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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