Education

BrokeScholar

College advice and scholarship help. Contains more than 900,000 college scholarships.

California Colleges and Universities Guide

Contains all degree granting schools in California and useful advice. Search by school, degree program, accreditation, and location.

California Homeschool Network

Mission to inform and empower homeschooling families, educate the public, and foster community among home educators in the state of California.

College is Possible

A resource guide for parents, students, and education professionals sponsored by the Coalition of American colleges & Universities. Emphasis on costs, financial aid programs and practical guides to help prepare for college.

College Rankings: U.S. News and World Report

Colleges and universities ranked by region, specialty programs and campus diversity.

Collegeboard.com

Provides information on planning for college, registering for the SAT, selecting and applying for a college, seeking financial aid, and creating a personal planner for deadlines.

Community College Directory

Links to community college school websites by state.

 

Contentbank.org

Informational Web sites from The Children's Partnership national initiative to guarantee high quality online content for low-income and underserved Americans. Provides for education, health, housing, jobs, and literacy needs. (Speech plug-in will not work from LAPL computers.)

 

Ed-Data

Fiscal, demographic & performance data on California schools, grades K-12.

Education Statistics

Lists of currently available education statistics, from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

Primarily electronic bibliographic records describing journal and non-journal literature selected by ERIC from 1966 to present. Will expand to include full-text articles and create a current and historical education resource.

Federal School Code Search - FAFSA on the Web

Codes needed to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

FinAid: Financial Aid Information Page

Includes scholarship search services, government loan information, and sites for special student populations and interests.

GreatSchools

Contains information on public, private and charter schools nationwide. Select state name for detailed school profiles and compare public elementary, middle, or high schools. Standardized test results, district standards, demographics and diversity information are provided.

Graduate School Rankings: U.S. News and World Report

Rankings of graduate school programs.

Independent California Colleges and Universities Guide

 

Kaplan Educational Centers

Includes information about tests like GMAT, LSAT, MCAT & GRE, as well as test dates and locations.

Los Angeles Unified School District

 

National Endowment for the Humanities

 

Online Degrees, Financial Aid, and Scholarships

Lists online college and university degree programs in more than 100 fields of study, along with financial aid and scholarship resources for online students, and links to other similar websites.

Peterson's Guide to Colleges and Universities

Contains K-12 schools and summer programs, college, grad school, and online and continuing education planners. Offers advice on getting started, finding a school, preparing for tests and paying fees.

School Rankings

Provides a series of reports ranking schools within a California county by a variety of indicators, i.e. language, ethnicity, SAT scores, etc.

Students.gov

Student gateway to the U.S. Government. Tips and information for college students and their families on many useful subjects. Developed under the U.S. Dept. of Education.

STAR Program

Stanford 9 and Standardized Testing and Reporting augmentation results for California public schools. Includes California reading list.

University and College Directory

Links to individual university and college websites listed under the individual states. Separate section to browse lists of national career schools.

Grants / Foundations

BBB Wise Giving Alliance

Information about charitable organizations for potential.

California Community Foundation

Funding Information Center of the California Community Foundation.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

A database of information on all Federal programs, covering financial aid, grants, loans and other types of assistance.

Foundation Center, The

 

Grant Seeker's Handbook

An essential resource for anyone seeking funds to support their organization or efforts, the handbook is located on the Center for Nonprofit Management's helpful website.

Grants.gov

Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive federal grant opportunities in over 900 programs from 26 grant-making agencies.