EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
TESTING ISSUES
SPECIAL EDUCATION
TUTORING
TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
FACILITIES/DESIGN
ARTS EDUCATION RESOURCES
SELECTED OTHER ARTS HIGH SCHOOLS
LOCAL ARTS LINKS
GRANTS, FUNDING SOURCES, FOUNDATIONS
SUMMER PROGRAMS
SUMMER JOBS
INSTEAD OF COLLEGE
MISCELLANEOUS

We’ve pulled together a few links to sites of broad educational interest, comparative school data, testing issues, school facilities, other arts high schools, parenting teenagers, tutoring, as well as selected Bay Area arts organizations of interest to parents and students. Some annotations courtesy the Digital Librarian or Infomine (UCR) - and other subject guides to internet resources.

Educational sites related to specific curriculum studies or arts disciplines will be found (eventually) on either the SOTA Library page, or under each arts discipline’s page. We’ve included a few links now to the arts, until they can be moved to the appropriate page.

EDUCATION
http://www.greatschools.net
http://www.edsource.org/
Its “non-profit mission is to develop & widely distribute trustworthy information that clarifies complex K-12 school policy and improvement issues.”
http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001072
The National Center for Education Statistics. The State of Education 2001
http://nces.ed.gov/ccdweb/school
(Common Core of Data, Information on Public Schools and School Districts in the U.S.)
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu
Urban Education Web
http://www.students.gov/index2.html
Student gateway to the U.S. government, scholarships, grants, community & military service, etc.
http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/local_gov/univ.html
Bay Area colleges and universities

CURRICULUM

http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/index.html
Curriculum frameworks and instructional resources California State Board of Education.

http://nces.ed.gov/timss/
International Mathematics and Science Study

http://www.cde.ca.gov/shsd/hsgr The California Education Code has established minimum requirements for graduation from California high schools. These requirements should be seen as minimums and support regulations established by local school boards

http://www.ed.gov/free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - From the U.S. Department of Education - this is a gateway for teaching tools and resources available from a wide variety of U.S. agencies.

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators - Categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Connects teachers of grades 6-12, their students and parents to comprehensive news and education resources.

http://www.pasasf.org
Parents Advocating School Accountability

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ope/sarc
New reporting required for School Accountability Report Card

http://www.cde.ca.gov/psaa/api
Academic Performance Index

TESTING ISSUES

http://www.edsource.org/edu_ass.cfm
Informative pages on Assessment issues.

http://www.startest.com

http://www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/cahsee/index.html
California High School Exit Examination

http://www.parentsoup.com/edcentral/testing/

http://www.alfiekohn.org
Testing, Teaching, Parenting

SPECIAL EDUCATION

www.about.com
See - Education – Special Education

http://www.ldonline.org
Learning Differences

TUTORING

SOTA offers many options for free tutoring programs. Call the Counseling office for more information. Parents may also opt to pay for private tutoring.

http://www.schwablearning.org

http://www.sfedfund.org/peers

http://thecity.sfsu.edu/~ctp/info.html

http://www.backontracksf.org

TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/linkseducation.html
Internet Links of interest to readers of the Education column. Selected by Pamela Mendels, columnist, New York Times on the Web. (Free registration.)

http://www.4teachers.org
Indexed collection of online resources made "by teachers for teachers."

http://sami.lanl.gov
Science and Math Initiatives

FACILITIES/DESIGN

http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/classroom_design.cfm (National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities)

http://www.schooldesigns.com/constr_guide.html (School Design site focusing on construction issues –

http://www.asumag.com - American School and University online magazine has many articles related to design & construction, as well as other education news)

ARTS EDUCATION RESOURCES:
General
Creative Writing
Theatre Arts
Theatre Technology and Design
Visual Arts
Dance
Music
Film/Video

General
http://www.artsschoolsnetwork.org

http://www.newhorizons.org/ofc_cabc.html
(Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum

http://www.getty.edu/artsednet
Getty Education Institute for the Arts site "focuses on helping arts educators, general classroom teachers using the arts in their curriculum, museum educators, and university faculty involved in the arts"

http://www.artsvision.com
You will find here the vision for the SOTA move to 135 Van Ness presented to the School Board in 1996 .

Creative Writing

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar

http://www.pw.org
Poets and Writers Online

http://vos.ucsb.edu
Voice of the Shuttle

http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/LitITP.html
Literature and Writing Resources on the World Wide Web

http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc
Electronic Poetry Center at SUNY Buffalo

http://teenwriting.about.com/mbody.htm
Creative Writing for Teens

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Creative_Writing

Theatre Arts

Theatre Technology and Design
http://www.hstech.org New York, NY - site is devoted to technical theater for high school. Pages include, How-to for tech, how-to for design, a book shelf full of technical & design book titles http://www.stetson.edu/departments/csata/thr_guid.html
The contents of this subject guide include:
Introduction: Purpose of this guide, what's in it, what's not in it, format, etc.
Start Here: Places that help me the most.
Other World Wide Web Resources by Topic: * Actors and Acting * Stagecraft and Technical Theatre * Plays and Playwrights * Shakespeare * Arts Management and Non-Profit Arts Organizations * Of Regional Interest * Potpourri: The Best of the Rest
Finding Primary Materials: * Online Indexes and Databases * Electronic Texts * Electronic Journals and Magazines * Print Magazines with Online Information
Other Ways of Connecting: * Listservs -- General Theatre and Performance Studies -- Stagecraft/Design/Management Related Listservs * Newsgroups

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Stagecraft

http://www.siue.edu/ITDA

http://members.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/Manual/Schools/Overview.html
Listing of colleges & universities with programs in theatre tech, theater and film.

