Web Watch

Ed. asked three members of the HGSE community--a faculty member, a current student, and an alum--to share which websites they have been recently visiting:

I tend to use Google as my first stop for all types of research inquires. Google usually directs me to sites that offer the most up-to-date idate information on a topic, author, etc.
www.google.com

I also rely on our own HGSE library site as an invaluable resource portal.
www.gse.harvard.edu/library

--Karen Mapp, HGSE lecturer on education, whose research and practice expertise isin the areas of educational leadership and educational partnerships among schools,
families, and community members.

Edweek.org has links to articles in Education Week, Teacher Magazine, and Agent K–12 [an online and print recruiting solution from
Education Week and Teacher Magazine], in addition to news pieces from across the Web. You can personalize the page to highlight the topics and states that interest you most and receive e-mail updates on a weekly basis. The articles are easy to read and provide a great basic overview of currenteducational news topics.
www.edweek.org

The National Center for Education Statistics is a comprehensive site for stats. You can search by report, release date, keyword, education level, etc., or just check out the "What's New" section. This website also has contact information for schools from prekindergarten through college.
www.nces.ed.gov

--Elizabeth Guinan, current master's student in the School Leadership Program.

I check the San Diego City Schools' website frequently for updates, results on standardized tests, and other news concerning the district. With my colleagues at the AIR, I am conducting a three-year study on the San Diego City Schools' "Blueprint Reform" initiative, which has been in place for six years. We are focusing our study on the literacy and math components of the reform, as well as on professional development experiences of teachers in the district. This site is my primary resource for news about the schools involved in the research study.
www.sdcs.k12.ca.us

I use the website for the American Institutes for Research, to find information concerning our San Diego City Schools study, press reports, and the funding foundations.
www.air.org

--Jerad Crave, Ed.M.'02, educational researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Palo Alto, California.