
• Upper Iowa University Home Page
• Wartburg College

• Waterloo Community Schools
• Waterloo Schools - American School Directory
• Cedar Falls School District
• Cedar Falls Schools - American School Directory
• East High

• CedarNet Education
• Cedar Rapids Community Schools
• Cedar Valley Catholic Education
• Dunkerton Community Schools
• Grundy Center Schools
• Hudson School
• Jesup Community School District
• Malcolm Price Laboratory School
• Union High School (La Porte City)

• American School Directory
• Iowa Schools - Department of Education
• Public School Locator, provided by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• Search For Schools, Colleges and Libraries

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
• Exceptional Parent - eparent.com
• LD OnLine: Learning Disabilities Information & Resources
• LD Resources
• LD Resources
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• One ADD Place - Attention Deficit Learning Disorders ADD ADHD LD products services.

• Catalog of Distance Learning - Other Catalogs and Directories
• CLEP testing
• Consumer Information Center: Nontraditional Education: Alternative Ways to Earn Your Credentials
• cybered
• Distance Education Clearinghouse
• Excelsior College
• FirstGov for Workers - Learning - Distance Education
• FreeSkills.com
• Iowa Learns - Iowa Distance Learning Catalog
• Online Graduate Schools and Programs: Gradeschools.com
• PBS Adult Learning Service
• RIDE (Resources In Distance Education)
• SoYouWanna
• Thomas Edison State College- "A national leader in distance education
• University of Iowa Center for Credit Programs
• Web U.S. Higher Education
• World Wide Learn

• Homeschool - Beautiful Feet Books (Publishers of Literature-based Studies for Homeschoolers)
• Homeschooling
• Homeschooling Zone
• WPL: Homeschooling and Education Resources

• Cool Breeze Typing Test
• EasyType - Free, Fun, Online Typing Tutor
• Learn2Type.com - learn to type online FREE!
• Typing Test: Free On-line Typing Test
• Typing Test: TypingMaster's Free On.line Typing Test
• TypingWeb - The Best Online Typing Tutor