Visual Arts

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Chris Witcombe, an art history professor at Sweet Briar College, has developed this extensive, cleanly arranged subject directory.

http://www.sculptor.org
This is a very extensive subject guide and virtual library of links to the world of sculpture. Major categories covered include: Sculpture History and Research; Sculptors' Associations; Sculpture Education; Sculptors by Type; Sculptors by Country and Region; Sculpture for Sale; Computer-Aided Sculpture; Metal Sculpture Section; Stone Sculpture Section; Sculpture as a Business; Sculpture Tools, Supplies and Technique; Sculpture Events and Gatherings; and, Classified Advertising

http://artchive.com/
This is a wonderful archive dealing with all aspects of art, artists and artistry. As well as having online content it is also one of the best arts directories available on the Internet with topics as diverse as ancient art, constructivism, art, the photographer, sculptors, the Renaissance, Baroque, Pop art, Cubism, Surrealism, Impressionism, Rococo and much, much more.

http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/index.html
These pages are a resource for artists and art students that focus on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting.

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch
World art treasures from the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation.

Dance

http://www.danceonline.com
Contemporary dance and performing

http://www.art.net/Resources/dtz/arts
New media & technology in the creation and performance of dance, dance theater & other live performances.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance
This web site investigates the history of dance in the African American contribution to modern dance. A fascinating look at the influence of this one culture on dance across the world.

Music

www.andante.com
This is a well-organized and far reaching resource on current and historical classical music. Major sections of the site include:
* Reference: Concise Grove Dictionary of Music; compositions directory; discographies; music in print directory; concert notes; New York Review of Books; Einaudi Encyclopedia of Music; andante Academy; The New Kobbé's Opera Book; timeline.
* Directories: a virtual library of links to over 12,000 classical music Web sites. Major categories here include: Composers; Ensembles; Festivals; Music industry; New music links; Opera; Performers.
* andante radio offers a carefully balanced blend of historic recordings, Baroque, Classical and Romantic masterworks, pivotal contemporary repertoire, and early music performed by some of today's finest musicians.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~centrale/jazz.html
A large, well presented guide and index to resources of all types on jazz. Includes: .....-- Jazz Musicians..... -- Worldwide Jazz Clubs..... -- WorldWide Jazz Management..... -- Labels..... -- Opportunities..... -- Fractal Jazz. -- Jazz Groups Worldwide..... -- Jazz Festivals..... -- Worldwide Jazz Magazines..... -- Reviews..... -- Instruments..... -- Acid Jazz.

Film/Video

http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Movies/Filmmaking

http://www.exposure.co.uk/index.html
internet resource for low-budget filmmakers.

http://www.greatdv.com
Practical video production answers

http://www.cinema-sites.com

http://www.cyberfilmschool.com

http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM/HomeSet.htm

http://www.2-pop.com
The digital filmmakers resource site.

http://desktopvideo.about.com/index.html
Excellent guide to both Windows and Apple platforms; audio, codecs, cameras, lighting, editing.

SELECTED OTHER ARTS HIGH SCHOOLS

http://www.lafn.org/education/arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts

http://www.ocsarts.net
Orange County High School of the Arts

http://www.colburnschool.org/
Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles

http://www.oxbowschool.org/
Oxbow School, in Napa, for juniors & seniors.

http://www.hspva.org/
High School for the Performing & Visual Arts (Houston public magnet school)

http://www.laguardiahs.org/index.html
Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. of Music, Art & Performing Art.

http://www.cmsdnet.net/csa/
Cleveland School of the Arts

http://www.scpa.org
School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati

http://www.chicagoacademyforthearts.org
Chicago Academy for the Arts

LOCAL ARTS LINKS

http://www.museumspot.com/cities/sanfrancisco.htm

http://www.sfarts.org

http://www.act-sfbay.org
American Conservatory Theater

http://www.chaseartfilm.com/

http://www.bavc.org
Bay Area Video Coalition offers workshops.

http://www.filmarts.org

http://www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com/

http://www.theatrebayarea.org/

http://www.artistresource.org

http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/main.html
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

GRANTS, FUNDING SOURCES, FOUNDATIONS

http://glef.org/index.html
George Lucas Foundation

http://www.fdncenter.org/

http://www.sfedfund.org

http://www.schoolgrants.org
Provides federal, state, and foundation funding links for K-12 schools. Includes grant writing tips

http://www.guidestar.org
The national database of nonprofit organizations

PARENTING TEENS

http://www.parentingteens.com

http://www.tnpc.com/parentalk/adoles.html

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/teens.shtml

http://www.chrisdendy.com/index.htm
Parenting teens with ADHD

http://www.parentscoalition.net

EXCHANGE/VOLUNTEERS

http://www.parents4publicschools.com

http://www.afs.org

http://www.sfsv.org/
San Francisco School Volunteers

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws
Peace Corps World Wide Schools

http://sfcc.org
San Francisco Conservation Corps

http://www.learnandserve.org

SUMMER PROGRAMS

http://www.csssa.org
California State Summer School for the Arts. Deadline usually late February.

http://wwar.com/categories/Academic\
World Wide Art Resources - The Academic Arts section provides listings on all areas of art education from classes for children to the graduate level. These include continuing education programs, art therapy, summer camps and programs, outreach programs and more.

SUMMER JOBS

http://jobstar.org/adjobs/summer.htm
For high school and college students.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/esp/shep
Stanford High School Enrichment Project – five Saturdays on The Farm in the Spring. Register by late January.

COLLEGE
http://www.petersons.com Includes searchable sections on private schools, undergraduate and graduate study, studying abroad, distance learning and summer programs for kid

MISCELLANEOUS

http://www.birdhouse.org/birdhouse.html
The Birdhouse is a loose-knit collective -- a platform for essayists and writers, painters and digital artists, surrealists and situationists, ranters and rationalists, collagists and collaborators