From: Fred Battey [fredb001@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:25 PM
To: 71524.2205@compuserve.com
Subject: Web Site Listing
All:  I have completed auditing the web site listing that goes to all new loop members.  Non-functional sites have been removed or corrected and new sites have been added in many cases.  I believe I have added in all loop member's web sites and others recommended by loop members.  However, when I had the project about 80% completed, due to operator error (that's me) I accidently erased the corrected listing.  :-(  So back to square one and redoing of all prior work.  I tried hard to not miss anything and I believe it is correct as it stands; however, please scan the listing and if you find sites missing, in error, etc. please let me know and I will later issue an addendum to the listing.  I have personally visited each site to verify the URLs and believe they are correct.  Fred
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The following is a list of web sites you might find interesting.  The first grouping consists of web sites owned and maintained by loop members.  This is followed by a lengthy series of general education sites covering both ends of the educational spectrum.  At the end are some government sites and others.

Loop Members:
American Policy Center  Deals with education, legislation, property
rights, individual freedoms, etc.  Good links.
http://www.americanpolicy.org/
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Arizona Parents For A Traditional Education.
http://theriver.com/Public/tucson_parents_edu_forum/
Comment: Articles from newspapers/magazines, links, good information
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Berit Kjos Site.  Excellent resource for United Nations involvement in
our government, education, children and general society. 
http://www.crossroad.to
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Bill Bonville site.  Has excellent OBE paper on here.
http://home.cdsnet.net/~bonville/
Comment: Articles; outstanding, detailed document, What Is OBE
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Bob & Barbara Tennison
http://www.rstennison.com
Comment: Excellent articles, great links, Oregon and national interest. 
Keeps growing and getting better.
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Brian Bruns site. 
http://members.tripod.com/~bcbruns
Comment: Interesting site with coverage of OBE, Whole Language vs
Phonics, STW and general info on restructuring education.
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California Education Freedom Initiative
http://users.aol.com/edufreedom/index.htm
Comment:  Promotes the concept of placing educaiton in the hands
of parents.  Interesting and well-done.
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California Homeschool Network
http://www.cahomeschoolnet.org/
Comment: Oriented to Calif. and homeschool but good general info.
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ChildCare Action Project: Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP)
Thomas A. Carder, President.
http://www.capalert.com/
Comment:  Well-done Christian site with emphasis on our culture. 
Coverage of promotion of homosexuality; excellent acceptability rating
system of motion pictures, links.
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The Christian Conscience - Lynn & Sarah Leslie
http://www.christianconscience.com/index.htm
Comment: Excellent information, articles. Broad interest. Links
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Cindy Duckett -
http://www2.southwind.net/~educate/
Comment: Excellent statement of purpose, coverage of major issues
from state as well as general viewpoint.
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Citizens Of Positive Education (COPE)
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/COPE/index.html
Comment:  A well done web page with considerable education material
and links.
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Conservative Order of Good Guys (COGG) - Fred Flavio
http://www.cogg.org/
The C.O.G.G. Task Force is dedicated to researching, publishing and
distributing position papers on issues of particular interest to the
C.O.G.G. membership.
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CPR For the Family
http://www.eurekanet.com/~cpr/
Comment:  Interesting site addressing legislation, an archive of
their newsletter, and articles on education matters.
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Delaware Education Law Awareness
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/del-awareness
Comment:  An E-groups discussion list open to anyone interested
in current and pending education law that impacts homeschooling
rights in Delaware, or anywhere.
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Diana Fessler’s Home Page -
http://www.fessler.com/
Comment: Ohio State Board of Education member.  Posts policy
issues currently under debate.  Good factual and info rich site.
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Education Consumers Association-Fort Worth/Crowley, TX
http://www.fastlane.net/~eca
Comment:  Reports, articles and coverage of practices and programs.
Good links.  Affiliated with Education Consumers Clearinghouse.
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Education Consumers ClearingHouse
http://www.education-consumers.com/
Online networding and information for parents, policymakers and
taxpayers.  Includes a Consultants network and a network of
affiliated Education Consumer Associations.
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Education Doctors - Zalee Harris
http://members.aol.com/educationdoctors/eddoc.html
Comment:  A very well done site with excellent analysis,
interrelationships of education programs to other areas and
good links.
