Education: Internet Resources

Search for hospitals by name, location, services offered, or other criteria.

Information about child care centers across the United States.

Official website of the city of Decatur, Illinois.

Business and economic information for the greater Decatur area. Use the "Resources" menu to find reports about the community. Use the "Community Profile" menu to find out more about the communities and use the "Key Industries" menu to find the region's major employers.

A tool from WorldCat for searching for many different types of libraries (academic, public, school, etc.).

ExceleRate Illinois provides quality ratings for early learning providers in Illinois.

Detailed information on public libraries throughout the US from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A tool for finding information about public and private schools and colleges from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Use a map to search for National Center for Education Statistics' information on schools and districts.

"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world." Use the tabs across the top of the page to explore different types of research from the Center.

A nonprofit organization. The parent organization for the Pew Research Center.

The daily news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts.

A PDF document from the NCES.

"Education finance data include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets [cash and security holdings] of elementary and secondary public school systems." From the U.S. Census Bureau.

Publications and data sets from the University of Michigan.

"This website has the key indicators of the condition of education in the United States. These indicators summarize important developments and trends using the latest statistics and are updated every year or every other year." From the NCES.

A "compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private." Part of the NCES.

Information about public schools across Illinois. Search by school name or location.

Various statistics and reports for schools in Illinois.

"The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."

Statistics and reports from the National Education Association.

"The School District Demographics System provides access to school district demographic and related geographic data." From the NCES.

The leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics issues "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" that "features statistics on children and families in the United States across a range of domains, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health."

"The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States."

Demographic data for the entire world from the United Nations.

"A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT is the premier source for data on child and family well-being in the United States. Access hundreds of indicators, download data and create reports and graphics on the KIDS COUNT Data Center that support smart decisions about children and families."

"The State of Babies Yearbook is a national and state resource developed by ZERO TO THREE to tell the story of America’s babies through key indicators in the domains infants and toddlers need to thrive."

Data about the United States population and its economy. Begin with the Topics tab or the QuickFacts box to find demographic information.

"QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more." View the data by table, map, or chart.

"Find data about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data."

The Best Apps for Teaching & Learning and the Best Websites for Teaching & Learning. From the American Association of School Librarians.

Information about the standards, how the standards are being applied in different states, and the full text of the standards.

Data on education and literacy for countries around the world from the UNESCO. Click on "Browse by country" and search or browse by region.

A listing of websites appropriate for children from the Association for Library Service to Children a division of the American Library Association.

From the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In addition to highlighting the library's own collections of educational materials going back to the early 1800's (textbooks, curricula, teacher education, etc.), the Websites for Educators section contains a great wealth of education-related Web links.

"The Illinois Learning Standards (ILS) define what all students in all Illinois public schools should know and be able to do in the seven core areas as a result of their elementary and secondary schooling."

"The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education."

Links and information devoted to literacy issues worldwide for all ages. Intended for a wide audience, including educators, psychologists, students, and parents.

Over 50,000 open educational resources (OERs) that you can search and browse. Open education resources are "teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost. "

Resources for teaching and learning with data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The site includes standards-aligned, classroom-ready activities.