ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING
GENERAL RESOURCES IN SCANNING
Context Institute
see what's involved in creating a humane, sustainable
culture
Government Information
Sharing Project
demographics, education, economics, and more
Horizon
a page devoted to environmental scanning
National Center on Education and the
Economy
environmental scanning
Proximity
demographics and education
The Scout
Report
weekly reports on science and engineering, business
and economics, and the social sciences
Social, Technological, Economic,
Environmental, & Political scanning
a major site
Other useful sites for scanning may be found in my links to government/politics
and
to research on the WWW.
Scanning Sites by Scanning Topic
This list was developed (and will be further developed) by my students
in EDFA 616.
Social Factors
School Choice
The Center for Education Reform
School is Dead, Learn in Freedom
Lookouts (UGA)
Library of Congress legislative information
Charter schools at
a glance
Separation of School
& State Alliance
Learning Standards and National Testing
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP)
National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards
Third International Math &
Science Study (TIMMS)
Links to organizations
involved in educational policy or reform from Education Week
Privatization of Schools
An article
from Teacher Magazine
An article from
The American Prospect
The National Education
Association
The Rand Corporation
The Heartland Institute
Charter Schools
Charter School Research
Project
Social Problems of Children
Homes for the Homeless
North Central Regional Education Laboratory
Association to Benefit Children
Resources for Gay Teens
Sunshine for HIV kids
National Law Center on Homelessness
& Poverty
An extensive
collection of links on many topics
Discipline and Safe Schools
Safe and Drug Free Schools
Program
School
Violence: Risk, Preventive Intervention, and Policy (and links to other
full-text essays on school violence and other sites dealing with safe schools)
Technological Factors
Technology and Educational Reform
ADEC Distance Education Consortium
Advanced Telecommunications
for Maine
CEO Forum on Education and Technology
Distance Education Report
Distance Education in
Higher Education Institutions: Incidence, Audiences, and Plans to Expand
The Education Coalition
Future of networking
technology for learning
Information Technology Association of
America
Instructional
Technology Connections
Information Technology
for Management
The Internet Society
The Millennium
Project--the future of the university in the 21st century
Psych Web--the future
of academic disciplines on the Web.
Public Policy on Distance
Learning in Higher Education
Report
to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education
in the United States: March 1997
Society, cyberspace,
and the future
The Transformation of
Higher Education Through Information Technology
Economic Factors
Utility Deregulation and School Business Operations
American Association of School
Administrators
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Association of School Business Officials
(ASBO)
Ohio ASBO
Preparation for Work
National Center for Research
in Vocational Education
School to Work
Linking Schools
to the Future
Indiana School to Work
National Center on Education & the
Economy
An article on
School to Work
The
Workforce Development Strategic Planning Effort (Pennsylvania)
Future Economic Trends
Strategic Futures International
Hawaii Research Center
for Future Studies
The World Future Society
Women Connect
New Civilization Network
Environmental Factors
Environmental Education
Building Environmental Education
Solutions, Inc.
E2: Environment and
Education
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Office of Air and Radiation
Envirolink: the online environmental
community
Environmental Education
Network
Environmental Education and Training
Partnership
Environmental News Network
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Global Schoolhouse
National Environmental Education Advancement
Project
National Wildlife Foundation
Environmental Education
North American Association for Environmental
Education
Science Learning Network
EE-Link: Environmental Education on
the Internet
Political Factors
Indiana Deptment of Education
Hudson Institute report on charter
schools
National Science Foundation
President Clinton's Call to Action for
American Education in the 21st Century
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