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Education News - Jimmy Kilpatrick
http://www.educationnews.org
Comments:  Each day significant news items are compiled. 
Site contains archives of education news as well as commentary.
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Empire State Taskforce for Excellence in Educational Methods
(ESTEEM) - Aldo Bernardo
http://www.netcom.com/~efny/esteem.html
Comment: Excellent articles, good information.
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Lynn Stuter -
http://www.icehouse.net/lmstuter
Comment:  A good site with many of Lynn's excellent writings as well
as pertinent Washington state and Federal legislation.
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Missy's OBE Web Site
http://members.tripod.com/~obe/page2.html
Comment:  Very well done site with considerable information and
lots of links.
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Mathematically Correct - Larry Gipson & Mike McKeown
teaching/curriculum
http://www.mathematicallycorrect.com/
Comment: An excellent site primarily associated with the teaching
of mathematics.
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National Association For Neighborhood Schools - NANS
http://www.nans.org/
NANS is a united effort of individuals and organizations of all races and
nationalities across the nation to bring an end to the racial/ethnic/
socioeconomic control of children's school choices and the use of
public schools for such social engineering and experimentation.
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National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/
What more can I say?
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National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/
The National Home Education Network exists to encourage and
facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local  homeschooling
groups and individuals
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Parents for Improved Education in Fairfax County Public Schools (VA)
- Maureen Lawrie’s web site.
http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/9155/
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Restore America's Moral Pride (RAMP)
http://www.gocin.com/ramp
Comment: Provides the latest news and information involving the Jodi
Hoffman vs. Broward County School Board lawsuit, political issues, the
dangers of the public schools, lawsuits, boycotts, and much more.
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Reading & Reading Disabilities - Jimmy Kilpatrick
http://www.readbygrade3.com
Good material on Parental Tips; Reading Research; and organizations
that can aid in reading problems.
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Sharman Ramsey site
http://www.southern-style.com/
A site with a broad range of topics including a very detailed education
section.  Also links to many other education sites.
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Steve Kossor site (loop member)
http://www.voicenet.com/~sakossor
Comment: Kossor Education Newsletter.  Very large number of
articles, documents.  Good links.
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Texas Alternative Document Draft English/Language Arts
/Reading - Donna Garner
http://www.htcomp.net/tad
Comment: Texas Essential Knowledges and Skills.
Good information can be applied to any location.
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United States Justice Foundation - Gary Kreep
http://www.usjf.net/index.htm
Comment: Non-profit, public interest, legal action organization.
Freedom of Information data/advice.  An excellent track record.
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General Educational:

21st Century Learning Initiative
http://www.21learn.org/
The 21st Century Learning Initiative's essential purpose is to
facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning that draw
upon a range of insights into the human brain, the functioning of
human societies, and learning as a self-organizing activity
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ABC - California, So. LA County
http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/
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ACT - Info for Life's Transitions - Career Plan
http://www.act.org/
ACT, Inc., is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides
more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program
management services in the broad areas of educational planning,
career planning, and workforce development.
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Alliance for Intellectual Freedom in Educaton
http://www.mainstream.net/nhpolitics/thinker.html
Alliance for Intellectual Freedom - is a network of individuals whose
objective is to eliminate governmental interference in education,
particularly home education, by raising awareness of the unalienable
rights of conscience of all parents to raise and educate their children
as they see fit.
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American Association of School Administrators - Good legislation
source.
http://www.aasa.org/
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Anita Hoge Save Our Schools (S.O.S.) site - Activist, patriot. (she was
largely responsible for blowing the whistle on OBE in PA)
http://www.3Dresearch.com/hoge/
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Advanced Placement Program
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/
AP gives students an opportunity to take college-level courses and
exams while still in high school. There are 33 courses in 19 subject
areas, offered by 13,000 secondary schools around the world; in 2000,
1.2 million exams were taken by 750,000 students.
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Bob (Robert) Holland site - Columnist, Researcher
Bob Holland was an excellent education columnist and has now moved
on to a more active role.  Site has numerous articles, links and in-depth
information for education activists/researchers.
http://www2.southwind.net/~educate/bob.html
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Brookings Institution - Brown Center on Education
http://www.brookings.edu/gs/brown/links.htm
Site with a considerable number of links to education related sites
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California Educational Resources
http://198.188.248.11/resource.htm
This site has all 29 bodies of law (codes) used in Calif.
with its own search engine. 
