How
do I find information about my child's school?
Public schools
and Districts
Find the correct name, address, telephone
number, NCES ID number, and other student and teacher information for public schools
or school districts for school year 1997-98 as reported to NCES by state education
officials in each state.
Public School
Universe Survey Data
provide a complete listing of
all public elementary and secondary schools in the country, and basic information
and descriptive statistics on schools, their students, and their teachers.
Find your school
--easy locator
Designed for kids but this is a quick
and easy info tool for parents and teachers.
The
NCES (National Center for Educational Statistics) Kids Home Page. Education
information about schools and activities for students everywhere.
How do I find my child's curriculum?
The curriculum of all schools in the US follow their respective
State Curriculum Guides.
Choose
your State
Alabama
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Alaska --
Arizona -- Arkansas
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California --Colorado
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Connecticut --Delaware
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Florida -- Georgia
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Hawaii --Idaho
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Illinois --Indiana
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Iowa -- Kansas
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Kentucky -- Louisiana
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Maine --Maryland
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Massachusetts --Michigan
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Minnesota --
Mississippi
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Missouri --Montana
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Nebraska -- Nevada
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New Hampshire -- New
Jersey -- New
Mexico --New
York -
-North
Carolina --North
Dakota -- Ohio
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Oklahoma -- Oregon
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- Pennsylvania
-- Rhode
Island --South
Carolina --South
Dakota --
Tennessee --
Texas -- Utah
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Vermont -- Virginia
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Washington -
- West
Virginia -- Wisconsin
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Wyoming
If you live in a major city a more specific guide
should be accessible.
What
are the new reform programs?
Math
TERC
UCSMP
Everyday Mathematics
Connected
Math
Trailblazers
And
don't throw out the old:
Saxon
Math Science
Elementary School
Full Option Science System (FOSS) Lawrence
Hall of Science University of California -- For k-8 students.
Science
Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) Lawrence
Hall of Science, University of California --
Note:
(SCIS 3+ is a revision of the work of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study,
which was developed at the Physics Department and the Lawrence Hall of Science
of the University of California t Berkeley with the support of the National Science
Foundation. Development of SCIS 3 + was supported and copyrighted by Delta Education.--
Science for Life and Living BSCS Colorado Springs,
CO.
Science and Technology
for Children (STC) National Science Resources Center,
Smithsonian Institution Middle School Science
Programs
Foundations
and Challenges to Encourage
Technology- Based Science (FACETS)American
Chemical Society Washington, DC --FACETS
(Foundations And Challenges to Encourage Technology-based Science) is a middle
school integrated science program, developed by the Education and International
Activities Division of the American Chemical Society, with funding from the National
Science Foundation.
Introductory Physical Science (IPS)6th
Ed. Science Curriculum, Inc. Belmont, MA Delta Education
Delta
science modules
Science
Education for Public Understanding Project (SEPUP) Lawrence
Hall of Science University of California Addison Wesley Publishing
High
School Programs
PSSC
Physics: Kendall Publishing
A Human Approach
BSCS Colorado Springs, CO
ChemCom
American Chemical Society Washington, DC Kendall/Hunt
Publishing
For
More information on reform see the: EDinformatics
Education Reform Page
