• Minnesota School & District Information Analysis
• Minnesota Educator Licensing
• Measures of Academic Progress: Northwest Evaluation Association
  http://www.nwea.org/assessments/
• Minnesota House of Representatives K-12 Education Short Topics:
  Access to Student Records, Vouchers, Teacher Education, Licensing, Graduation Standards, etc.
  http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/issinfo/ed_k12.htm
• National Education Goals Panel
  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/go4negp.htm
• Nation's Report Card: National Assessment of Educational Progress
  http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/sitemap.asp
• Related material under Basic Skills Test

• University of Minn. Catalogs
• A Directory of U.S. Universities and Community Colleges at U. of Texas, Austin
• A World Directory of College and University Home Pages by DeMello, which has not been updated since 1996.
• CollegeNET College Search
• College Board Online, with sample SATs and online applications.
• Peterson's Education Center
• The Princeton Review: "Best Colleges" directory

• FastWEB: searchable database of scholarships, fellowships and grants
• Colleges, College Scholarships and Financial Aid Page
• Guaranteed Scholarships.com
• collegeboard.com - Paying for College

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• Educator's Reference Desk (was AskEric)
  http://www.eduref.org/

  Used to be AskERIC but no longer has links to ERIC database. Now includes Lesson Plans and Study Guides, and the Gateway to Educational Material.

• ERIC Database
• Discovering Collection (reference content for core curriculum)
• Education World
  http://www.education-world.com/
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  http://www.ed.gov/free/
• GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
• InfoTrac (including Consulta)
  • Kids Edition
  • Junior Edition
  • Student Edition
• Junior Reference Collection
• Kids InfoBits
  
• Kraus Curriculum Development Library
  
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Education K-12
  http://lii.org/pub/topic/k12education
• Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning: reports on minority graduation rates, 2000 Technology Planning Guide for School Districts, Charter Schools, Nonpublic Schools and Public Libraries, Minnesota Staff Development Best Practice, etc.
  http://children.state.mn.us/
• Teacher's Domain: multimedia resources for the classroom and personal development (registration is required, but free)
  http://www.teachersdomain.org/
• Unit Study Adventures
  http://www.unitstudy.com/
• Wisconsin Education Resource/Curriculum Links
  http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/imt/ed_res.html

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• American Educational Research Association
  http://www.aera.net/
• Education Minnesota
  The major teacher's union in Minnesota.
  http://www.educationminnesota.org/
• Illinois State Board of Education
  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
• Indiana Department of Education
  http://doe.state.in.us/
• Iowa Department of Education
  http://www.iowa.gov/educate/
• MASA: Minnesota Association of School Administrators
  http://www.mnasa.org/
• MDE: Michigan Department of Education
  http://www.michigan.gov/mde
• NASPE: National Association for Sport & Physical Education
  http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
• National Education Association
  http://www.nea.org/
• Nation's Report Card; National Assessment of Educational Progress
  http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/sitemap.asp
• National PTA
  http://www.pta.org/
• North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
  http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/
• St. Paul School Districts: Staff Resources
  http://www.spps.org/staff_resources/index.html
• South Dakota Department of Education
  http://doe.sd.gov/
• U.S. Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/
• State Education Departments
  http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/state/index.html?src=gu

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• Center for Teaching and Learning
  http://www.ctl.mnscu.edu/
• Technology and Innovations in Education: network technology and grants for linking schools in South Dakota
  http://www.tie.net/
• Netday National: status of wired schools nationwide
  http://www.netday.org/

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• Fact Monster
  http://www.factmonster.com/
• KidsClick! Web Search
  http://www.kidsclick.org/
• Math Forum
  http://www.mathforum.org/
• FearofPhysics.com
  http://FearofPhysics.com/
• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/
• Discovery Channel's Student Channel
  http://school.discovery.com/students/
• About: Homework and Study Tips
  http://homeworktips.about.com/mbody.htm
• Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
  http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
• E-nature
  http://www.enature.com/

