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ADVOCACY GROUPS |
American Association of School Administrators
http://www.aasa.org
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National issues in education
from an administrative perspective |
American Federation of Teachers
(AFT)
http://www.aft.org/ |
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Campaign
for Fiscal Equity
http://www.cfequity.org |
Non-profit agency seeking equitable state aid
reform |
Central New York School Boards Association
http://www.cnysba.org/ |
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Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning
http://www.leadsafeby2010.org/
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Coalition to remove causes of lead poisoning in Monroe County |
Educational Conference Board
http://www.nysecb.org/ |
NYS organizations of PTA, teachers, school boards, superintendents, administrators,
and school business officials
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Erie County Association of School Boards
http://www.ecasb.org/ |
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Four County School Boards Association
http://www.4csba.org |
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Genesee Valley Parent Teachers
Association
http://www.gvpta.org |
Regional
PTA providing services to parents and local PTA groups |
Genesee Valley School Boards Association
http://www.gvboces.org/SchoolBoard/SBhomepage.htm
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Midstate
School Finance Consortium
http://www.midstateonline.org |
Consortium of upstate NY
school districts seeking more equitable distribution of state aid
through a simple, consistent formula |
Nassau Suffolk School Boards Association
http://www.nssba.org |
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National Education
Association
http://www.nea.org |
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National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org |
Discussion of national issues,
schedule of events for school board members |
NYS Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS)
www.nyscoss.org |
Information on breaking state-wide news, state legislation on education issues |
New York State School Board Association (NYSSBA)
http://www.nyssba.org |
Discussion of state issues, schedule of events for school board members |
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New York State United Teachers
http://www.nysut.org/ |
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Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association
http://www2.lhric.org/wpsba/index.htm
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GOVERNMENT LINKS
(Federal) |
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FirstGov
http://firstgov.gov/ |
US government site
providing access to all federal web sites |
U.S. Education
Department
http://www.ed.gov |
Initiatives, programs, services, publications; grants
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U.S. Supreme Court
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/ |
Decisions listed chronologically; search by topic. date of
decision.
or keyword |
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US House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/ |
Legislative contacts,
legislation, full text of bills |
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US Senate
http://www.senate.gov/ |
Legislative contacts,
legislation, full text of bills |
White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov |
Publications and news; life-like virtual tours of the White House |
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GOVERNMENT LINKS (New York State) |
NYS Board of Regents
http://www.regents.nysed.gov
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Work of the Board of Regents, with
issues the group is currently studying |
NYS Education Department
(SED)
http://www.nysed.gov
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NYS
initiatives, directory of schools and administrators, database |
NYS Department of State Committee on Open Government
www.dos.state.ny.us/coog/ |
NYS open meeting
(sunshine) laws affecting local government |
NYS Budget Department
www.budget.state.ny.us
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Executive and Legislative budgets
as well as school district budgets |
NYS Assembly
http://assembly.state.ny.us
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List of members, bills being
considered, news releases, house reports |
NYS Senate
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/home?openform
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List of members, bills being
considered, news releases, house reports |
NYS Governor
http://www.state.ny.us/governor
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Press releases, reports, information on
governors |
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Lexicons of Educational Terms |
Lexicon of Learning
http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Lexicon_of_Learning/Lexicon_of_Learning.aspx
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ASCD Lexicon of Learning - opening page provides alphabet letters
serving as links to terms starting with those letters (need to know term
to find its definition)
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Education Measurement terms
http://ericae.net/edo/ed315430.htm
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Measurement Terms from ERIC Digest.
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Glossary of American educational terms
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US5/REF/glossary.html
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Education Terms and Acronyms
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/misc/glossary.htm
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Glossary of educational terms and acronyms maintained by the North
Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
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Lexicons for specific educational areas |
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http://www.esu.edu/master/glossary.html
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Science Education Glossary
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http://bogglesworld.com/glossary.htm
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ESL Glossary - ncludes
terms related to English, ESL, EFL, grammar, TESOL, TEFL, pedagogy, and
jobs. |
http://www.ldonline.org/glossary
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Learning Disabilities Terms
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http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html
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PlasmaLink Web Services Glossary of Instructional Strategies
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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
RESOURCES |
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Parliamentary Procedures
http://jimslaughter.com/schoolbds.htm
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Overview for school boards by
attorney & parliamentarian Jim Slaughter. |
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How to Use Parliamentary Procedure
http://www.parliamentarians.org/parlipro.htm#Roberts
(by National Association of
Parliamentarians)
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Key
parliamentary elements: Robert’s Rules, principles, sample meeting
agenda, procedures
or handling motions, etc. |
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http://www.robertsrules.com/
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Roberts Rules official website |
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/glossary/gloss-e.htm
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Glossary of parliamentary terms |
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http://parliamentarians.org/ |
National Association of Parliamentarians website |
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http://www.rulesonline.com/
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Roberts Rules of Order online |
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http://www.aipparl.org/
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American Institute of Parliamentarians website |
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http://www.parlipro.org/index.html |
Parliamentary Procedure Outline |
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RESEARCH
SITES |
Education
Commission of the States (ECS)
http://www.ecs.org |
Information on issues from accountability to
teacher quality to vouchers
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Genesee
Valley School Boards Institute
http://www.gvsbi.org |
Organization that provides training to district employees (through
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES)
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Greatschools
http://www.greatschools.net |
Profiles for K12 public and private schools nationwide
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Institute
for Educational Leadership
http://www.iel.org/ |
Reports on current issues (e.g., leadership preparation, community
schools).
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Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov
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Statistics and graphs; index of services and publication
information . |
National
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards,
& Student Testing (CRESST)
http://www.cse.ucla.edu |
Reports on K12 educational testing from U.S. Department of
Education & Office of Educational Research and Improvement
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National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)
http://www.nspra.org
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Information on community engagement and
public relations. |
NYS
Statistical Yearbook
http://www.nysstatistics.org/yearbook/ |
SUNY publication
outlining NYS data from population to the amount of gas drilled.
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Regional
Educational Laboratories (REL)
http://www.relnetwork.org |
National network for research-based reform (10 regional labs U.S.E.D.)
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Rochester Memorial Art Gallery
(MAG)
http://mag.rochester.edu/ |
List of school programs provided through the
MAG. |
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/index.html |
Census data by region; tools
for updated data, consultation with experts. |
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