[Elementary and Secondary Schools][College Guides and Rankings][Financial Aid][Other Education Resources]

Education

Elementary and Secondary Schools
Academic Performance Index -- Rankings list for most of the public schools in California.
American School Directory -- Provides a web site for each of America's 106,000 K-12 public and private schools. Not all sites are fully developed but do provide basic directory information.
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System
Content Standards for California Public Schools -- Core academic content standards in English-language arts, mathematics, history-social science, and science.
Ed-Data -- Provides fiscal, demographic, and performance data on all of California's K-12 public schools.
Education.com -- An online resource for parents with kids in preschool through grade 12.
GreatSchools.net -- Online guide to public elementary, middle, and high schools.
HomeSchool Association of California
Homeschool World -- Provides access to homeschooling information on the World Wide Web.
National Center for Education Statistics
National Public School Locator -- Information on public schools and school districts in the United States.
Private School Search -- Information on approximately 29,000 private schools.
Santa Clara County Office of Education

College Guides and Rankings

Universities and Colleges
Assist: Statewide Student Transfer Information for California
California Community Colleges Online Application Center
California Virtual Campus
CaliforniaColleges.edu
Campus Tours
CampusGrotto
College Board Online -- Includes College Board test dates and online registration for the SAT.
College Navigator -- Search for a college based on its location, program, or degree offerings.
College Profiles -- Search by location, cost, and academic majors offered.
College Rankings -- Annual list taken from America's Best Colleges published by U.S. News & World Reports.
College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees
CollegeNET -- Search for colleges that meet your criteria.
Community College Finder
IIE Passport - Living and Learning Abroad
Study Abroad
Study Abroad Search Engine
UNESCO - Studying Abroad
Universities Worldwide

Graduate Schools
All About Grad School -- Comprehensive geographic directory of graduate schools in the United States categorized by: business schools, engineering schools, law schools, and medical schools.
GradSchool.com
Graduate School Rankings: U.S. News
Peterson's Graduate Planner

Financial Aid
eStudentLoan -- Student loan search.
FAFSA on the Web -- Federal student aid. Includes Federal school codes.
FastWEB: Finanical Aid Search -- Scholarship search.
FinAid -- Provides a free comprehensive, independent and ojective guide to student financial aid.
SallPOie Mae
Student Aid on the Web -- Guide to financial aid provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

Other Education Resources
Academic Earth - Video Lectures
Educational Testing Service Network
ERIC Database -- Digital library of education literature.
SAT Prep Help
Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries -- Includes public and private schools.
Seminar Information Service Database -- Over 360,000 live, in-person seminars, classes, workshops, corporate training events and conferences.
ShawGuides -- Comprehensive worldwide guides to educational travel and creative career programs.
Vocational Information Center -- Career and Technical Education Web Resources.
Vocational Schools -- A database of private postsecondary vocational schools.
Worldwide Classroom: Consortium for International Education and Multicultural Studies
WorldWideLearn -- Listings of online courses available.

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