LibGuides: Education: Websites

Education Websites

Child Care & Early Education - Research Connections
Research Connections sponsors research on child care and early childhood education and has data sets that can be manipulated online.
Education Commission of the States - P-3 Early Learning
ECS website dedicated to issues related to learning and development of children from birth to age 8.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC sponsors publications, conferences and accreditation.
National Head Start Association
NHSA's mission is to inspire and support the Head Start field as a leader in early childhood development and education.
U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education website contains documents and program information.

North Carolina Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center
The NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center promotes safe and healthy environments for children in child care settings.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
The NC Department of Public Instruction is a textbook adoption information.
North Carolina Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
The NCICDP produces publications, research and reports about the NC Early Educator workforce.
North Carolina Academic Standards
This website provides information on the Core State Standards and North Carolina Essential Standards. Works to inform, clarify and disseminate state and federal policies and laws.
North Carolina Education Directory
This directory is prepared annually by the Department of Public Instruction's Division of Communication and Information Services. It provides addresses and phone numbers for every North Carolina public, federal, and charter school and public school system, all employees of the Department of Public Instruction, contact information for education organizations, associations, North Carolina commissions, and educational material suppliers.
Smart Start & The North Carolina Partnership for Children
This is a public-private initiative that provides information for parents, statistics about young children,as well as information on current early childhood issues.
Smart Start In Your Community
Smart Start have lending libraries throughout North Carolina. Here is a list of centers in various counties in the state.

Early Childhood News
The Early Childhood News is an online resource for teachers and parents of young children, infants to age 8.
Educator's Reference Desk
The Educator's Reference Desk has over 2,000 lesson plans. Provided by the Information Institute of Syracuse.
Free Lesson Plan Library
The Free Lesson Plan Library has lesson plans for grades K-12 provided by Discovery Education
National Association of Early Childhood Educators
NAECTE advocates for improvements in early childhood teacher education and provide a forum for consideration of issues and concerns of interest to educators of early childhood teacher educators.
National Association of Special Education Teachers
NASET is the only national membership organization dedicated solely to meeting the needs of special education teachers and those preparing for the field of special education teaching.
PBS Resources for the Classroom
The PBS Resources for the Classroom has teacher resources for Pre-K through grade 12.
Scholastic Interactive Learning and Reading Activities for Students in Grades PreK-12
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Education has resources for educators, families and students
Southern Early Childhood Association
Since 1948 the Southern Early Childhood Association has brought together preschool, kindergarten, and primary teachers, administrators and program directors to promote quality care and education for young chlidren.
Zero to Three
Zero to Three focuses on research related to infants and toddlers.

Caldecott Award
The Association for Library Services for Children annually selects the best American picture book.
Cooperative Children's Books Center
The CCBC is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education gathers information about children's and young adult literature. You can find information about authors and illustrators and booklists of recommended titles.
Newbery Award
The Association for Library Services for Children annually selects the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children.

American Academy of Pediatrics
The AAP website contains much information on child health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- BAM Body and Mind
The BAM Body and Mind section of the CDC website contains information for children related to health, nutrition, safety and fitness.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Immunization Schedules
Medline Plus - Child Development
Medline Plus - Infant and Newborn Development

Evaluating Information

Each of the websites below provide an excellent process for helping students determine if information is suitable for academic use.

Evaluating Websites - Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
(from UC Berkeley Libraries)
Evaluating Internet Resources
(from Georgetown University Library)
How to Avoid Fake News
from Lone Star College North Harris Library
Video by librarian David Puller
Evaluating Information
(from Moye Library)

Unapproved Websites

The following websites are NOT approved for use in research. If one of these websites shows up in your paper, you will be penalized.

Go Beyond Wikipedia

Encyclopedias are a source you can use to get an overview of an unfamiliar subject.

General encyclopedias cover a wide range of knowledge at a very basic level. While they are quite useful for basic fact checking, they are very limited in their depth and usefulness for academic level research.

Subject encyclopedias, on the other hand, provide in-depth, scholarly coverage of a single subject area or discipline. The articles in subject encyclopedias are produced by scholars in the field and usually provide an in-depth bibliography.