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U.S.A. Learns

http://www.usalearns.org

U.S.A. Learns is an outgrowth of a project that was conceived by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL).  DAEL promotes programs that help American adults get the basic skills they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens.  The major areas of support are Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English Language Acquisition.  These programs emphasize basic skills such as reading, writing, math, English language competency and problem-solving.”–From the website.

America’s Literacy Directory

“America’s Literacy Directory (ALD) is a web site that allows users to find local literacy providers in all 50 states and the U.S. territories. The ALD includes literacy programs for adults looking for adult basic education, adult secondary education, computer literacy and English as a Second Language.

By entering an address or a ZIP code, you can find detailed information about area literacy programs and the services they offer. You can also generate a map and driving directions for all programs listed in the ALD.”–From FAQ https://literacydirectory.org/?op=doc&doc=faq

OATD: Open Access Theses and Dissertations

http://oatd.org/

An index to over 1.5 million theses and dissertations from over 600 institutions around the world. Searchable by keyword.

College Scorecard

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/higher-education/college-score-card

From the White House Blog:  ”The interactive College Scorecard gives students and families five key pieces of data about a college: costs, graduation rate, loan default rate, average amount borrowed, and employment.”  Users can search by name, location, type of college, area of interest or other popular criteria.

Penn State Decision

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/20120723/2120723

This page provides information from the National Collegiate Athletic Association website concerning its actions relating to the child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University.  Included are links to the NCAA Conclusions and Sanctions, the  Freeh Report, and Press Conference Remarks by NCAA President Mark Emmert and NCAA Executive Committe Chair, Oregon State President Ed Ray.

Report of the Special Investigative Counsel Regarding the Actions of the Pennsylvania State University Related to the Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Gerald A. Sandusky

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/396518/freeh-report-into-penn-state-university.pdf

Full text of the Freeh Report on the child sexual abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky and the actions of Joe Paterno and others relating to the abuse at Penn State University.

The Common Application For Undergraduate College Admissions

https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx

“The Common Application is a not-for-profit membership organization that, since its founding over 35 years ago, has been committed to providing reliable services that promote equity, access, and integrity in the college application process. We serve students, member institutions, and secondary schools by providing applications – online and in print – that students and school officials may submit to any of our more than 450 members. Membership is open to colleges and universities that promote access by evaluating students using a holistic selection process. “–From the website.

stopbullying.gov

http://www.stopbullying.gov/

“StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.” –From the website.

Web of U. S. Higher Education

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

The University of Texas at Austin offers a list of all institutions of higher education found in each state, as well as Guam, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.  In addition, there is a link to the state education oversight agency for almost all states.

National Assessment of Educational Progress : State Comparison

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/

“State Comparisons provides tables and maps that compare states and jurisdictions based on the average scale scores for selected groups of public school students within a single assessment year, or compare the change in performance between two assessment years.”–From the website.  This is from the National Center for Education Statistics.

 

SDDS : School District Demographics System

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/index.aspx

“What is SDDS?

The School District Demographics System provides access to school district demographic and related geographic data. The site’s purpose is:

To provide access to information about demographics, social characteristics, and economics of children and school districts from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department  of Education.

To enable users to directly access school district geographic and demographic data.

To provide information about school district demographic concepts, uses, and applications to facilitate effective use of these information resources”–From the website.  You can click on a map to choose any school district in the country that you are interested in.

Recent Changes To Student Aid Programs

http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/recentChangesSA.jsp

“As a result of recent legislative changes, you should be aware of a number of new requirements for the federal student aid programs.  Most of these changes are effective with the 2012-13 school year (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013).   Here’s an overview [found on the site] of the changes that could impact your financial aid for the upcoming academic year and in the future.”–from the website.

From http://studentaid.ed.gov/

The Condition of Education 2011 Available Online

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011033

“The Condition of Education 2011 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 50 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a closer look at postsecondary education by institutional level and control.”–From Site.

Discover Yale Digital Commons

http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/Search/Results?lookfor=&type=allfields&filter%255B%255D=resource_facet%253A%2522Resource%20available%20online%2522

“…Scholars, artists and other individuals around the world will enjoy free access to online images of millions of objects housed in Yale’s museums, archives, and libraries thanks to a new “Open Access” policy that the University announced today. Yale is the first Ivy League university to make its collections accessible in this fashion, and already more than 250,000 images are available through a newly developed collective catalog.”–From the website.

Adult Learning Activities : California Distance Learning Project

http://www.cdlponline.org/

“The purpose of this site is to help adults improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories on topics of interest to adults.”–From the website.  “The site is free and does not require registration or sign-in. You need a computer with a mouse, sound and a connection to the Internet; an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer (version 5 or above) or Firefox (version 2 or above), JavaScript enabled, a Flash plug-in (version 7+), and the RealPlayer plug-in (version 8+). A printer is helpful, but not required. “–From the website.

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