Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library ® Harold E. Yuker Reference Library

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Education Policy Clearinghouse

The site serves as an education research guide for researchers needing information about educational policy issues in the U.S. at the federal, regional, and state level. The site also offers educational news items and links to relevant publications, policy agencies, and statistical resources. http://www.edpolicy.org/

Charter School Laws Across the States: 2000

Produced by the Center for Education Reform (CER), the site offers a profile of charter school laws for the year 2000 for individual states in the United States. The CER also ranks each state¦s charter school law. http://www.edreform.com/charter_schools/laws/

Council of Chief State School Officers

An organization of public officials that lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the United States, their site provides information on projects, services, policies, and conferences. In addition, the site provides access to state education agencies and publications. http://www.ccsso.org/

Education Commission of the States

This nonprofit organization focuses on assisting state leaders in identifying, developing, and implementing policies to improve student learning at all levels. In addition to basic information about the organization, the site highlights publications and networks relevant to the organization¦s mission. http://www.ecs.org/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management (CEM)

Based at the University of Oregon in Eugene, the site includes information on the publications of the CEM on such topics as administrator training, school reform and improvement, as well as other topics. Access is also provided to the ERIC/CEM Digests, and it also has a search engine and links to other educational resources on the Internet. http://eric.uoregon.edu/

Federal Government Internet Educational Resources

Presented by the U.S. Department of Education, the site provides a collection of resources on federally funded educational programs and organizations. Access is provided to resources in ERIC, the Star Schools Program, regional educational laboratories, national research and development centers, and links to other education-related sites. http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/index.html

Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG)

Based at Harvard University, the PEPG site provides access to research papers dealing with school choice, including papers analyzing the school choice programs in several United States cities. http://data.fas.harvard.edu/pepg/papers.htm

School Administrator¦s Resources

The site provides a directory of online resources for school administrators, school professional staff, and other school officials. It also lists several school web pages that serve as an example of using the Internet for distribution of school policies and information. Access is also provided to online journals, Listservs, school boards, grant information, and site of interests to principals. http://www.colosys.net/admin.html

School Choice 2000 Annual Report

Produced by the Domestic Policy Studies Department of the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., this report discusses the effectiveness of school choice programs and of charter schools. http://www.heritage.org/library/backgrounder/bg1354.html

School Choice Legislation

The Children¦s Educational Opportunity Foundation (CEO America) provides an overview of current state legislation in the United States related to school choice. http://www.childrenfirstamerica.org/legislation.html