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California School Boards Association
http://www.csba.org/
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Cascade Policy Institute - Oregon patriot site, some education info.
http://www.CascadePolicy.org/
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CDC Home Page - Strong links to federal sites.
http://www.cdc.gov/
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Center for Education Reform - Non-profit education advocacy group.
Many articles, news alerts.
http://www.edreform.com/
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Center on Education and Work - Wisconsin, numerous articles and links.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/
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CNE - Geo. Mason Univ. - Combined Geo. Mason/Univ./K-12 cooperative
effort.  Considerable “party-line” info.
http://cne.gmu.edu/cnelink/
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Comprehensive School Health Program
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/cshpdef.htm
In 1988, CDC established the National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), within which it created
the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH).  The mission of
DASH is to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among
children, adolescents and young adults. 
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CRESST - UCLA - National Center For Research on evaluation, standards,
and student testing.
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/
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CSIS Information electronic student data - California Student Information
Services.                      
http://www.fwl.org/
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CTA - California Teachers Association
http://www.cta.org/
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Delaware Education Law Awareness
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/del-awareness
Comment: An E-groups discussion list open to anyone interested
in current and pending education law that impacts homeschooling
rights in Delaware, or anywhere.
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Division of Education UC Davis - Broad education categories/info on K-12
http://education.ucdavis.edu/
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Education Commission of the States - Connects to New American Schools.
Non-profit.  Helps state leaders improve education.
http://www.ecs.org
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Education Excellence Network - Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the
Hudson Institute.  Excellent articles, good links, good information.
http://www.edexcellence.net
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Education Malpractice in the USA
http://www.rbs2.com/edumal.htm
Ed. Malpractice in the USA
This essay is mainly concerned with education in public schools in
the USA from the first grade through the end of high school (i.e., grade 12).
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Education Place (Houghton Mifflin Publishers - Internet resources for K-8.
http://www.eduplace.com/
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Education Week - magazine site, articles
http://www.edweek.org/
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Electronic School - magazine of National School Boards Assoc.
http://www.asbj.com/
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ERIC - Elementary and Early Childhood                .        
http://ericeece.org/
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Funderstanding! Commercial site; short but complete explanations of OBE
programs; links
http://www.funderstanding.com/
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GLOBE Program HOME PAGE - International Environmental Science
and Education Partnership.  Under NOAA.
http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html
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Government Web Sites - Calif. DOE, lots of info., links to government sites.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
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Halcyon House - Publisher, Commercial site.  Source of books/tapes by
most notable OBE opponents.
http://www.halcyon.org/
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International Baccalaureate Organization
http://www.ibo.org/
Aims to assist schools to develop the individual talents of young people
and teach them to relate to the realities of the world outside. IB students
may become critical and compassionate thinkers, lifelong learners and
informed participants in local and world affairs. 
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ISBE Home Page - Illinois State Board of Ed.
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
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Jeff Lindsay - Very large documents library/thought papers, book reviews.
  Good site.
http://www.jefflindsay.com/
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K12  Higher ED Agencies - Washington state - Office of Supervisor of
Public Instruction. Other education and government services.
http://www.k12wa.us/
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K-12+ Servers by states - Texas education network.
http://www.tenet.edu/education/
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Leadership For Change Institute - Commercial - Covers Mod-Education
Concepts, training courses, etc.  Southern/Southwest regions.
http://www.sedl.org/siss/institute.html
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Homeschool World - A most comprehensive site for
homeschoolers or potential homeschoolers.
http://www.home-school.com/
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National Center on Education and the Economy - Marc Tucker
organization.
http://www.ncee.org/
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National Education Goals Panel
http://www.negp.gov/
Good site with many articles, all from the government perspective.
Many links to government and other sites.  Worth visiting.
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National Association For Neighborhood Schools - NANS
http://www.nans.org/
NANS is a united effort of individuals and organizations of all races and
nationalities across the nation to bring an end to the racial/ethnic/
socioeconomic control of children's school choices and the use of
public schools for such social engineering and experimentation.
