Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Schools and School-Age Children Resources

Feb 04, 2003

* Connection Collection: School-Family-Community Publications Database, from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, is an online database with annotations of articles and reports on family and community involvement in education. Online at http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources
[last updated 2-1-03]

* Educating Children Without Housing: A Primer on Legal Requirements and Implementation Strategies provides innovative strategies for educators, advocates, and policymakers to ensure the education rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Includes resources. $15. American Bar Association, 740 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 662-1693; summary online at http://www.abanet.org/homeless
[last updated 2-1-03]

Great Schools provides information and profiles on California schools, including class size, teachers, technology, and test scores. Includes parent resources in English and Spanish, as well as education news. Online at http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go/CA
[last updated 1-13-03]

* Quality Counts 2003, from Education Week, focuses on the "teacher gap" -- the lack of qualified teachers for disadvantaged students -- and efforts by states to recruit and retain competent teachers. Includes California data on this and other educational indicators. Online at http://www.edweek.com/sreports/qc03/templates/
article.cfm?slug=17exec.h22
[last updated 2-1-03]

* What Works Clearinghouse, from the US Department of Education, compiles best practices in education into searchable online databases. Topics include student outcomes, educational approaches, test instruments, and evaluators. Online at http://w-w-c.org
[last updated 2-1-03]