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Reference Sources

Encyclopedias & Guides

Encyclopedia of American Education [REF LB17.U54 1996]
Encyclopedia Governance [REF JC11 E53 2007]
The Encyclopedia of Leadership [REFHD57.7 E53 2004]
Encyclopedia of Higher Education [REF LB15.E48 1992]
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership & Administration [REF LB2805 E527 2006]

HANDBOOKS

Early Childhood Education:curriculum resource handbook [REF LB1139.4.B175 1993]
Handbook of Private Schools 1998 [REF L901.H3 79th ed.]
Handbook of Research on Teacher Education [REF LB 1715.H274 1996].

Almanacs/Yearbooks

The Almanac of American Education. [REF LA217.2 A45 2007]
Digest of Education Statistics [REF L11.D48 1998]
Educational Media and Technology Yearbook [REF LB1028.3.E37 1999 v.24]]

Databases

STL Education Databases: articles, ebooks, court cases and more

AERA-SIG(American Education Research Association Special Interest Group) collection of online Education journals

Database Guides and Pathfinders (In MS Word Format unless otherwise stated)

Internet Resources

Great Starting Points

Ed Admin Links from Education World

Clearinghouse on Educational Policy & ManagementFormerly an ERIC clearinghouse)

SUNY New Paltz Curriculum Materials Center provides curricular resources to preservice teachers at New Paltz. Links to local teacher websites and instructional materials.

Policy &Research

Education Commission of the States is a non-partisan organization made up of policy makers from 49 states. Its goal is to provide a forum for education information and new ideas, at both the federal and state levels. Policy, news, and current issues reports from early learning through higher education.
The Education Trust is a nonprofit organization that works at all levels to improve k-12 and teacher education. Well-known for its position papers on minority- and low-income student education, look for links to reports and other data on teacher quality and training, school funding, licenses, and homework, too.
Educause
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) compiles educational links from more than 30 Federal agencies.
The Merrow Report Hosted by journalist John Merrow, this education-focused program appears on PBS and National Public Radio.
The National Center for Policy Analysis
WestEd: A nonprofit educational research agency

United States Education Statistics
Tables, charts and studies produced by the National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov

Additional Education Statistics may be found here.

NYS Resources

AACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse. National and regional news and research collected by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The preset link will take you to "New York"information.
The New York State Education Departmentprovides links to resources on elementary, middle, secondary and continuing education; higher and professional education;vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities;cultural education;and licensing of professionals. http://www.nysed.gov/
NYS Board of Regents
NYS Office of State Review

Organizations. Many professional organizations provide articles, book announcements, reviews, e-news, and forums of importance to administrators. Note: Some resources on these sites require membership or a password: the library does not have them!

National Orgs

US Dept of Ed. Meta List [http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/associations.html]
AASA(American Assoc. of School Administrators) [ http://www.aasa.org/]
NAESP(National Association of Elementary School Principals [ http://www.naesp.org/]
NASSP(Natl. Association of Secondary School Principals [ http://www.nassp.org]
NSBA(Natl. School Boards Association) [ http://www.nsba.org]
ASCD(Association for Supervision &Curriculum Development)
Council of Chief State School Officers [http://www.ccsso.org/]
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

NYS Orgs

SAANYS(The School Administrators Association of New York) [ http://www.saanys.org]
NYSCOSS(New York State Council of School Superintendents)[ http://www.nyscoss.org/]
NYSSBA(NYS School Boards Association) [ http://www.nyssba.org/home.html]
NYSASBO (NYS Assoc. of School Business Officials) [http://www.nysasbo.org/]

Library Collections

Our Library Catalog - SUNY New Paltz

Non-SUNY Libraries

Other SUNY Libraries

Southeastern NY Libraries

Quick Searches

Search for Library Materials about School Principals
... about Educational Leadership
...about School Supervision
...about Education Law

Education Law

Ed Law class library blog

Education Department Reports. Judicial Decisions of the Commissioner of Education and formal opinions of counsel [REF LB2529.N45 N37] - Cite as (vol)Ed Dept Rep (page). NOTE:Recent volumes available under "Decisions..."at [ http://www.counsel.nysed.gov/]

BOOK: The Green Book:Recent education law decisions [REF LB2529.N45 N372]

