Background Information
- Common Core of Data (NCES) The Common Core of Data (CCD) is a program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States.
- CQ Researcher Reports present pro and con views on issues before Congress.
- Data.gov - Education A gateway to education data from federal agencies.
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (NCES) The primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States
- Opportunity Atlas The Opportunity Atlas was created by the US Census Bureau working with Harvard researchers.
Education Databases
- Education Abstracts [EBSCO] 1982+. Abstracts from 1994 This link opens in a new window Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000 periodicals and yearbooks, with indexing dating back to 1982 and abstracts back to 1994. Books on education, published after 1995, are also indexed.
- ERIC [EBSCO] 1966+ This link opens in a new window Extensive index to nearly 1000 education journals and nearly 1000 non-journal sources including curriculum guides, books, research from school districts and non-profits, state and federal reports.
Education News
- Education Week (Website) This link opens in a new window
- From the Education Week website, click Sign In in the top right corner
- Select Continue using your Smith e-mail address
- Provide additional information and choose newsletters as suits you, then complete your account creation
- You will then be able to go directly to edweek.org for full access
- After creating your account, you may receive and email from Education Week titled invoice or receipt, please ignore these
- New York Times, 1851+ This link opens in a new window
- From the New York Times activation page, select Create Account
- Select Continue using your Smith e-mail address
- You will then be able to go directly to nytimes.com or use the NYT app to gain full access with the account you've created
- Chronicle of Higher Education 1989+ This link opens in a new window News and editorials on all facets of higher education in the U.S., Canada, and abroad, with lists of relevant research, books, seminars, workshops, fellowships, and grants.
- Nexis Uni (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new window New Lexis-Nexis interface, with a single search box, plus filters to refine searches; users are encouraged to register for an ID & password, to take advantage of personalization features. Covers a wide range of news, business, legal & reference information; includes federal & state laws & cases.
- The Hechinger Report"Covering innovation and inequality in education"