EDU 660: Methods of Educational Research: Selected Websites

Provides research and data about children and families.

Education World is a complete online resource that teachers, administrators and school staff can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content.

Offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families.

A National Library of Education (NLE) Consortium initiative of Internet-based lesson plans, curriculum units and other educational materials from government, nonprofit, and commercial sites.

Information on learning disabilities for teachers and parents.

Created in 1980, the Department of Education's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

The Education Dashboard is meant to spur and inform conversations about how to improve educational results – conversations among families, teachers, administrators, policy-makers, the business community, and other interested stakeholders.

A searchable directory of colleges, schools and libraries in the United States.

Primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level. Provides community college research briefs and statistics.

The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

Official Web page of the American Federation of Teachers

Promotes the interests of teachers, professional librarians and researchers in Canadian universities and university colleges, advances the standards of their profession, and seeks to improve the quality of higher education in Canada.

Official Web page of the Canadian Teachers' Federation.

The World Education Research Association (WERA) is an association of national, regional, and international specialty research associations aimed at advancing education research as a scientific and scholarly field. Established on April 18, 2009 in San Diego, California, WERA aims to undertake initiatives that are global in nature and thus transcend what any one association can accomplish in its own country, region, or area of specialization. Member associations are resolved to work together to address such issues as building capacity and interest in education research, advancing education research policies and practices, and promoting the use and application of education research around the world.