http://www.cde.ca.gov/
Data, legislation, reports, and more from the California Department of Education.

http://www.capta.org/sections/programs/e-links.cfml
A list of major education groups in California and nationally, with addresses, phone and fax numbers, and Web addresses.

www.cftl.org
Improving education through professional growth for teachers plus a 1996 poll on Californians' opinions about schools, from the Center of the Future of Teaching and Learning.

www.kern.org/fcmat
Comprehensive information about California schools from the Financial Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT).

www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/pace
Reports on current policy issues from Stanford- and University of California, Berkeley-based Policy Analysis for California Education.

www.wested.org/policy
Education policy issues from WestEd (formerly Far West Regional Lab and Southwest Regional Lab).

Related California Sites

www.childrennow.org
Information about the conditions of children from Children Now, a statewide nonprofit.

The Latest on Technology in Education

www.kn.pacbell.com
Information and links to other sites from Pacific Bell's Knowledge Network and Education First initiative for California.

http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=720&bhcp=1
On July 1, 1998, CAUSE and Educom were consolidated to create EDUCAUSE. Information about educational technology, especially for higher education, from Educom.

Comprehensive Research and Information on Education
www.ed.gov
The US Department of Education.

www.ed.gov/NCES
The National Center for Education Statistics.

www.eduref.org
Access to the components, including summaries of reports on over 850,000 education topics from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

www.edweek.org
Extensive national coverage of news, information, issues, and opinions about education (plus an index) from the weekly newspaper Education Week.

www.pdkintl.org
The monthly magazine Phi Delta Kappan with wide-ranging articles on education, including technology.

Curriculum Topics and Teaching Issues

http://www.score.k12.ca.us
SCORE-Schools of Califonia Online Resouces for Education

www.classroom.net
Links to educational materials for kindergarten through 12th grade.

www.csus.edu/ier
Research and symposia with an emphasis on teacher training and development from CSU-based Institute for Education Reform.

www.acekids.com
Diverse sites for children, from games to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to the Louvre.

National Perspective on Education Policy
www.ecs.org
Reports and newsletters from the Education Commission of the States in Denver.

www.ed.gov/pubs/CPRE
Research papers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.

www.indiana.edu
Policy documents and extensive links from the Indiana Education Policy Center.

www.edexcellence.net
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform, as well as significant education reform projects in Dayton, Ohio and vicinity. It has assumed the work of the Educational Excellence Network and is affiliated with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. (The Foundation is neither connected with nor sponsored by Fordham University.)

Retirement
http://www.strs.ca.gov
California State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS)

http://www.calrta.org/
California Retired Teachers Association

http://www.nctr.org
National Council on Teacher Retirement

www.yahoo.com/education
Links to sites related to education.