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• Education World
  http://www.education-world.com/
• New York Times Learning Network
  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
• DiscoverySchool.com
  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
• Edmund Sass' Educational Resources and Lesson Plans
  http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edres.htm
• edHelper.com
  http://www.edhelper.com/
• Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.html
• teachers.net
  http://www.teachers.net/lessons/
• Teacher Vision - Family Education Network
  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/
• LessonPlanZ.com
  http://lessonplanz.com/
• KidsClick!
  http://www.kidsclick.org/
• Busy Teacher's Website
  http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html
• Kids Connect (ALA)
  http://www.ala.org/parentspage/
• Scholastic.com
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/index.htm
• Teachers Helping Teachers
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel
• The Teachers Network (500 classroom projects)
  http://www.teachnet.org/
• Unit Study Adventures
  http://www.unitstudy.com/
• Wisconsin Education Resource/Curriculum Links
  http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/imt/ed_res.html

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• ArtsEdNet
  http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
• ArtsConnectEd
  http://www.artsconnected.org/
• Artsonia Student Art Museum: Education through Art
  http://www.artsonia.com/
• Parkway Elementary School, Glendale (at Artsonia)
  http://www.artsonia.com/schools/parkway1
• Artcyclopedia
  http://artcyclopedia.com/
• Cornell University Art & Social Sciences Gateway
  http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Education/Gateways/Arts_and_Social/

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• History Net
  http://www.thehistorynet.com/
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
• U.S. National Archives
  http://www.archives.gov/education/
• Houghton Mifflin's Education Place
  http://www.eduplace.com/ss/index.html
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans
  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
• Kids.gov, Official Kid's Portal to the U.S. Government
  http://kids.gov/
• Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
• Valley of the Shadow
  http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
• American Slave Narratives
  http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
• The Globe Program
  http://www.globe.gov
• The 50 States and Capitals
  http://www.50states.com/
• Digital Diplomacy for Students
  http://www.state.gov/www/digital_diplomacy/index.html
• Digital History
  http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
• Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods 1889-1963
  http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/#
• The Political Graveyard (no lesson plans; biographies of politicians)
  http://politicalgraveyard.com/
• NSA
  http://www.nsa.gov/about/about00005.cfm
• FEMA for Kids
  http://www.fema.gov/kids/
• British Museum - Schools and Teachers
  http://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_young_audiences.aspx
• National Archives of the United Kingdom
  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/teachers/
• America's Story (no lesson plans; history magazine)
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
• World Factbook (no lesson plans)
  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
• StateMaster (no lesson plans, just statistical comparisons between states)
  http://www.statemaster.com/
• NationMaster (no lesson plans, just statistical comparisons between nations)
  http://www.nationmaster.com/

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• SciMathMN: Math in Minnesota
  http://www.scimathmn.org/
• Houghton Mifflin's Education Place
  http://www.eduplace.com/math/index.html
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math and Science
  http://www.enc.org/
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans
  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
• Ask Dr. Math
  http://www.mathforum.org/dr.math/
• Math Forum: Teachers' Place
  http://www.mathforum.org/teachers/
• Math Resources
  http://www.schoolwork.org/math.html
• Math.com
  http://www.math.com/teachers.html
• Mathematics Lesson Plan
  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math.html
• Education 4 Kids: Math
  http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?page=12
• NSA/CSS: Collected Learning Units
  http://www.nsa.gov/teachers/teach00006.cfm
• Treasury's Page for Kids
  http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/
• Economics Resources for K-12 Teachers
  http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm
• Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
  http://www.tc.cornell.edu/CTC-Main/Services/Education/Gateways/Math_and_Science/

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• KIDiddles.com: kids' song lyrics
  http://www.kididdles.com/

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• NASPE: National Association for Sport & Physical Education
  http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
• PE Central
  http://pecentral.com/
• P.E. Links 4 U
  http://www.pelinks4u.org/

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• Planet Esmé
  http://www.planetesme.com/
• Houghton Mifflin's Education Place
  http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/index.html
• Common Errors in English
  http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html
• Children's Literature Web Guide, a listing of award winners, recommended books, and resources of parents, teachers, and aspiring authors
  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans
  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
• BBC Schools: Teachers: Literacy
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/literacy.shtml
• The BookHive; Your Guide to Children's Literature and Books
  http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/books/

