Education

The Best Evidence Encyclopedia is a free web site created by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) under funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. It is intended to give educators and researchers fair and useful information about the strength of the evidence supporting a variety of programs available for students in grades K-12.

Each essay is drawn from the core social and behavioral sciences disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology and contains a summary of what is presently known about the topic and identifies promising areas for future research.

Examines information on leveraging the power of technology to support teaching and learning. While using innovative technology to educate individuals is certainly not a new topic, how it is approached, adapted, and used toward the services of achieving real gains in student performance is extremely pertinent.

From the National Center for Education Statistics. Includes universities as well as K-12 schools, both public and private.

The definitive guide to thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada, their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources.

From the U.S. Dept. of Education. Information for each institution typically includes location and contacts, levels of degrees offered, federal financial assistance offered by the institution, Carnegie Classification, prices, enrollment data, degrees awarded, campus crime statistics, financial aids awarded, and accreditation.

A directory of Masters programs in education.

Contact the department of education in your state, or the adult ed, arts, child care, higher ed, humanities, libraries, PTA, special ed, tech-prep, vocational rehabilitation, vocational-technical, or other education office in your state.

A database of closed colleges and universities from the Federal Student Aid program at the Department of Education.