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Table of Contents
- Your First Stop
- General News Sources
Guide to Information Resources in
Education:
Finding News and Trends
Here are some print and online sources to help keep you informed about the latest news in education. Check them daily or several times a week to see what trends are developing. From here you can go on to reading professional and scholarly periodical articles that have a longer lag time before reaching publication.
YOUR FIRST STOP
- Education Week on the Web http://www.edweek.org/
- Online version of one of the leading news sources in education. Focus is on current events, with more substantive articles available in its sister publication, Teacher Magazine. Includes a searchable archive of past issues (1981- ). Click on the "Daily News" tab for the most current articles.(Free registration required.)
GENERAL NEWS SOURCES
- Department of Education - News and Events http://www.ed.gov/news.html
- Highlights updates to the Department of Education web site and links to new programs and publications. Provides access to reports on progress toward departmental policy goals and to speeches and press releases.
- Education Commission of the States - ECS E-Clips http://www.ecs.org/
- Daily listing of top stories from the Education Commission of the States. Available as a daily e-mail bulletin. Choose "ECS E-Clips" from the ECS home page.
- Los Angeles Times Education Section http://www.latimes.com/news/education/
- Education articles and feature stories with a national scope, but with an emphasis on education in the West.
- New York Times Education Section http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/national/index-education.html
- National coverage of education issues, plus special links for students and teachers making use of the newspaper in the classroom.
- Washington Post Education Section http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/
- Includes links to past and present education articles, with past articles organized by topic.