Resources
For other information to Live Healthy Live Well, log on to these sites:
Education
 National
Black Child Development Institute - www.nbcdi.org
National
African American Parent Involvement Day
"Take Your Child to School/Visit Your Child in School" - February 10,
2003
U.S. Department of Education
- www.ed.gov
New York City School Leadership
Teams - www.NYCSLT.org
ASPIRA - www.aspira.org
- ASPIRA works for the education and development of Latino youth.
National Urban League
- www.nul.org
Tips For Easy Back-To-School Transitions
- www.kidsource.com/education/back2school.html
KidSource Calendar/Back to School
- www.kidsource.com/education/calendar.backtoschool.html
BAM! (Body and Mind)
- www.bam.gov/
an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive activities to support
their health and science curriculums that are educational and fun.
NYC
Adopts 2002
AdoptUSKids,
the new national photolisting Web site. AdoptUSKids is an initiative of
the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and is operated by the National
Adoption Center.
The National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse, a comprehensive resource on
all aspects of adoption, is a service of the
Children's Bureau,
Administration on Children, Youth and
Families, Administration
for Children and Families , Department
of Health and Human Services.
Afterschool.gov
- One-stop access to government resources that support after school programs.
National
Child Care Information Center - National child care
topics, issues, and research.
Head
Start Bureau - Programs and services
Online Sites Especially for Students
Internet sites that are set up for student research.
www.britannica.com
This is a site from the encyclopedia folks, where you can find articles
and lots of related Web sites. www.ipl.org
is the Internet Public Library. This is a warehouse of reference, newspaper
and magazine links. It also offers archives and tutorials on how to
improve academic writing. www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb
is a resource for upper level math students. www.nationalgeographic.com
is a highly interactive site run by the National Geographic Society.
Great for biology and environmental stuff. www.google.com
is an all-purpose search engine. www.finaid.com
is a site juniors and seniors will find especially good for easy instructions
on how to get a loan or a scholarship. www.collegerecruiting.com
a good place for juniors and seniors researching how to best finance
college, with information on finding schools with the best curriculum,
sports and activities to fit a student's needs.
Parent/Caregiver involvement in education:
Child Care Institute
National
Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
National
Parent Teacher Association
Parent
Institute
Partnership
for Family Involvement in Education
The
San Diego (California) County Education Department: A
collection of results from several studies of the effect of parent involvement
on student achievement.
Connect
for Kids: Parent Involvement section.
"All
in the Family: Educating our children in Post September 11 America":
A speech by Bob Chase, President, National Education Association (November
2001)
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