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Here are sources leading in some cases to governmental agencies, both state and federal, and in other cases to sites which present particular takes on political and policy perspectives.

ScienceWise - Research Opportunities
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Web of Science - Citation Database
Useful Internet Sites for Grantseekers
Netsurfer Education - Elementary/Middle/High School This free monthly newsletter offers teachers, students, parents and lifelong learners a guide to some of the Internet's most useful resources for learning and teaching, from pre-kindergarten to university and beyond.
Merriam Webster's Online Language Center - Dictionary and Thesaurus, plus entertaining and educational side trips.
OneLook Dictionaries - Queries of more than 345 online specialized dictionaries.
Roget's Thesaurus - Use this to find a synonym or antonym.
Bartlett's Familiar - Quotations
University of Michigan Document Center - This site contains statistics on everything from agriculture to tourism.
Fedstats - A repository of statistics from more than 70 government agencies.
Federal Web Locator - The Center for Information Law and Policy
The On-Line Books Page - The full text of more than 7000 volumes.
On-Line Books -   Building Construction
The Elements of Style - The classic guide to effective prose for writers of all ages.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Purdue University Libraries - A Powerful Research Site
United States Congress on the Internet
Purdue University Calumet
United States Department of Education
Smithsonian Institution
Library of Congress
Fedworld--gateway to various federal homepages
IDEAnet --the Indiana Department of Education
The Alliance for Redesigning Government
The National Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty
The Electronic Policy Network
Policy Com/Homepage
Turn Left
People for the American Way
Center for Public Integrity
The Reactionary Right
Educational Excellence Network
The Heartland Institute
Intellectual Capital--demographics, economics, politics, and more
Hightower and Associates
National Archives and Records Administration--documents and more
National Research Council
Research Administration Management Systems - Federal Information Exchange
U.S. Census Bureau
Environmental Protection Agency
US Agency for International Development
The Government Contractor's Glossary
State Government Servers, OU Law School
The Official Guide to the State of Florida Legislature

Sources in Educational Administration

Some of these are direct links to articles and materials in educational administration, such as the Education Policy Analysis Archives. Some of these are more indirect sources, such as Alta Vista or the United States Department of Education.

Resources in Educational Technology

Most of these sites deal with issues involved in utilizing computer technology in curriculum and instruction.  A few are links to specific schools or educational programs.

The Technology Source
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
System Learning. com - Hundreds of education resources for Teachers, Students and People interested in Education improving. The Road Map to Systems Thinking.
The President's Educational Technology Initiative
The ERIC Instructional Technology Clearinghouse
Challenger Center for Space Science Education--are you or your students interested in space?
The Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center--a terrific local implementation of the concept
NASA Classroom of the Future--more space science ideas and links
Microsoft in Education--ok, a commercial site, but Microsoft is a major player
Open School Home Page--resources and links from Canada: DE and technology
Technology Connections--from MCREL (Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory)
Teaching with Electronic Technology--a personally maintained site with good links and resources
Haywood County Schools--North Carolina
School City of Hobart--Indiana
Integrating Technology in Schools--a useful site at the University of New Mexico
Partnership for the 21st Century--what a school district is doing with technology
Flint Lake Elementary School
The International School of Stavanger--Norway
Technology and Education Reform--a large study sponsored by OERI
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium--resources and links
Tech Connections--what the state of Nebraska is doing with technology
National Information Infrastructure--the information superhighway
Helping Teachers find the On-ramp--links to documents and sites in technology
Papers from the INET '95 conference
Educators' Technology Center of Indiana--a good site with many resources and links
Guidelines for Educational Uses of Networks--papers and studies
The 21st Century Teachers Network
Educational Hotlists--for various subject fields
American Association of School Administrators--many links and resources
Global Schoolnet Foundation--linking kids around the world
Cyber High School--a private, online, college preparatory school
Web 66--links to hundreds (thousands?) of schools using the Internet in instruction
Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education
From Now On--The Educational Technology Journal
National Center for Technology Planning--links and plans from school districts
Developing Educational Standards--K-12 oriented standards and plans
Education Technology Planning Model--from Nebraska
North Central Regional Educational Technology Consortium
Technology Planning--from the state of Iowa
Netfuture: Technology and Human Responsibility--maybe the most important site in this list

