School Reform & Technology Planning Resources
- CTAP Digital High School Resources
- An excellent clearinghouse for information on the Digital High School initiative.
- E-Rate for Schools and Libraries
- The official website for the wonderful E_RATE program, which helps pay for the cost of connecting to the Internet for schools and libraries. Apply for funding here!
- E-Rate Hotline
- Check here if you've got questions about the E-rate, or "education rate", and we've got answers which will help schools and libraries access benefits of as much as 90% in discounts for telecommunications services.
- E-Rate (California DOE)
- The collection of links provided by the CDOE on the special program for grants to schools to purchase telecommunications services and equipment.
- NECA: Universal Service
- Another website for information on the grants for schools and libraries that pay for the cost of connecting to the Internet for schools and libraries. Includes grant application forms.
- Butte County - Shared Technology Benchmarks
- A detailed matrix of "Benchmarks" for student competencies with technology, for the K-12 grades. Be sure to click on the rectangles for additional information at that grade level and benchmark. These benchmarks have been recommended to the Butte County Superintendent's Council.
- Technology Counts
- A significant new (11-10-97) report on the use of technology in schools. "In this report, the staff of Education Week has compiled the best data available about the level of technology in the nation's schools and the latest thinking about how technology should be implemented. Because both are in a state of flux, Technology Counts will serve as the foundation for a series of annual reports in the years to come."
- Block Scheduling
- ERIC Digest reviews the current research and thinking on the topic of Block Scheduling.
- PCDay2: Successfully Funded Projects and Application Form
- Search here for examples of successfully funded projects that were submitted to the Smart Valley PCDay Project in 1997. Use these as examples when you write your own grant applications.
- Additional Resources for Block Scheduling
- This thorough collection of links about block scheduling offers a wide variety of information on this restructuring approach.
- The History of Education Site
- Links to websites and documents that are related to the History of Education. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Philosopher George Santayana.
- National Education Goals: Building a Nation of Learners
- This page provides electronic access to a variety of publications issued by the National Education Goals Panel. Includes: Goals Reports, Annual reports designed to measure the amount of progress made by the nation and the states toward the eight National Education Goals; and Standards and Assessments, which includes a 1997 series of papers on state and professional efforts to implement challenging academic standards.
- Do Digital Libraries Need Librarians?
- A November 1997 ONLINE Magazine article by two academic librarians (Lisa Dallape Matson and David J. Bonski) examines the need for librarians for digital libraries.
- Getting By: What American Teenagers Really Think About Their Schools
- Public high school students want their schools to have much tougher academic standards and higher expectations, according to Getting By: What American Teenagers Really Think About Their Schools, a new study released today by Public Agenda.
- Girl Tech
- This site focuses on how to make technology interesting, available and useful to girls. Very thorough and based on educational research.
- The Building Blocks of Research: An Overview of Design, Process and Outcomes
- This document, created by Debbie Abilock, tries to tease out the relationships among information literacy, problem solving, curriculum design and teaching.
- Critical Issue: Working in Partnership with Business, Labor, and the Community
- Effective school-to-work programs are based on strong partnerships between local schools and businesses.
- The CEO Forum on Education and Technology
- "The CEO Forum on Education and Technology was founded in the fall of 1996 to help ensure that America's schools effectively prepare all students to be contributing citizens and productive workers in the 21st Century. To meet this objective, the Forum will issue an annual assessment of the nation's progress toward integrating technology into American classrooms through the year 2000.
- National Service-Learning Cooperative Clearinghouse
- The initial goal of the NSLC is to assist K-12 Learn and Serve America funded programs and other educators and community agencies to develop and expand service-learning opportunities for all youth. Includes a wide array of resources, inlcuding literature,programs, events, contacts, and information on demand! CHS is a California designated service learning school.
- Does School/College Make a Difference?
- Excellent analysis of education and its relationship to economics and income, including international implications.
- The Impact of Technology
- Finally! "One of the burning questions regarding the use of technology in education is "Does technology (computers, multimedia, the Internet, etc.) improve learning?" This page pulls together resources that will help educators answer this question."
- The Essential Library: Partner in School Design
- Landmark article on school libraries in the Coalition of Essential Schools approach, by Mark Gordon, Librarian, Central Park East Secondary School, New York City (an outstanding Coalition school).
- The Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study
- This study "demonstrates that students with online access perform better....conducted by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology), an independent research and development organization, and sponsored by Scholastic Network."
