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The topics on this page are: Homeschooling Links, Homework Helpers, Organizations and Publications.

If you are interested in education, you should check out the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). With data on half a million students from 41 countries, the TIMSS is the largest, most comprehensive, and most rigorous international study of schools and students ever. See how education in the U.S. compares to other countries. An example: "Our most significant finding is that U.S. 12th grade students do not do well. When our graduating seniors are compared to the students graduating secondary school in other countries, our students rank near the bottom. This holds true in both science and math, and for both our typical and our top-level students."

An alternative view of the TIMSS results can be found at Taking a Reading on TIMSS by Gerald W. Bracey. He contends that "Here�s the verdict on the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) 12th grade report: garbage. For their simplistic and misleading statements, study director Bill Schmidt, NCES Commissioner Pat Forgione, and Secretary of Education Dick Riley should lose all the credibility they enjoyed before this report's release. If this report had been submitted to any refereed professional journal, it would have caused peels of laughter among the reviewers and the submitters would have been asked to give back whatever advanced degrees they possessed."

Homeschooling Links

School Is Dead, Learn in Freedom!

An excellent homeschooling site. This site is all about learning in freedom, taking responsibility for your own learning. It's about using your initiative to seek out learning, and using schools and teachers only if they are helpful to you, and voluntarily chosen by you.

National Homeschool Association

The National Homeschool Association exists to advocate individual choice and freedom in education, to serve those families who choose to homeschool, and to inform the general public about home education.

Homeschool Laws

On these pages you will find summaries of homeschooling laws throughout the world. Please be advised that these summaries do not constitute the giving of legal advice. If you are having legal difficulties, you should contact a lawyer.

Homework Helpers

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

Like it says. A good place to find links to useful sites when you need help doing school assignments. Also fun stuff.

My Homework Helper

A great collection of links from My Reference Desk. If you are really stuck, be sure to check out Ask The Experts.

Kid's Web

Another good homework helper. Kid's Web goal is to present students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12 level. Each subject section contains a list of links to information that is understandable and interesting to schoolkids. There are also links to external lists of material on each subject which more advanced students can browse for further information.

Education Organizations

National School Boards Association

NSBA is the nationwide advocacy and outreach organization for public school governance. Our mission is to foster equity and excellence in public elementary and secondary education in the United States through school board leadership.

The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)

Our principal objectives include strengthening state leadership in educational policymaking; promoting excellence in the education of all students; advocating equality of access to educational opportunity; and assuring continued citizen support for public education.

PRINCIPAL ONLINE: The National Association of Elementary School Principals

PRINCIPAL ONLINE is dedicated to all Elementary and Middle School Principals. It not only provides information pertaining to education, but is also a gathering place where principals can come to exchange information, ideas, and experiences as well as discuss issues which impact education.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals

Membership in NASSP includes a wide variety of people interested in secondary education. Although most members are principals and assistant principals in public, private, and parochial secondary schools, many are central office administrators, professors of secondary education, teachers and department heads, or retired educators.

Education Publications

Phi Delta Kappan Articles Online

T itles available online of selected full-length articles, columns, or abstracts of articles published in past and current print issues of the Phi Delta Kappan, the publication of Phi Delta Kappa.