l i n k s & r e s o u r c e s

· Brain Research

· Educational Facilities Organizations

· Publications & Periodicals

· Building & Construction Resources

· Educational Organizations

· Interesting & Fun Educational Sites

· State Guidelines for School Planning & Design

Brain Research

About the Brain: Brain Based Learning

Brain Connection

The Secret Life of the Brain

Zero to Three: Brain Development

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Educational Facilities Resources

AIA Committee on Architecture for Education

American Architectural Foundation, Great Schools by Design

Ceeds for Change (educational environments)

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Coalition for Community Schools

Council of Educational Facility Planners International

Daycare: Licensing Standards by State

DesignShare

Educational Design Institute, Mississippi State University

Facilities Net (Operations/Maintenance)

International Security Management & Crime Prevention Institute

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities

National Conference on School Transportation

National School Supply & Equipment Assoc. (NSSEA)

New Schools/Better Neighborhoods (California)

New Visions for Public Schools (NYC)

School Design and Planning Laboratory, University of Georgia

Small Schools Workshop

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Publications & Periodicals

American School & University

American School Boards Journal

Education Week

Edutopia Magazine (from The George Lucas Educational Foundation)

New York Times Learning Network

Phi Delta Kappan: Journal for Education

Rethinking Schools

School Construction News

Schoolhouse Journal (Urban Education Facilities)

TeachNet Online Teacher’s Resource

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Building & Construction Resources

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Homepage

American National Standards Institute

General Building Information (Reed First Source)

Interior Design & Products

International Education Trade Organization (Worldidac)

International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association

GoogleEarth– aerial photographs

Project Cost Estimating (easy preliminary estimates)

Solar Position Calculator – NOAA

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

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Educational Organizations

21st Century Community Learning Centers

Academy for Educational Development

American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

American Education Finance Association

American Federation of Teachers

American Library Association

Association of School Business Officials, International

Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

Atlas Learning Communities

Center for Collaborative Education

Council of the Great City Schools

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform

Designs for Change

Education Development Center

Expeditionary Learning Schools – Outward Bound

Independent Schools Association of the Central States

Learning Point Associates (Formerly NCREL)

Middle Web (Middle School Reform)

Modern Red Schoolhouse

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Center for Community Education

National Catholic Educational Association

National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Education Association

National Educational Technology Standards

National Library of Education

National Middle School Association

National Science Foundation

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

National School Boards Association (NSBA)

North American Youth Sport Institute

PLATO—Educational Technology Solutions

School Safety Resource (Keep Schools Safe)

Schools as Centers of Communities

Science Learning Partners

Success For All Foundation

Tech Learning

Urban Education Partnership

Worldwide Classroom

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Interesting & Fun Educational Sites

American Creativity Association

American Memory (Library of Congress)

BrainPop (animations on health, science, technology)

Calc101.com (mathematics)

Creative Teaching Site

Discovery Channel

Discovery School (from Discovery Channel)

Electricity, History of

Geometry Center, The

History Channel (This Day in History)

How Stuff Works

MapMachine (National Geographic)

Mega Math

MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

National Atlas of the United States

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

Natural Learning Initiative (North Carolina State University)

New Horizons for Learning

Oregon Scientific

PBS Teacher Resources

Project Zero (Howard Gardner with Harvard University)

Puzzle Making (DiscoverySchool.com)

Science Daily

Science U (interactive science learning/teaching)

Teachers Without Borders

The Why Files (science behind the news)

Think.com (Oracle Education Foundation)

Try Science

What Kids Can Do

World Bank Education Resources

YouThink! (World Bank’s Youth Web Site)

World Facts

World Trek (educational cultural tours)

Zona Land (Education in Physics & Math)

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State Guidelines for Education

Illinois

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Schiller Park School District #81

National Middle School Association

Village of Schiller Park

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Updated: May 2008