Links, Monroe County School Boards Association


ADVOCACY GROUPS
American Association of School Administrators http://www.aasa.org	National issues in education from an administrative perspective
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) http://www.aft.org/
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/
Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning http://www.leadsafeby2010.org/	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
Erie County Association of School Boards http://www.ecasb.org/
Four County School Boards Association http://www.4csba.org
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
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
National Education Association http://www.nea.org
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
New York State United Teachers http://www.nysut.org/
Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association http://www2.lhric.org/wpsba/index.htm

GOVERNMENT LINKS (Federal)
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
U.S. Supreme Court http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/	Decisions listed chronologically; search by topic. date of decision. or keyword
US House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/	Legislative contacts, legislation, full text of bills
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
GOVERNMENT LINKS (New York State)
NYS Board of Regents http://www.regents.nysed.gov	Work of the Board of Regents, with issues the group is currently studying
NYS Education Department (SED) http://www.nysed.gov	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	Executive and Legislative budgets as well as school district budgets
NYS Assembly http://assembly.state.ny.us	List of members, bills being considered, news releases, house reports
NYS Senate http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/home?openform	List of members, bills being considered, news releases, house reports
NYS Governor http://www.state.ny.us/governor	Press releases, reports, information on governors

Lexicons of Educational Terms
Lexicon of Learning http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Lexicon_of_Learning/Lexicon_of_Learning.aspx	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)
Education Measurement terms http://ericae.net/edo/ed315430.htm	Measurement Terms from ERIC Digest.
Glossary of American educational terms http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US5/REF/glossary.html
Education Terms and Acronyms http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/misc/glossary.htm	Glossary of educational terms and acronyms maintained by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
Lexicons for specific educational areas
http://www.esu.edu/master/glossary.html	Science Education Glossary
http://bogglesworld.com/glossary.htm	ESL Glossary - ncludes terms related to English, ESL, EFL, grammar, TESOL, TEFL, pedagogy, and jobs.
http://www.ldonline.org/glossary	Learning Disabilities Terms
http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html	PlasmaLink Web Services Glossary of Instructional Strategies
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE RESOURCES
Parliamentary Procedures http://jimslaughter.com/schoolbds.htm	Overview for school boards by attorney & parliamentarian Jim Slaughter.
How to Use Parliamentary Procedure http://www.parliamentarians.org/parlipro.htm#Roberts (by National Association of Parliamentarians)	Key parliamentary elements: Robert�s Rules, principles, sample meeting agenda, procedures or handling motions, etc.
http://www.robertsrules.com/	Roberts Rules official website
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/glossary/gloss-e.htm	Glossary of parliamentary terms
http://parliamentarians.org/	National Association of Parliamentarians website
http://www.rulesonline.com/	Roberts Rules of Order online
http://www.aipparl.org/	American Institute of Parliamentarians website
http://www.parlipro.org/index.html	Parliamentary Procedure Outline

RESEARCH SITES
Education Commission of the States (ECS) http://www.ecs.org	Information on issues from accountability to teacher quality to vouchers
Genesee Valley School Boards Institute http://www.gvsbi.org	Organization that provides training to district employees (through Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES)
Greatschools http://www.greatschools.net	Profiles for K12 public and private schools nationwide
Institute for Educational Leadership http://www.iel.org/	Reports on current issues (e.g., leadership preparation, community schools).
Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov	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
National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) http://www.nspra.org	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.
Regional Educational Laboratories (REL) http://www.relnetwork.org	National network for research-based reform (10 regional labs U.S.E.D.)
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.