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EDUCATION
Adult Education
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Colleges & Universities
Private
Schools
Public Schools
Tests & Testing
Educator's Reference Center
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More than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Most of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. Access funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the six Regional Massachusetts Library Systems.
The Educator's Reference
Desk: Provides education information to teachers, administrators, counselors
and anyone interested in education in the United States.
Adult Education
Boston Center for Adult Education
Brookline Adult & Community Education
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Literacy Volunteers of America - Quincy
Massachusetts Adult Basic Education Directory
Quincy Public Schools Adult & Continuing Education
Online Learning
Electronic Campus: Find online courses offered by colleges and universities in the southern U.S.
U.S. Distance Learning Association: Links to distance learning institutions offering degrees, certificates and courses in distance education and training.
World Lecture Hall: A guide to free online course materials from around the world.
Colleges & Universities
CollegeBoard.com
CollegeNET:
A starting place for schools, financial aid, scholarships, etc.
Higher Education Information
Center
Petersons.com: The Education
and Career Center:
Information about schools & applications you can download.
Web U.S.
Universities, by State:
A list of university Web sites.
Financial Aid
FastWeb
One of the leading websites for information about scholarships.
Federal Student Aid:
Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
FinAid: The SmartStudent
Guide to Financial Aid: Information on loans and other sources of
aid from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority
A step-by-step guide to applying for college aid, including everything from
federal application forms to the information needed to process student
loans. MEFA is a self-financing, not-for-profit state authority dedicated to
assisting students, parents, colleges and universities in meeting the
challenges of financing higher education.
Yahoo!
Education / Financial Aid
Private Schools
Association of Boarding Schools
National Association of Independent Schools
The Best High School for Your Kid from Boston Magazine, September 2006
Public Schools
Massachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts School District Profiles
The Best High School for Your Kid from Boston Magazine, September 2006
SchoolMatters: a place for parents, educators and leaders to research information about public schools.
Curriculum
Libraries and Frameworks:
Leads to information that supports Mass. Curriculum Frameworks
Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks
MCAS
See Tests & Testing
Special Education
Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils (MASSPAC)
Massachusetts Department
of Education Special Education page
Vocational/Technical Schools
Directory of Massachusetts Vocational/Technical Schools
Tests & Testing
Boston.com MCAS page
CollegeBoard.com:
Taking the Tests
LearningExpressLibrary (a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series for academic and licensing tests)
MCAS Practice Tests
Mass. Dept. of Education MCAS page
Study Guide Zone (free study guides on a variety of standardized admissions, licensing, vocational, and educational assessment tests)
Test Prep Review
Contains practice questions for the TEAS® Exam
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