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• Houghton Mifflin's Education Place
  http://www.eduplace.com/science/index.html
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans
  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
• National Science Digital Library
  http://nsdl.org/
• Deformed Frogs in Minnesota
  http://www.pca.state.mn.us/hot/frogs.html
• Thousand Friends of Frogs
  http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/
• Virtual Creatures (so far only frogs)
  http://k-2.stanford.edu/creatures/
• Amateur Science
  http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amasci.html
• The Atoms Family
  http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
• Science Learning Network
  http://www.sln.org/
• Frank Potter's Science Gems
  http://www.sciencegems.com/
• Cool Science for Curious Kids
  http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
• Cool Science Images
  http://whyfiles.org/coolimages/
• SEEK: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge
  http://www.seek.state.mn.us
• The Insects Hotlist
  http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/insects.html
• Exploratorium
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/
• emuseum: Minnesota State University, Mankato
  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/index.shtml
• Periodic Table of the Elements
  http://www.webelements.com/index.html
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math and Science
  http://www.enc.org/
• Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
  http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/
• DiscoverySchool.com
  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
• Planetary Society Learning Center
  http://planetary.org/learn/index.html
• The Space Place
  http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
• Exploring Planets in the Classroom: hands-on activities
  http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/SPACEGRANT/class_acts/
• Astronomical Data Center for Students and Educators
  http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/adc_education.html
• NASA Kids
  http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
• FearofPhysics.com
  http://FearofPhysics.com/
• Resources for Science Learning
  http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/
• How Stuff Works (no lesson plans)
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/
• How Things Work (no lesson plans)
  http://rabi.phys.Virginia.EDU/HTW/
• Scientific American Ask the Experts (no lesson plans)
  http://www.sciam.com/askpert/
• FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Techonology (no lesson plans) (robotics and engineering)
  http://www.usfirst.org/

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• National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing
  http://www.cse.ucla.edu/
• The Mental Edge: Learning Shortcuts.com: reviews of all grade levels
  http://www.LearningShortcuts.com/
• Just for the Kids; results of Texas state-wide testing
  http://www.just4kids.org/
• National Education Goals Panel
  http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/negp/datasystemlinks.html
• Nation's Report Card
  http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/sitemap.asp

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• edHelper.com
  http://www.edhelper.com/
• Bullies
  • Crying for Help - The No Blame Approach to Bullying lesson: article
  • Get Your Angries Out
  • National Crime Prevention Council
  • Safe Child Program Bullies
  • Understanding the Human Volcano Violence Links
• Plagiarism
• Suicide prevention links

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• Arbor Heights Elementary
  http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/arborhts.html
• Profiles of Minnesota Charter Schools
  http://www.centerforschoolchange.org/main.asp
• Independent School District 197
  http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/
• St. Paul School Districts
  http://www.spps.org/
• Winona Area Public Schools
  http://www.rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school79
• Winona Middle School
  http://www.rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school63
• Winona Senior High School
  http://www.rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school69

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• A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling
  http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
• Home School Legal Defense Association
  http://www.hslda.org/
• Home School Support on the Internet
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/
• Home Schooling
  http://learninfreedom.org/
• About.com Guide to Homeschooling
  http://homeschooling.about.com/?once=true&
• Wisconsin Parents Association
  http://www.homeschooling-wpa.org/

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• Science
  • Biology Project
    http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
• Mathematics
  • Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
    http://www.tc.cornell.edu/CTC-Main/Services/Education/Gateways/Math_and_Science/
  • Algebra Online Lessons
    http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/algebra/Lessons/
  • Math Lesson Plans and Resources
    http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmath.htm
• English
  • Busy Teacher's Website: English
    http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/eng.shtml
• History
  • Mr. Jenkins' History Links
    http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/
  • A Hypertext on American History
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
  • Valley of the Shadow
    http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/
  • American Slave Narratives
    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
  • Whitman's Drum Taps and Washington's Civil War Hospitals
    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/hospital/whitman.htm
  • Ancient Civilizations
    http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan.aspx
• Career Trail: a student guide to jobs, resumes, and vocational interests
  http://library.thinkquest.org/11720/index.html
• I Make It Happen: a student guide on preparing for college
  http://imakeithappen.org/"
• U.S. Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/
• State Education Departments
  http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/state/index.html?src=gu

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