Resources

Free Gradebook Software for Christian School Teachers. 

• http://www.1st-class-software.com/
  Link to the above site and download free trial.  Then email support at 1st Class Software and mention the Christian school program.

Distinguished Practices of Christian Schools

• http://www.capenet.org/pubs3.html.

US Govt. School Emergency Planning

• http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/

Classical Christian Schools Sites

• Association of Classical and Christian Schoolswww.accsedu.org/
• Classical Christian Schooling Network www.ccsnet.org

Compensation Information

• American Federation of Teachers www.aft.org/index.html
• Consumer Price Index Information ( US) www.economagic.com/blscu.htm

Grant and Funding Sites

• We Care Americawww.wecareamerica.org
• Foundations On-line www.foundations.org
• Learning Space-Funding www.learningspace.org
• The Foundation Centerfdncenter.org
• U.S. Department of Education, Discretionary Grant Applications www.ed.gov/GrantApps

Education Leadership Sites

• American Association of School Administrators www.aasa.org/index.htm
• Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development www.ascd.org/
• Council for American Private Education  www.capenet.org

Education Standards (Federal and Provincial/State)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science www.aaas.org
• American Association School Librarians www.ala.org/aasl/
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages www.actfl.org/
• International Society for Technology in Education www.iste.org/
• National Council for the Social Studies www.ncss.org
• National Council of Teachers of English www.ncte.org
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics www.nctm.org
• National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
• National Science Teachers Association www.nsta.org

Education Periodicals Online

• Education Canadawww.acea.ca/english/publications.phtml#EDUCATION
• Education Review (book reviews) www.ed.asu.edu/edrev
• Education Week www.edweek.org
• Educational Leadership www.ascd.org/pubs/el/elintro.html
• Northwest Education Magazine www.nwrel.org/nwedu/
• Phi Delta Kappa International www.pdkintl.org
• School Administrator http://www.aasa.org
• Teacher Magazine www.teachermagazine.org/tm/tm.cfm

Educational Choice Sites

• Center for Education Reform www.edreform.com
• Independence Institute i2i..org
• Institute for Responsive Education www.resp-ed.org/IT_.html
• School Choices www.schoolchoices.org/roo/research.htm
• Teachers for Excellence www.geocities.com/Athens/7192/choice.html
• Thomas B. Fordham Foundation www.edexcellence.net

Special Education Sites

• Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html

Subject Area Sites

• American Association for the Advancement of Science www.aaas.org/aaas.html
• American Association School Librarians www.ala.org/aasl/
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages www.actfl.org
• International Society for Technology in Education www.iste.org
• National Council for the Social Studies www.ncss.org
• National Council of Teachers of English www.ncte.org
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics www.nctm.org
• National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
• National Science Teachers Association www.nsta.org

Technology in Education Sites

• Computer Learning Foundation www.computerlearning.org
• International Society for Technology in Education www.iste.org

The following documents and publications about non-public education are available from the U.S. Department of Education:

Federal Programs that Serve Private School Students

• Serving Private School Students With Federal Education Programs--A Handbook for Public and Private School Educators

State Laws and Regulations on Private Education

• State Regulation of Private Schools

Statistics on Private Education

• Private School Universe Survey, 1999-2000
• Private Schools in the United States: A Statistical Profile 1997-98
• Private Schools in the United States: A Statistical Profile 1995-96
• Secondary School Teachers Opinions: Public and Private Schools
• Private School Universe Study
• How Different, How Similar? Comparing Key Organizational Qualities of American Public and Private Secondary Schools
• Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools, K-12 Fall 1995
• Teachers' Sense of Community: How Do Public and Private Schools Compare?
• Collection of Private School Finance Data: Development of a Questionnaire
• The Patterns of Teacher Compensation

General Education Statistics (including private education)

• Digest of Education Statistics 2000
• The Condition of Education 2000
• Encyclopedia of Education Statistics 1997
• Department of Education Publications and Products
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• National Library of Education (NLE)

Home Schooling

• Homeschoolers: Estimating Numbers and Growth
• Homeschooling (ERIC Parent Brochure)
• Homeschooling Resources for Parents and Students (ERIC Parent Brochure)
• Homeschooling in the United States: 1999
• Homeschoolers: Estimating Numbers and Growth

Technology

• Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools, K-12 Fall 1995
• Internet Access in Public and Private Schools
• An Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms:
  Ideas for evaluating educational technology programs in your school are now available online. This 100-page handbook is designed for individuals who have little or no formal training in research or evaluation.

U.S. Department of Education Sites

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) www.nces.ed.gov/index.html
• Office of Non-Public Education www.ed.gov/offices/OIIA/NonPublic
• Regulations of Private Schools by State www.ed.gov/pubs/RegPrivSchl
• Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=003
• Serving Private School Students With Federal Education Programs www.ed.gov/pubs/ServPrivate/
• U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov/index.html

Other Education Sites

• American Council on Education www.acenet.edu
• Aspen Publishers www.aspenpub.com
• Council for American Private Education www.capenet.org
• Council of the Great City Schools www.cgcs.org
• Education News www.stateline.org/issue.cfm?issueid=124
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) www.ericsp.org
• Independent Schools Association of the Central States www.isacs.org
• International Centre for Educational Change http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~lsantos/iceco/
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pathwayg.htm
• Phi Delta Kappa International www.pdkintl.org
• Society for the Advancement of Education Excellence www.saee.bc.ca