Education

Continuing Education

GCF Global Learning: Contains tutorials in both English and Spanish on computer applications such as Open Office applications, Microsoft Office applications, Computer Basics, Internet Basics and others.

University of New England Office of Continuing Education: Offers credit and non-credit courses, workshops, and services for individuals seeking to meet their educational goals on a part-time basis.

USM Center for Continuing Education: This department of the University of Southern Maine offers people of all ages and backgrounds education courses in health and human services, business management, and personal enrichment.

Maine.gov: Continuing Education: A wealth of resources related to career development and training, adult education, distance learning, and other state and national opportunities for enrichment.

MPBN Adult Learners Programs: The Maine Public Broadcasting Network offers a wealth of information and resources to help you grow personally and professionally.

K - 12 Education

Maine.gov: Education K-12: Offers information on Maine schools, standards, and data.

Maine K-12 School Profiles: A resource on the Maine.gov website, this page offers a searchable database of school profiles.

Education World: Allows teachers to keyword search on current topics in education, lesson plans, and information on education resources. This site, which is sponsored by the American Fidelity Educational Services, a division of American Fidelity Assurance Company, can also provide information for parents. It contains a "What's New This Week" section which covers news on schools, lesson plans, curriculum information, articles on new books in education, education site reviews and issues for education administrators.

Education Week on the Web
This online newspaper covers current topics in K-12 grade education for educators, parents and students. It follows typical newspaper format by including sections devoted to current events, articles, educational research information, comments, and book reviews. Also, this periodical contains editorials; letters to the editors; a list of free or inexpensive resources for teachers; helpful web sites for teachers and students; scholarship, contest and internship information for students; and links to other sites. Readers may subscribe and receive a paper version of this newspaper which is published by Editorial Projects in Education Inc.

U.S. Department of Education: This United States Department of Education site provides the searcher the department's education goals, research findings, department news, events, services, programs, and budgeting information. In addition, searchers can discover how to apply for grants, contracts, and college financial aid offered by the department. Also, this site supplies the department's newsletters, press releases, catalogs, publications, and products. Visitor's to the site can also locate a phone and organizational directory of the department.

 

Higher Education

Maine.gov: Colleges & Universities: Links to and information about Maine's higher education institutions.

College Board Online: This site, designed by the College Entrance Examination Board (College Board) and the Educational Testing Service (ETS), is intended to help college bound students with their application process by offering information on college admissions, testing sites and dates, and financial aid information. In addition, there are sections for admissions staff, financial aid staff counselors and high school and college faculty which contain job specific information and brief reports on popular topics in education.

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page: The creator of this site is also one of the authors of the 'Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math & Science Students: A Resource Guide for Students Pursuing Careers in Mathematics, Science and Engineering.' It is designed not only to help students understand the financial aid process but to also provide free information financial aid from all sources (for example, private vs. government and fellowships, scholarshipe, loans and grants). Calculators are included to help students see how college costs are affected by savings, loans, and student need.

Student Aid on the Web: Information and resources from the U.S. Department of Education on planning for college, applying to schools, and finding funding.

CollegeAnswer.com: This site, develped by of Sallie Mae (provider of student loans,) provides pointers on the entire "Going-to-College" process from preparation to getting loans. College Answer also has interactive tools that enable you to analyze the affordability of schools, compare financial aid award letters, and search for scholarships.

Home Schooling

American Homeshool Association: For those who are looking for information on homeschooling, this site offers a wealth of information. This site is created and maintained by the American Homeschool Assocation. Searchers can access the following from this site: directories of homeschooling books and publications; resource catalogs, software companies, institutions and services that offer curriculum and testing materials for homeschoolers. In addition, there is information on supplemental programs offered by colleges and secondary institutions for homeschoolers. Finally this site links to specific sites which explain state laws and regulations regarding homeschooling.

Homeschooling Information and Resource Pages: Editors and publishers of this magazine have over 25 years of experience with homeschooling magazines was founded in 1983. This site includes news, articles, reviews, and regular columns covering hot topics in homeschooling education. Visitors to this site can access the Homeschooling Information Library, Homeschool Resources, Homeschool Information and Resource Guide, HEMs Free Online Newsletter, and HEM Discussion Boards.

Curriculum

AskEric Lesson Plans: This site contains lesson plans which have been written by teachers from all over the United States. You are able to browse lesson plans by subject areas You may even contribute your own lesson plans to this site. AskERIC is a product of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology at Syracuse University.

Blue Web'n Learning: Database provides educators with example lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools that will supplement and enrich their curriculum. Searchers can locate information by content, subject area or even refine their searches. This site is maintained by San Diego State University/Pacific Bell Fellows.