Resources in Educational Planning
K-12 and Higher Education 

International Society for Educational Planning
Technology plans, bibliographies, and other resources
Indiana Technology Grant program (IU)
Franklin and Marshall College Long-Range Strategic Plan
Post-Secondary Education Research and Planning Resources (an impressive site)
California State University Strategic Planning
Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, & Political scanning-a major site
Lookouts-the newsletter of the Environmental Scanning Program at the U. of Georgia
Save Our Schools
New Jersey Education Strategic Plan
Council of the Great City Schools Online-a good site
Learning Research and Development Center-new views of what schools could be
Oregon State System of Higher Education Strategic Planning
Carrollton (GA) City Schools Strategic Plan
Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies-environmental scanning
ERIC/Center for Educational Management
School Reform Networks at a Glance
CAUSE-information resources in higher education
Higher education planning and research-a good site
U. of Minnesota Office of Planning and Analysis-also a good site
Internet Resources for Institutional Planning-higher education-a major site
Planning Organizations-higher education
Indiana State University Strategic Plan
ACSP Guide to Planning
Strategic Planning Document-Education and Training (technology oriented)
Strategic Plan for Missouri Information System (higher Ed)
New York State School-based Planning/Shared Decision Making (a good site)
Research & Statistical information for planning-State of California (a good site)
Technology Planning-a good site, with actual plans
Educational Planning, the journal of the International Society for Educational Planning
Strategic Planning for Georgia Schools
New Mexico strategic planning for K-12 schools
Strategic Planning and Policy Research Division-K-12-a good site
Workforce Development Strategic Planning Effort
Northmont Strategic Planning (K-12 school system)
Oregon Goals 2000--an annotated state plan
Pathways to School Improvement--from NCREL
Council of Chief State School Officers--educational standards, among other things
National Center on Education and the Economy--environmental scanning
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
School is Dead, Learn in Freedom!--check it out.
U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plan--a big plan for a big agency
CheckMATE: Strategic Planning Software--an example of a private vendor in this area
Strategic Planning at Eastern Oregon U.--a state which is promoting higher ed strategic planning
On the Horizon--a page devoted to environmental scanning
School-Based Management--a policy brief from Delaware 

Sites of Interest in Distance Education

University of Florida's International Construction Management Distance Education Program
Construction Practices, Extended Studies from CSUSM - A completely online course in construction estimating called Introduction To Construction Estimating.
Annenberg/CPB Project Top Ten Distance Education Sites
        A major site. Links to many, many more resources.
Asynchronous Learning Networks
        Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Program In Learning Outside the Classroom (higher education-links to projects
        they have funded in universities and community colleges).
Beginnings: Initial Experiences in Teaching Via Distance Education
        A collection of articles by Indiana Higher Education Faculty
Canadian Education on the Web
        Many links to educators at all levels.
The Castle Project, UK
The College of Estate Management, UK - Specialist distance learning provider to property and construction industry.
Computer Mediated Communication
        Links and information about CMC.
Computer-Mediated Communication Information Sources
        A site dedicated to distance education via CMC. Comprehensive, useful, and interesting.
CU Online Gateway
        University of Colorado online site. Student information, a gateway for students to interact electronically
        with the university, and a gateway for 20 courses which are being offered via email.
Cyber High School
        A high school that exists nowhere. Or everywhere.
DEOSNEWS
        The Distance Education Online Symposium: an ejournal about distance education. (There's much more here,
        and this address only takes you part way. Open the folder entitled "journals and newsletters," and then look
        under "OSU Libraries Electronic Serials.")
Distance Education at the University of Colorado at Denver
        Lots of links to other sites.
Distance Education Clearinghouse
        A comprehensive site from the University of Wisconsin Extension.
Distance Education: A cost analysis
        Here's what it costs to get into the game. From the Iowa Communications Network.
Distance Education in Higher Education Institutions
        A report from the National Center for Educational Statistics
Fedworld Home Page
        Your tax dollars at work. Links to various government agencies and databases.
Global School Net Foundation
        Linking kids around the world.
Guidelines for Educational Uses of Networks
        A good set of policy documents.
IBM Global Campus
        Well, yes, they'd like to sell you something. But what they're selling is really interesting: check it out.
Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education
        A voluntary association of Indiana's independent and public postsecondary institutions for collaborative
        development and delivery of distance education.
Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal
        An e-journal
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
        An e-journal
The Moderators Home Page
        Resources for moderators and facilitators of online discussion
Netfuture: Technology and Human Responsibility
        The computer will solve all our problems. Won't it?
North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium
        Documents and links.
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium
        Technology and distance education resources, oriented to K-12.
Partnership for the 21^st Century
        What a school district is doing with distance education.
Scholarly Journals on the WWW
        Links
More scholarly journals
        More links
SmartStates
        I don't need to invent the wheel if I can borrow yours. A forum for the exchange of information and ideas.
        Links to Western Governors University, the proposed multi-state distance ed university.
TECH Connections
        Connecting Nebraska teachers with technology.
Technology and Distance Education Home Page
        Information and links concerning distance education.
Technology Today!
        Links to numerous sites and documents regarding technology and education.
The Cyber-Symposium
        A symposium concerned with the uses of computers in the preparation and in the professional lives of
        educational administrators, taking place on the Web.
The Globewide Network Academy
        Online catalog of distance education courses and degree programs worldwide.
The Open University
        A fascinating site. A truly open university, with no entrance qualifications for most of its courses and
        programs. Education is delivered via distance education technologies to over 200,000 students. The Open
        University has been in operation for almost 30 years.
The Virtual Classroom
        College classes offered via distance education.
The World Lecture Hall
        Links to faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials, and to their courses.
Third Stream Computing Distance Learning Info Page
        Links to documents available on the World Wide Web concerning distance education. A major site.
United States Department of Education
        More of your tax dollars at work.
Utah Education Network
        Among other things, EDNET, a two-way, fully interactive video network that allows students to take classes
        that might not be available to them in their local community.
Virtual Online University: teaching and learning dynamic thinking in an electronic environment
        Athena Academy, for K-12 or home schooling: a course or an entire program. Athena University, for higher
        education. Is this what the future will look like?
Web 66: A K-12 Worldwide Web Project
        Integrating the Internet into K-12 school curricula. A major site.
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Home Page 
        They do lots of distance education out where the distances are vast. This site is a terrific gateway to many
        other sites, position papers, and so on.
Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
        A terrific resource for designing web pages.

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