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Recommended Websites to Bookmark

• Michigan Foundation for Education Leadership (home of the Parent Leadership Institute Network)
• The Center for Parent Leadership
• The Prichard Committee

General Education Issues and Resources

• Michigan Department of Education
• Blue Web'n...a library of learning sites on the web - Web based tutorials, lesson plans and references
• Education World - Education issues, teaching themes and references, also has a monthly learning calendar
• Eisenhower National Clearing House - Education bulletins and curriculum resources
• Center for Education Reform
• SmarterKids.com - This is an online store for educational products but you can find some good information there in their family resource section.
• US Department of Education publications - You can find something on just about every topic and a lot of the information is available for free
• Connect for Kids - Guidance for Grownups
• Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Pathways to school improvement
• Project Appleseed - This is a National campaign for Public School Improvement
• First Day Foundation
• Lt. Governor Cherry’s Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth
• Leading Change: Center of Education Networking Newsletter
• Center for Educational Networking of Michigan

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Art Resources

• ArtsEdNet - Arts and humanities site
• Art Resources for Teaching Youth

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Family Involvement in Education

• Middle Web - A site for parents and educators involved in Middle School Reform.
• National PTA
• familyeducation.com - There is a Learning Styles quiz for your child here! Family skills to education skills
• The National Parent Information Network - Parent news and a virtual library
• NREL Library in the Sky
• Educational Resources on the Web

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Science

• The Jason Project
• The Space Place
• Mad Sci - MadSci Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well.
• Science Fair Central
• Dragonfly

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Writing

• Research Paper - The Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects.

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Math

• Math Stories - This website is to help elementary and middle school children improve their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. It has over 5,000 math word problems for children to enjoy! MathStories.com is the website for busy teachers, eager students, and involved parents.
• Math Forum - From basic arithmetic to calculus, you will find help here.

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Reading

• National Center for Family Literacy - The National Center for Family Literacy is a nonprofit organization supporting family literacy services for families across the United States through programming, training, research, advocacy and dissemination.

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Grants and Awards

• School Grants - One stop shopping for K-12 school grants!
• Small Grants Program for K-6 Science and Math
• Technology Grant News
• Donors Choose  
• Michigan Electronic Grants System (MEGS)

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Community

• Michigan Safe Schools

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Fun for Kids and Homework Help too!

• The Fact Monster - Information on almost any subject you can imagine
• The Learning Network's Fun Brain.com - Learning based games for kids and resources for parents and teachers
• Ask Jeeves for Kids - Got a question? Ask Jeeves!
• Kid Info - All kind of homework help and resources
• Reference Desk - Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. This is where to find it!

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MEAP

• MEAP RESULTS Disaggregated Data Site - Click on Demographic Reports (State, District, School)
• MEAP RESULTS 2006 State Report
• MEAP Guide to Reports Grades 3-9

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