Education on the Web

These sites contain a wide variety of information about key educational topics.

• MegaMath Project. Mathematics is a live science with new discoveries being made every day and where mathematicians experiment and play with creative and imaginative ideas. Many of these ideas are accessible to young children. The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them together.

• Gifted Resources Page . This page contains links to all known online gifted resources, enrichment programs, talent searches, summer programs, gifted mailing lists and early acceptance programs, including CTY, EPGY, CTD, NRC/GT, TIP, RMTS, ERIC, NCSSSMST, Odyssey of the Mind, and many, many others. It contains links to 4+ years of TAG-L mailing list archives (over 10 MB). It also contains contact information for many local gifted associations and government (mostly US state) programs. As more resources become available, they will be added.

• TAGFAM - Families of the Talented and Gifted . TAGFAM is an excellent online support community for Gifted and Talented individuals of all ages and their families and friends.

• Technological Horizons in Education! THE is a source for exploring the News on the world of computers & related technologies, focusing on applications that improve teaching & learning for all ages. They report on the world of computers and related technologies with a focus on their applications to improve teaching and learning for all ages.

• Adventures in Education sponsored by the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation (TGSLC). Here you'll find information on careers, colleges, and financial aid to help plan for your child's future. It has a great set of "10 steps" lists, for planning for the future, for paying for a school, for selecting a school and more. This is a must bookmark for families with college bound kids.
  
  
• Children's Literature Web Guide Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults. Recommended lists for the holidays, parents, teachers and more.
  
  
• ISN Kids News is a news service for students and teachers around the world. Anyone may use stories from the service, and anyone may submit stories. They also invite comments about the news gathering, teaching, and computer-related issues in the discussion sections for students and teachers.
  
  
• Taking Charge of Your TV is a guide to critical viewing for parents and children developed by the Family and Community Critical Viewing Project, a partnership of the National Parent Teacher Association, the National Cable Television Association, and Cable in the Classroom.
  
  
• For more information regarding gifted child visit this other area provided by Syracuse University.
  
  
• Visit this master list of educational gopher sites . It has hundreds of valuable references.
  
  
• See U.S. Department of Education/OERI Institutional Communications Network (INET) Gopher Server For additional articles.
  
  

Public Schools

• View the QED (Quality Education Data) results describing implementation of technology in U.S. schools. Check out 18 charts and graphs showing the number of computers per student and the breakout of which computers are being used, plus lots more. Use this to compare how your school is doing against nationwide averages.
  
  

Testing

• Check out the Child Behavior Assessment Checklist It is one of a family of psychological assessment questionnaires used by professionals to help characterize children's problems. This site has ordering information.