Gutman Library's "Websites for Educators" is a selective list of websites that support the research and practice of educators. Please tell us about websites we should consider adding.
Adult Education and Literacy
- Literacy.org
- Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
- The Literacy Project
- National Assessment of Adult Literacy
The Arts
- Arts Education Partnership
- The Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge
- National Art Education Association
- National Gallery of Art: Education
- Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
- Science & Arts Gateway for Education (SAGE) (Cornell)
Bilingual Education / ESL
- National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (formerly National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education)
- TESL-EJ Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language
Boston Area Libraries (selected)
- Boston College Libraries
- Boston Public Library
- Boston University
- Lesley University (Fenway Libraries Online--FLO)
- Massachusetts Libraries: Catalogs
- Massachusetts Libraries: Magazine & Newspaper Articles (Massachusetts public library card required)
- Minuteman (many local public libraries)
- MIT
Charter Schools
- The Center for Education Reform
- Charter Schools Development Center
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
- National Charter School Resource Center
Children's Literature
- The Center for Children's Books
- Children's Book Council (CBC)
- Children's Literature (Boston College)
- Children's Literature Association
- Children's Literature Center
- Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
- Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
- Fairrosa Cyber Library
- International Children's Digital Library
- Book and Media Awards (American Library Association)
- Women Children's Book Illustrators
Colleges and Universities
- College Navigator (National Center for Education Statistics)
- College and University Rankings
Comparative/International Education
- Center for International Higher Education (Boston College)
- Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
- Data from Developing Countries (Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development)
- Education Policy Data Center
- Education Today: The OECD Perspective
- Eurydice - European Encyclopedia on National Education Systems
- Institute of International Education (Open Doors)
- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
- International Activities Program (NCES)
- NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- OECD (Education)
- Overseas Schools (U.S. State Department)
- UNESCO Documents and Publications
- UNESCO Education
- USNEI -- U.S. Network for Education Information (U.S. Dept. of Education)
Counseling and Guidance
Curriculum Resources (K-12)
- American Chinatowns: History and Literature (Harvard Library Open Education Resources Project)
- Awesome Library for Teachers, Students and Parents
- EDSITEment
- Finding Dulcinea
- Library of Congress: Classroom Materials
- MERLOT II (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
- New York Times Learning Network
- ProTeacher
- PBS Learning Media
- Stanford History Education Group
- Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Distance Education
Early Childhood
- Center on the Developing Child (Harvard University)
- Child & Family WebGuide (Tufts University)
- Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
- Children's Defense Fund
- ChildStats.gov
- Early Childhood Data Collaborative
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Global Family Research Project
- KIDS COUNT
- National Institute for Early Education Research
- Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative
Education Administration and Policy
- Brown Center on Education Policy
- Education Policy Analysis Archives
- The Education Trust
- The Institute for Higher Education Policy
- The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
- Organization of U.S. Education (U.S. Network for Education Information)
- Policy Archive
Education Associations, Organizations, and Conferences
- American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- American Association of Community Colleges
- American Association of University Women
- American Council on Education
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- American Educational Research Association
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Federation of Teachers: Massachusetts
- American Psychological Association
- Arts Education Partnership
- Association for Middle Level Education
- ASCD (formerly Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- Association of Teacher Educators
- Children's Defense Fund
- College Board
- Consortium for Policy Research in Education
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Council of Graduate Schools
- Council of the Great City Schools
- EDC: Education Development Center, Inc.
- Education Commission of the States
- Educational Research Service
- Educational Theatre Association
- EDUCAUSE
- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
- International Literacy Association (formerly International Reading Association)
- International Society for Technology in Education
- Massachusetts Teachers Association
- National Art Education Association
- National Association for Music Education
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- National Association of Independent Schools
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- National Center for Education Statistics
- The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
- National Center on Education and the Economy
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Dance Education Organization
- National Education Association
- National PTA
- National School Boards Association
- National Science Teachers Association
- National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
- RAND Corporation
- Regional Educational Laboratory Program
- Society of Health and Physical Educators
- University of Waterloo Electronic Library, Scholary Societies Project
- Wellesley Centers for Women
Education Journals (Open access)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (Choose Subject: Education)
Education Law
- Education Law Resources (Cornell University Law School)
- FindLaw: Education Law
Education Libraries (Selected)
United States
- Cubberley Education Library, Stanford University
- Bridgewater State University (Textbooks)
- Framingham State College (Textbooks)
- Lesley University
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Education Library
- Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College Columbia University
- Peabody College, Vanderbilt University Education Library
- University of California, Berkeley, Education-Psychology Library
- University of Florida, Education Library