- Connect Compute Compete!
- The California State Plan for computers in the schools.
- Challenge Standards
- CDOE document that outlines Superintendent Eastin's vision of the future.
- Charter Schools
- Information on California's Charter Schools system.
- California School-to-Career State Plan
- The California School-to-Career State Plan is based on full consensus...of The Governor's Task Force, representing all of the principal policy and political interests in education reform.
- Definitions of SCANS Principles, Competencies and Foundation Skills
- Extended definition of the SCANS Competencies, as recommended by the SCANS Report.
- Achieving Necessary Skills. What work requires of schools
- In-depth analysis of the SCANS Report. "All American high school students must develop a new set of competencies and foundation skills if they are to enjoy a productive, full, and satisfying life."
- Second to None Newsletters
- Newsletter of the California schools restructuring movement.
- GOALS 2000
- U.S. Goals for K-12 schools outlined here.
- Improving America's Schools
- Legislation and planning related to the national push for K-12 restructuring.
- Coalition of Essential Schools
- One of the visionary leaders in the school restructuring movement.
- NAS - Education Commission of the States
- New American Schools is an organization which supports school restructuring, created by the Education Commission of the States.
- Questions About New American Schools
- Answers to question, and lots of related information on restructuring.
- Critical Issue: Finding Time for Professional Development
- Article explores the vital concern of how to carve out time, opportunity, and other resources teachers need to realize the vision of education reform.
- EducationWatch - "Virtual University"
- Article on the use of technology in restructuring at the university level.
- H.S. Graduation Requirements
- Article on one of the current hot issues in restructuring.
- State Standards: Technology
- Comparison of state standards for technology in schools.
- The Merrow Report
- Excellent PBS documentary series on K-12 education.
- Developing Educational Standards
- An annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents - brought to you by the Putnam Valley Schools, Putnam Valley, NY.
- Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving
- Eisenberg and Johnson address "Learning and Teaching Technology in Context": There seems to be clear and widespread agreement among the public and educators that students need to be proficient computer users--students need to be "computer literate." However, while districts are spending a great deal of money on technology, there seems to be only a vague notion of what computer literacy really means.
- Multiple Intelligences
- A site dedicated to linking Internet resources related to Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences as described in his book, Multiple Intelligences (1993).
- Manual To Combat Truancy
- Truancy is a gateway to crime. High rates of truancy are linked to high daytime burglary rates and high vandalism. According to the Los Angeles County Office of Education, truancy is the most powerful predictor of juvenile delinquent behavior. This resource offers solutions to the problem.
- Educational Research and Improvement: Reports and Studies
- The following is a collection of full-text, comprehensive, timely analyses of major educational topics such as systemic reform, the relationship between time and learning, and research-informed transformation of instruction. Includes several classic reports and studies on American Education.
- Search the ERIC Digests
- The ERIC Digests are short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education, targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community.
- Teachers and Technology
- Teachers and Technology; Making the Connection is a major report issued recently by the Office of Technology Assessment at the request of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources with endorsement by the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. The report assesses the potential of technologies, the barriers, needs for training, support and research. The study also analyzes the role of federal leadership in legitimizing, funding and targeting technologies in schools.
- National Center for Technology Planning
- The National Center for Technology Planning is a clearinghouse for well-designed school technology planning guides and resources. Includes an archive of school technology plans.
- EdWeb's Reform Center
- A wonderful gathering of various resources, from school reform to education technology, well-organized and quite comprehensive.
- Engines for Education
- Interesting hypertext book about what a professor thinks is wrong with education, and how to reform it. W3 version.
- Planning Resources
- This is a guide for teachers, administrators, coordinators and community members with an interest in using technology to improve education for all students.
- Grantmaker Information
- Links to sources of information on organizations that make grants.
- Virtual Communities: Networked Communities
- The Table of Contents to the influential and visionary book, The Virtual Community, by Howard Rheingold. If you are serious about using the Internet for educational purposes, you will benefit from knowing what Mr. Rheingold has to say.
- EPGY Stanford
- The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) is a continuing project at Stanford University offering computer-based courses in mathematics and the mathematical sciences for bright young students through the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.
- Association for Experiential Education
- Experiential education is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experiences. (AEE) is a not-for-profit, international professional organization with roots in adventure education, committed to the development, practice, and evaluation of experiential learning in all settings.
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