EDUCATIONAL AND
PARENTING SUPPORT LINKS
Disclaimer: If you visit these
links you will be leaving the Culver City Council PTA Web Site. We do not guarantee
any information that you receive at any of the below linked sites. The Culver
City Council PTA is providing the following as a service. Although the Culver City
Council PTA is providing these direct outside links to other Internet sites, the Culver
City Council PTA has not participated in the development of those other sites, and does
not exert any editorial or other control over these sites.
Where to Go For Information
Free education publications are available from ED Pubs, the
U.S.Department of Education's Publications Center.
To order free books, brochures, videos, and more, visit the ED Pubs Web site (http://www.ed.gov/about/ordering.jsp)
or call ED Pubs toll-free at 877/433-7827.
Online Safe School Resources
Connect For Kids (formerly Kids Campaign)
Parent Soup
Kids Page @ U.S. Dept. of Justice
Take A Bite Out of Crime
The National Crime Prevention Council
Ad Council
National Assoc. of Attorney Generals & National Assoc. of School Boards
Keep School Safe
About California's Statewide Education Issues
California Department of Education
State Board of Education
Assembly and Senate - information on proposed
legislation
Legislative Analyst's Office
Online Data Resources -
financial, demographic, and links to STAR test data (and more)
WestEd - research based information and analysis on
California education issues
Research and Policy Organizations
EdSource - publication
California Tomorrow - publication
Statewide Education Groups
Association of California School Administrators
California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
California School Boards Association (CSBA)
California School Employees Association (CSEA)
California Teachers Association (CTA)
Places to Go For Parent Involvement Resources
National Coalition For Parent Involvement in Education
Schoolwise Press
Urban Minority Families (Part of the Urban
Education Web site)
United States Department of Education
Organization Committed to Helping Parents
Culver City Education Foundation
(CCEF)
Family and Community Partnerships Office - California
Department of Education
California State PTA
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Elementary Resources
Middle and High School Resources
Dave's ESL Cafe
ESL/EFL students and teachers will enjoy exploring Dave's ESL Cafe including the
Search Page, Quiz Center, Help Center, Idea Page, Graffiti Wall, and Question Page.
Surf2School - Learn English
Online
has NetMeeting Connection
Frizzy University Network (FUN)
Frizzy University Network (FUN) is a site dedicated to helping students who are learning
English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) improve their writing. Here students can
communicate in written English and are motivated from within to learn and have FUN in the
process!
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
The purpose of the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE) is to collect,
analyze, and disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically
and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.
Even more great references
Homework Central
Study Web
Education Place
Kaplan Education Center
Hyper History - 3000
years of history online! check this out!!!
Pac Bell's "Blue Web 'N"
Educational subject based links
Cool Safe Sites for Kids Parents
and Teachers
The below list was copied from the Los Angeles Times article
on 10/15/98
by Mary Jo Zafis Garcia (Special to the Times)
ABC's of Parenting - for
parents of 0-6 year olds
Baby Bag Online - for parents of 0-preschool age children
BabyCenter - for parents of 0-1 year olds
BabyZone - for parents of 0 - 1 year olds
Canadian Parents Online - for parents of 0 - teen
Childbirth.org - for Expectant parents
The CyberMom Dot Com - Moms with modems
Family.com - parents and children through teens
KinderView - for working parents
The Labor of Love - for parent of 0 - preschool
Moms Online - for parents of children 0 - teen
National Center for Fathering - fathers and almost fathers
ParentPartners - for parents of 0 - 5 year olds
Parent Soup - for 30 something mothers
ParentTime - for parents of children 0 - 6 year old
ParenthoodWeb - for parents of 0 - 6 year olds
Parenting Q&A - for parents of 0 - teen age children
Parents.com - for parents of 0 - to teen age children
ParentsPlace.com - for 30-something women
Stork Site - for parents of children age 0 - 1 year olds