Research Guide for: Educational Leadership and Professional Studies

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Sources

• Related Works
  
• Bibliographies
  
• Handbooks, Manuals, Almanacs, Yearbooks
  
• Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
  
• Journal Sources
  
• Web Sites
  

Related Works

• 10 Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance LB2831.9 .M42 2003
  
• 20 Biggest Mistakes Principals Make and How to Avoid Them LB2381.9 .G74 2004
  
• Improving Achievement in Low-Performing Schools: Key Results for School Leaders LB2822.8 .W27 2004
  

Bibliographies

• Education: a Guide to Reference and Information Sources Ref LB15 .O27x 2000
  

Handbooks, Manuals, Almanacs, Yearbooks

• Funding Sources for K-12 Education Ref LC243 .A1 F85 1999
  
• Handbook of Research on Teacher Education Ref LB1715 .H274 1996
  
• Patterson's American Education Ref L901 .P3
  
• West's Education Law Digest Ref KF4110.3 .W47

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Dictionary of Multicultural Education Ref LC 1099 .D53 1997
• Encyclopedia of Education Ref LB12 .E47 2003
  
• International Encyclopedia of Teaching and Teacher Education Ref LB1025.3 .I58 1995
  
• Learning Theories, A to Z Ref LB15 .L4695 2002
  

Journal Sources

• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods. 2002 Ref Z286 .E3 C32
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Psychology and Administration 2002 Ref LB1051 .C32x
• Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment(jake) A reference source for finding electronic journals.
• Publist.com Search a database of over 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodicals.

Web Sites

• Center on Reinventing Public Education seeks to develop and evaluate methods of public oversight that can allow individual schools to be focused, effective and accountable. The Center pursues a national program of research and development on such proposals as charter schools, school contracting, choice, and school system decentralization.
• Education Finance Statistics Center provides finance information on public elementary and secondary education.
• Education Index provides learners and educators with access to the best educational web sites on a variety of subjects. Emphasis is on quality not quantity.
• Education World was originally designed as a directory of education related Web sites over 120,000 and growing but they have added articles, project ideas, and lesson plans to improve the site.
• Educator's Guide to School Reform examines the claims for 24 schoolwide approaches to reform. Twenty-four programs were identified, then the American Institutes for Research rated their effectiveness in raising student achievement. Due to the nature of the review, quantitative achievement measures are highlighted.
• Educator's Reference Desk replaces AskEric.
• EdWeb was created by Andy Carvin to explore the worlds of educational reform and information technology and to hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom, and much, much more.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of web sites dealing with curriculum and teacher professional development.
• Laboratory for Student Success has a tool for decision-making called "Achieving Student Success: An Interactive Online Tool".
• Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning is a source of information about standards, instruction and assessment. Check out the Early Literacy Advisor and research reports on instruction.
• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory works to improve schools in the northwest part of the United States. Many of their programs have relevance to other geographic areas. Assessment and school improvement are two areas of interest.
• Professional Development prepared by the Alabama Best Practices Center.