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National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/
The National Home Education Network exists to encourage and
facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local homeschooling
groups and individuals
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National PTA - National Parent /Teachers Assoc.
http://www.pta.org/index.stm
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National Network of Regional Educational Laboratories
http://www.nwrel.org/national/
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NSBA - National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org/
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NSBA - Education Technology Programs
http://www.nsba.org/itte/index.html
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Parents Raising Education Standards in Schools - Wisconsin -
Numerous articles, good information.
http://www.execpc.com/~presswis/
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Phi Delta Kappan - Professional Journal for Education
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm
Phi Delta Kappan, the professional print journal for education,
addresses policy issues for educators at all levels. An advocate for
research-based school reform, the Kappan provides a forum for debate
on controversial subjects.
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Policy Analysis for California Education - Oriented to Calif.
http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/PACE/pace.html
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Samuel Blumenfeld Education site.
http://www.howtotutor.com/
Good site. Blumenfeld Education
Newsletter, articles, links.
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SchoolReformers.com -
http://www.SchoolReformers.com/
A network center and activist toolbox for parents who care about their
children's education.  Deeper inside is the site is a "war room" for the
rapidly-growing movement for school choice.
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School To Work Sites - National STW office - links to sites.
http://www.stw.ed.gov/wwwsites.htm
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School-To-Career California - Task force. 
http://wwwstc.cahwnet.gov/
Total programs, plans, documents.
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Separation of School & State Alliance - Interesting site, good information.
http://www.sepschool.org/
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Student Handbook Online - Data 2000
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/studenthb
The Student Data Handbook was developed to provide guidance
concerning the consistent maintenance of student information. This
handbook defines data elements and definitions describing personal
information, enrollment, school participation and activities, out of
school experience, assessment, transportation, health, special program
participation and discipline for pupils in early childhood, elementary,
and secondary education.
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Surfing the Education Waves - Very large number of links.
http://www.edexcellence.net/surfing/surfing.html
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Welcome to Far West Laboratory  - One of 10 Regional Research and
Development Laboratories.  Access to all rest.  All worth visiting even
if somewhat redundant.  Party line.
http://www.fwl.org/
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Welcome to NEA! - What can I say? Lots of NEA info.
http://www.nea.org/
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Welcome to Teachnet.com - Many links, resources, classroom aids.
http://www.teachnet.com/

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U. S. Government - General

Employment and Training Administration - Department of Labor
http://www.doleta.gov/
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Links to all government agencies/branches/departments
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
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Listing of 106^th Congress members/phone numbers/e-mail addresses
Senate:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/sen99.txt
House:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/hou99.txt
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Goals 2000 full text.
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/GOALS2000/TheAct/index.html
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Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
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National STW Learning and Information Center.
http://www.stw.ed.gov/factsht/stwlc.htm
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Thomas - U.S. Congress on the internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
The official congressional site and search engine for all recent past,
current and pending legislation of every kind.  Full status, summary
and complete text.
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Office of Educational Research and Improvement - National Institute
on Early Childhood Development and Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/
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U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
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U. S. Department of Education - Publications and Products
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/
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U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
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U.S. Founding Documents - Emory university School of Law with links
to the founding documents.
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/
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U.S. House Of Representatives 
http://www.house.gov/
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U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
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United States Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/
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White House Virtual Library
http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/
This site is the official library for all documents, press releases,
executive orders, etc. issued by the White House.
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Other Sites of Interest

CareerNET © : Oregon Career Resources
http://www.careers.org/
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Commission For Global Governance - UN affiliated commission. 
Outlines of plans for global governance by year 2000.
http://www.cgg.ch/
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Concerned Women for America (CWA)  Largest pro-family
organization.  Addresses major moral and social issues.
http://www.cwfa.org/
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Eagle Forum - Phyllis Schlafly
http://www.eagleforum.org/
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Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Math and Science information.
http://www.enc.org/
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Family Research Council site.
http://www.frc.org/
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LII’s Eye On The Courts - Scours the net for reports on notable high-
profile appellate decisions from courts. Lists with links to materials.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/focus/liieye.htm
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National Center for Public Policy Research
http://www.nationalcenter.inter.net/
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Political Junkie Website - Hundreds of links to every aspect of
politics, government, parties, magazines, etc.  A gold mine of info.
http://www.politicaljunkie.com/
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Saxon Publishers  Inc. Home Page - Publishers of educational
materials and textbooks.
http://www.saxonpub.com/
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UNESCO - UN organization covering education among other things.
http://www.education.unesco.org/