01:47 PM Mountain Standard Time on Monday, April 12, 2004

By NewsChannel 3 Staff

General Information

Arizona Department of Education
• Accountability and standards
• Alternative and continuing education
• Charter schools
• Statistics, research and reports

Arizona Early Intervention Program
• (602) 532-9960
• Provides services and supports to families of infants and toddlers, birth to 3, with disabilities or delays
• Helps families help their children develop to their full potential
• Listens and answers families' questions
• Helps families discover how their children best learn, communicate, move and play
• Provides information and identifies community resources

GreatSchools.net
• Find the ideal school
• Your school's profile
• Your school's performance
• Compare schools
• Tips to help children succeed

Southwest Human Development
• (602) 266-5976
• Provides comprehensive services to young children and their families who face challenges related to health, child abuse and neglect, mental health, poverty and disabilities.

Arizona State Board for Charter Schools
• (602) 364-3080
• Learn about and find charter schools

SchoolMatch
• School research and data about public and private elementary and secondary schools
• School directory

Children's Action Alliance
• Education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona's children and families.

Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona
• (480) 367-2920
• Vision is to improve Arizona's education system so that it is widely recognized as one of the best in the country by 2020.

Valley of the Sun United Way
• (602) 631-4822
• Mission is to build a caring community where all children and youth succeed, families are self-sufficient, neighborhoods are vital and safe, and all people enjoy maximum health and independence.

Education Week on the Web
• Education issues A-Z
• Glossary
• State facts, figures and news

Association for Supportive Child Care
• Mission is to enhance the quality of care for children

The Parent Centre
• Choosing a school
• What your child learns
• School life
• Your rights
• Special needs

Help for Parents -- Choosing a School
• Information on choosing a school

Education World
• Parent community: at school, at home, at issue

Parenting Information
• Topics on parenting
• Essential information for learning

National Network for Child Care
• Support and assistance from experts in child care and child development
• A source of more than 1,000 publications and resources related to child care

FamilyEducation.com
• Practical guidance about school experience
• Grade-specific information
• Strategies to get involved in children's learning

KidSource
• Articles, resources and advice on children's health and education

Child Care Resource and Referral
1-800-308-9000

Child Abuse Hotline
1-888-767-2445

Early Learning/Ready to Learn

New Directions Institute for Infant Brain Development
• (602) 371-1366
• Provides parents and caregivers with training in early brain development

Get Ready to Read!
• The progam's vision is that all preschool children will have the skills they need to learn to read when they enter school.
• Early literacy information for parents
• Skill-building activities

Zero to Three
• National resource on the first years of a child's life

Mesa United Way
• (480) 834-2122
• Infant brain development

I Am Your Child Foundation
• Materials to raise awareness about early childhood development and school readiness

Arizona School Readiness Board
(602) 542-3620

Smart Beginnings
1-877-896-6100

Raising Special Kids
1-800-237-3007

Literacy

AZREADS
• (602) 542-4361
• Arizona's reading initiative

Motheread Arizona
• (602) 257-0335
• How to read to your child
• How to build a home library

America Reads/America Counts
• Information about the literacy program and other educational programs through Arizona State University.

Burton Barr Central Library
• Beginning Readers program

National Institute for Literacy
• Programs and services
• Publications

Arizona Literacy & Learning Center
(602) 212-1089

Accountability

Arizona Department of Education
• Accountability and standards

Just for the Kids
• Analyzes state test data to identify how well individual schools are performing
• Studies the highest-performing schools to find out what works
• Helps others learn what the best schools are doing

The National Center for Educational Accountability
• Effective use of school and student data
• Identifies best practices

Quantity of Qualified Teachers

Morrison Institute for Public Policy
• ASU College of Public Programs
• Does Arizona have a teacher shortage?
• Current research

Teacher Education Partnership Commission
• Teacher preparation
• Teacher retention

Association for Career and Technical Education of Arizona
• Preparation for careers in a global competitive workforce

Teach for America
• (602) 304-0211
• Mission is to build a movement to eliminate educational inequity in this country, which is why the organization recruits the most highly sought-after college graduates of all academic majors, career interests and backgrounds from leading colleges and universities to commit two years to teach in low-income rural and urban communities and become lifelong leaders to expand opportunities for children growing up there.

Drop Out

STAY in School
• (602) 258-2435, ext. 101
• Assists communities and schools to lower the dropout rate

National Dropout Prevention Center
• Effective strategies
• Model programs
• Program evaluations

Postsecondary

HigherEd.org, Inc.
• Arizona college and career guide
• College search, test prep and financial aid
• Stay in school

Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education (ACPE)
• (602) 258-2435
• Financial aid programs
• Arizona College and Career Guide
• Arizona Family College Savings Program IRS Section 529

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Form
• Help with filling out the financial aid form

Arizona Wiredscholar
• 1-888-272-5543
• Plan for higher education
• Free application for federal student aid

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