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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) 
Federal Communications Commission 
GrantsAlert.com 
HPR*TEC 
Indiana's Academic Standards & Resources 
Learning Point Associates 
MAR*TEC 
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning  
National Center for Education Statistics 
NEIRTEC 
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium 
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning  
PREL 
Regional Educational Laboratories (REL) Network 
Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC) 
Regional Technology in Education Consortium  
SEIR*TEC 
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory 
The Appalachia Region Comprehensive Center 
The Center on Instruction 
The Education Alliance at Brown University 
The Laboratory for Student Success (LSS) 
The Mid-Continent Region Comprehensive Center 
The National High School Center 
The New England Region Comprehensive Center (NECC) 
The New York Comprehensive Center (NYCC)  
The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory  
The Northwest Region Comprehensive Center (NWRCC) 
The NorthWest Regional Educational Laboratory 
TN Department of Education 
U.S. Department of Education 
U.S. Department of Education Funding Forecast 
U.S. Department of Education- Comprehensive Center 
US Department of Education 
WestEd 
    

ERIC is a digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. It provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information.
Welcome to the Federal Communications Commissionâ??s (FCC) informal education page. The FCC regulates television, radio, wire, satellite and cable in all of the 50 states and US territories.
GrantsAlert.com strives to make life a little easier for those who devote their time to searching for education grants and identifying new funding opportunities for their organizations, schools, districts, consortia and state education agencies.
The High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium (HPR*TEC) helps teachers and other educators create, share, or find solutions to problems they encounter when integrating technology into education.
Organized by content area and grade level, this Web site allows Indiana's Academic Standards, and their accompanying resources, to be viewed, printed, or downloaded. These resources are the online tools for teachers to use in aligning classroom instruction and assessment to Indiana's Academic Standards.
Learning Point Associates have been awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Department of Education to establish a new National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality. The center will provide guidance to ensure a highly qualified teacher in every classroom.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium (MAR*TEC) focuses on the region's educational reform needs to ensure that every student in the region becomes technologically proficient to enhance their ability to achieve schooling success and fully participate in the workplace of 21st century America and the global economy.
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) draws upon more than 30 years of education research to create practical, user-friendly products that help educators create classrooms that provide all students with opportunities for success.
The NCES website provides access to education statistics and reports, publications, and includes a site just for students.
The Northeast & the Islands Regional Technology In Education Consortium (NEIRTEC) focuses on helping educational leaders at the state, district, and school levels put technology to effective use in schools.
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium provides professional development opportunities, access to technical assistance, and support for collegial interaction that allows and encourages educators throughout our region, and especially in K-12 schools, to become informed and fearless users of technology.
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) bridges the gap between research, theory, and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation.
Pacific Regional Technology in Education Consortium (PREL) bridges the gap between research, theory, and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation.
The network of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories, serving geographic regions that span the nation, works to ensure that those involved in educational improvement at the local, state, and regional levels have access to the best available information from research and practice. This Web site is one of many ways that the network reaches out to make that information accessible.
The Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC) program is established to help states, local educational agencies, teachers, school library and media personnel, administrators, and other education entities successfully integrate technologies into kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) classrooms, library media centers, and other educational settings, including adult literacy centers.
Regional Technology in Education Consortium for the Southwest is designed to foster discussions and communication among learners, teachers, administrators, parents and community members on the benefits of technology to enhance learning.
The SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium (SEIR*TEC) is a group of national, regional, and university-based organizations dedicated to promoting the use of technology to improve teaching and learning by providing technical assistance, authentic professional development in the areas of curriculum and instruction, leadership for technology, policy, and planning and evaluation.
The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) is a private, non-profit education research, development, and dissemination (RD&D) corporation based in Austin, Texas. Improving teaching and learning has been at the heart of SEDLâ??s work for nearly 40 years.
The Appalachia Region Comprehensive Center (ARCC) provides differentiated, high-quality, evidence-based, relevant and useful technical assistance that results in increased state education agency capacity to implement NCLB, enhanced student achievement, and improved school and district AYP (adequate yearly progress) status in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Center on Instruction is a gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based research and information on K-12 instruction in reading, math, science, special education, and English language learning.
The Education Alliance promotes educational change to provide all students equitable opportunities to succeed. We advocate for populations whose access to excellent education has been limited or denied.
Laboratory for Student Success (LSS) The Laboratory for Student Success (LSS) revitalizes and reforms educational practices in the service of student success. The overarching goal of the LSS is to strengthen the capacity of the Mid-Atlantic Regionâ??which includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DCâ??to enact and sustain lasting systemic educational reform through collaborative programs of applied research and development and services to the field.
The Mid-Continent Region Comprehensive Center (MC3) serves as the â??on-the-groundâ?? provider of technical assistance to four States by helping them increase their capacity to assist districts and schools meet their student achievement goals.
The National High School Center serves as a resource network for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to meet the needs of all high school students so these students receive the quality education and services necessary to graduate from high school ready to succeed in college, work, and life.
The New England Region Comprehensive Center (NECC) helps develop the capacity of state education agencies to assist districts and schools in improving achievement outcomes for all students.
The New York Comprehensive Center (NYCC) The New York Comprehensive Center (NYCC) helps the state of New York develop the capacity of state education agencies to assist districts and schools in improving achievement outcomes for all students.
The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) is dedicated to providing high-quality, research-based resources to educators and policymakers in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
The Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center (NWRCC) assists the State Education Agencies of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming by helping them adopt proven approaches to achieve the school improvement and student performance goals of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
The NorthWest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) improves educational results for children, youth, and adults by providing research and development assistance in delivering equitable, high-quality educational programs. The NWREL provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business, and labor.
This website features the curriculum standards for the state of Tennessee schools.
ED is provides funds to help strengthen teaching and learning in colleges and other postsecondary institutions and supports rehabilitation, adult education, research and development, statistics, and assessment.
This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs.
Information from the U.S. Department of Education on comprehensive centers programs and regional centers.
The U.S. Department of Education's website is specialized for students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Information on federal funding, grants and contracts, statistics, and legislation can all be found on this site.
WestEd is a nonprofit research, development, and service agency, who specializes in education assessment and accountability; early childhood and youth development; program evaluation; community building; and policy analysis.