Selected Federal & NYS ED Law Quicklinks

No Child Left Behind(HR 1 (2001);PL 107-110) ]
" Title I"(Admts. to El. and Sec. Act of 1965, Improving America's Schools Act of 1994;ESEA)
" Title IID"(of NCLB;Educational Technology issues)
" Title IX"(of the Ed Amendments of 1972;20 USC SS 1681-1688)
Section 508(and S. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1978; 29 USCS 794 etc.;PL 108-17)
FERPA(20 USC 1232;34 CFR 99)
IDEA(HR 5;PL 105-17 (1997)
FOIA (5 USC 552;PL 104-231;110 Stat 3048)
Project SAVE(NYS Consolidated Ed. Laws Art. 23-B, 8 NYCRR Sec. 100.2(gg)(3))
FOIL( NYS Public Officers Law, Article 6, 84-90)
THOMAS(Public Laws, Congressional reports, bills, more)
National Labor Relations Board
EEOC (US Equal Opportunity Commission)
NYS Office of State Review- appeals regarding students with disabilities

Higher Education Resources

Databases

AERA-SIG(American Education Research Association Special Interest Group) collection of online Education journals
STL's Education Databases

NYS Resources

NYSED Office of Higher Education http://www.highered.nysed.gov/
State University of New York http://www.suny.edu/
NYS Board of Regents http://www.regents.nysed.gov/
City University of NY http://www.cuny.edu
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities http://www.cicu.org/
Search for Bills in the NYS Assembly or Senate http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/
Search the Consolidated Laws of NYS (hint: type in "higher adj education" -without quotes- for higher ed laws) http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS

Local Links

Selected Associations & Organizations

Metalists - lists of well-groomed links

NTLF's Linked list of Higher Education Associations http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/assoc/index.htm
ACE Research and Policy Metalist http://www.acenet.edu/resources/policy%2Dresearch/

Accreditation

Middle States Commission of Higher Ed.
Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org/
CHEA's Directory of Regional Accrediting Organizations http://www.chea.org/Directories/regional.asp

Organizations

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education http://www.highereducation.org
Institute for Higher Education Policy http://ihep.org
National Teaching & Learning Forum http://www.ntlf.com
US Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/index.html
ASHE-Association for the study of Higher Education http://www.ashe.ws/
Education Commission of the States http://www.ecs.org/
Association for Institutional Research http://www.airweb.org/
American Council on Education http://www.acenet.edu/
American Association of University Women http://www.aauw.org/
American Assoc. of Community Colleges http://www.aacc.nche.edu/
Assoc. of American Colleges & Universities http://www.aacu-edu.org/
Association of College Administration Professionals (ACAP)
American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)

Frequently-cited Advisory Groups

Statistics, Research, News and Reporting

NCES http://www.nces.ed.gov/
COOL: College Opportunities Online Locator (compare colleges) http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/index.aspx
US Dept of Ed. Office of Postsecondary Ed Accreditation Database http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/
HERI: Higher Ed. Research Institute [http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html]
International Association of Universities/UNESCO database: international educational systems by country http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/index.html
The Grapevine: Annual Compilation of State Funding to Higher Education http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/grapevine/Welcome.htm
NEA Almanac of Higher Education (2006, older ones available) http://www2.nea.org/he/almanac.html
NYSED Office of Research & Information Systems http://www.highered.nysed.gov/oris/statreports.htm
HEDS: Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium [http://www.e-heds.org/]
Liberal Arts College News: stories, news releases, etc. http://www.collegenews.org/
Studentaffairs.com (news, continuing ed opportunities and more for student affairs professionals) http://www.studentaffairs.com/index.html
American Educational Research Association http://www.aera.net/
Solutions for our future. A coalition of organizations administered by ACE. www.solutionsforourfuture.org
Inside Higher Ed. News, conference announcements, more

Best Colleges and other Rankings

Princeton Review 361 best colleges in 8 categories http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankings.asp
US News & World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
University of Illinois (rankings, links, bibliography) http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm

Discussion groups, listservs and e-newsletters

(Disclaimer: content, updates and quality will vary. Use your own discretion)

Humanities & Social Sciences Online Net's list of lists http://www.h-net.org/lists/
Discussion lists related to assessment (prepared by U. Central Queensland, Australia) http://ahe.cqu.edu.au/discussion_lists.htm
Studentaffairs.com list of discussion lists http://www.studentaffairs.com/lists/

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