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The voice and vision of special education.

From Project DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) at the University of Washington. Links to discussion lists and websites.

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The new Every Student Succeeds Act, signed into law Dec. 10, 2015, rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools. And it gives new leeway to states in calling the shots.
That's a big change from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which ESSA replaced and updated.
The Every Student Succeeds Act takes full effect in the 2017-18 school year.

Links to financial aid. Sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Participants are a unique mix of parents, board of education members and superintendents who bring a broad perspective to GSCS initiatives.

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Research Training and Certification

This Website includes the database developed by Greg Kearsley, of fifty major theories on human learning and instruction. Each theory contains a concise overview scope and application notes, an example, principles and references.

Teachers & the National Emergency Library: Stories from the Frontlines of Online Schooling

Since 1911, NCTE has worked to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels.

In existence since 1857.

A collection of online graphic novels.

A collection of over 60,000 advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films. Acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002.

Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet.

Investigate or compare global educational practices.