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- Department of Education
- The official website of the United States Federal Department of
Education. You can use this site to access both the Department of
Education page, as well as the newly unveiled No Child Left Behind
website. The DoE is an excellent resource for those looking for basic
information about government education policy. Specific sections on
preK-12 and Higher Educations are helpful, as is the research and
statistics department. No Child Left Behind is an good resource for
those wanting to learn more about President Bush's Education Plan signed
on January 8, 2002.
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Your guide to education statistics. Everything from public to
private school data are found here. Ed Stats at a Glance offers an easy
to use collection of education statistics published in 2001 and 2000;
highlights include the Conditions of Education 2000 and 2001 and
Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2001.
- Digest of Education Statistics, 2001
- A comprehensive statistical look at American education in 2001.
Data are available on all levels of education from elementary and secondary
schooling to post secondary education. The Digest of Education Statistics
for 2001 also offers a chapter allowing the user to compare US educational
proficiency against that of other countries.
- Brown Center on Education Policy
- The Brookings Institution's Brown Center for Education Policy
addresses the latest issues in education policy in a unique and scholarly
perspective. This year's issue deal with broad subjects from
arithmetic proficiency in American Schools to an analyses of if and how
dominant sports teams affect a school's test scores. The Brown Center
provides a cornucopia of links to interesting and insightful articles.
- Stateline.org Education page
- The Stateline.org Education page provides a current perspective of
education issues facing various states. The information is generally
qualitative.
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- At Risk Teens: Reports - Urban Institute
- The Urban Institute is a think tank in
Washington DC. This page provides a compilation of reports dealing with
various education issues ranging from Reproductive Health of Young Adults
to reports on Youth Violence to issues faced by At-Risk Teens.
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Stats
- The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
provides statistical background that researchers of Juvenile Justice might
find helpful. OJJDP also provides a collection of publications and
resources addressing issues of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service Juvenile Justice
- The National Criminal Justice Reference Service's Juvenile Justice
page provides a comprehensive database of articles, research reports and
abstracts addressing various issues dealing with Juvenile Justice.
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- Welfare Reform: Reports - Urban Institute
- The Urban Institute is a think tank in Washington DC. This page
provides a compilation of reports dealing with various Welfare Reform
issues ranging from Welfare Time Limits to post-Welfare development to
detailed analysis of Welfare economics. Overall, this site is a good
qualitative resource for those hoping to gain a new and insightful view
into Welfare Reform.
- Brookings Institutions: Welfare Reform and Beyond
- The Brookings Institute's Welfare Reform and Beyond Project
provide access to recent studies conducted by researchers at Brookings.
The reports are fairly in depth and provide many new and unique ideas on
this much talked about topic. Also, the Welfare Reform Clearinghouse is
your window to any and all information you may ever want about Welfare
Reform.
- Stateline.org: Welfare and Social Policy
- The Stateline.org Welfare Reform page provides a current perspective on
Welfare Reform issues that are faced by various states.
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- Census Bureau Poverty Page
- This site is good for those trying to understand what the poverty
statistics mean. Inside users will find the latest data from the Census,
the Current Population Survey and teh Surviey of Income and Program
Participation. Additionally, the releveant Census Definitions are also
provided here.
- National Center for Children in Poverty - Columbia University
- Columbia University's National Center for Children in Poverty
(NCCP) is a great resource for those who want to find new and insightful
studies into poverty issues. The website also has a page dedicating to
providing the most recent data about Child Poverty.
- Poverty Guidelines, Research and Measurement
- Published by the US Department of Health and Human Services, this
page provides links to the most advanced research centers working with
poverty, as well as definitional guidlines used by the Department of
Health and Human Services.
- The World Bank Poverty Page
- Published by the World Bank, this page provides a user with the
most recent world wide poverty data. Tools include Guide's to policy to
reduce policy, definitions of policy, and analysis of economic growth and
inequality.
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- KIDS COUNT website
- In addition to data books, you can find a number of publications and other materials related to children's
issues at the KIDS COUNT and Annie
E. Casey Foundation websites.
- Child Trends
- A collection of research and trends for numerous indicators of child and youth well-being.
- Children's Defense Fund
- CDF offers a number of resources for those interested in learning more about children's issues, and
public policies related to such issues.
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Return to the KIDS COUNT in the Classroom project's main page.
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