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library
- University of Kentucky, Education Library
International
- Cambridge University Institute of Education Library and Resources Centre
- Queen's University Libraries (Kingston, Canada), Education Library
- University of Hong Kong Libraries -- Education Library Collections
Education Reform
- Annenberg Institute for School Reform
- The Center for Education Reform
- Center on Reinventing Public Education
- Coalition of Essential Schools National Web
- Consortium for Policy Research in Education
- EdBuild
- Education Redesign Lab
- The Education Trust
- Learning Policy Institute
- Regional Educational Laboratory Program
Educational Technology
- Consortium for School Networking
- EDUCAUSE
- Microsoft in Education
- State Educational Technology Directors Association
- Tech & Learning
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
- ERIC (unrestricted access via the Education Resources Information Center)
Family & Community Engagement
- Coalition for Community Schools
- Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)
- Family Involvement Bibliographies (Harvard Family Research Project)
- National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
- Youth in Front
Foreign Languages
Gifted and Talented
Grants and Funding
- FastWEB
- Foundation Directory Online (Free)
- GetEdFunding
- Grants.gov
- U.S. Department of Education: Grants
Higher Education
- Academic Costume Code & Ceremony Guide
- Carnegie Classifications
- Center for International Higher Education (Boston College)
- College and University Rankings
- Council of Graduate Schools
- EDUCAUSE
- Institute for Higher Education Policy
- MERLOT II (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
- Peterson's Education Guides
- State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
History of Education
- H-Education (listserv)
- History of Education Society (United States)
- States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Project (New York State Archives)
- Virtual Museum of Education Iconics (University of Minnesota)
Home Schooling
K-12 Schools
- Search for Public Schools (U.S. Dept. of Education)
- Search for Private Schools (U.S. Dept. of Education)
Language Arts
Listservs
Massachusetts
- Boston Public Schools
- Boston Redevelopment Authority -- maps, census data, and more about the City of Boston
- Massachusetts Home Page
- Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
- Massachusetts Dept. of Higher Education
- Massachusetts Libraries: Magazine & Newspaper Articles (Massachusetts public library card required)
- Massachusetts School District Profiles
- Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)
Media
- American Archive of Public Broadcasting
- Federal Communications Commission
- List of Online Newspapers
- Open Vault (WGBH Media Library and Archives)
- PBS Learning Media
Music
Philosophy of Education
Polls
Prevention Science and Practice
- Children's Defense Fund
- Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) Laboratory
- Making Caring Common
- National Center on Intensive Intervention: Tools Charts
- PILOTS Database - worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychology
- American Psychological Association
- AmoebaWeb: Psychology Resources on the Web
- Association for Psychological Science
- Center for Workforce Studies (APA)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Social Psychology Network
- Psych Central: Psychology Web Pointer
Reading
- International Literacy Association (formerly International Reading Association)
- Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
- National Center for Families Learning
- National Literacy Trust (United Kingdom)
- ProLiteracy Worldwide
- Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Reference Resources
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Government Documents Center (University of Michigan)
- Massachusetts Libraries: Magazine & Newspaper Articles (Massachusetts public library card required)
- Internet Scout Archives
- USA.gov
- Virtual Reference Collection (MIT)
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (requires HU ID and PIN)
Science & Mathematics
- Fermilab Education Office
- Frank Potter's Science Gems
- Galileo Project
- The Math Forum @ Drexel
- Project 2061(AAAS)
- Science & Arts Gateway for Education (Cornell)
- TERC
- Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Social and Emotional Learning
- CASEL's District Resource Center
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) Laboratory
- Explore SEL (EASEL) Compares SEL terms, domains and frameworks
- Social and Emotional Learning (Edutopia)
- Social and Emotional Learning (Wallace Foundation)
Social Studies/Social Sciences
- Best of History websites
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- History Net
- HyperHistory Online
- National Archives: Teacher Resources
- National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (NBER)
- Science & Arts Gateway for Education (Cornell)
- Web Center for Social Research Methods (Cornell)
Special Education
Statistical Data
- American Factfinder (Census Bureau)
- Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- ChildStats.gov
- The Condition of Education
- Data from Developing Countries (Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development)
- Datalab (National Center for Education Statistics)
- Digest of Education Statistics
- Education Policy Data Center
- Education Statistics (Gutman Library LibGuide)
- Elementary and Secondary Education: An International Perspective
- Fedstats
- Harvard-MIT Data Center
- ICPSR Data Archive
- Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data
- KIDS COUNT Data Center
- Murray Research Archive
- NCES Bibliography Search Tool (find publications citing data from 18 NCES research programs)
- Nation by the Numbers (Center on Standards & Assessment Implementation)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
- OECD iLibrary: Statistics
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (Final edition: 2012)
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (Dept. of Homeland Security)
Teaching and Pedagogy
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- K-12 Practitioners' Circle (National Center for Education Statistics)
- The Knowledge Loom (Education Alliance, Brown University)
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
- Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook
- Teacher Reference Center
- Teachers.Net
- InstructionalDesign.org
- Usable Knowledge
Testing, Assessment, Evaluation, and Standards
- Achieve
- Buros Center for Testing
- CRESST (National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing)
- ETS Test Collections
- National Assessment of Educational Progress
- National Assessment Governing Board
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards