RESEARCH TOOLS

Homeschooling & Charter Schools

Content developed by:
Ruth Helwig, Systems Librarian/
Counseling and Education Bibliographer

Phone: (989) 774-2404
E-mail:ruth.m.helwig@cmich.edu

Last Updated: 7/25/07

Internet Gateways

Education World: Where Educators Go To Learn
This site provides links to articles in the field of education, a large selection of lesson plans and activities, curriculum resources, technology and school issues resources.
Educator's Reference Desk (ERD)
ERD provides many resources such as resource guides, lesson plans, a question archive, and more!
MEL (Michigan Electronic Library)-Charter Schools
Section on Charter Schools & School Choice - Links to state and national resources on charter schools and schools of choice.
MEL (Michigan Electronic Library)-Homeschooling
Section on Home Schooling-Links to state and national resources on homeschooling.
Yahoo Resources on Charter Schools
Provides links to a variety of resources on charter schools.
Yahoo Resources on Homeschooling
Provides links to a variety of resources on homeschooling.

Resources

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
A website that offers a collection of more than 10,000 resources from the discipline related to child care and early education.
Central Michigan University Charter Schools Office
Provides background on the charter school initiative in Michigan.
Center for Educational Reform
The Center for Educational Reform is based in Washington DC and tracks and disseminates information on the charter school movement across the United States.
Homefires: The Journal of Homeschooling Online
Provides links to resources, materials, curriculum, articles and other practical resources for homeschooling.
Homeschooling Today
Provides a link to Homeschooling Today Magazine as well as links to organizations, web sites and lesson plans.
Homeschool World
Operated by the publishers of Practical Homeschooling, it provides links to homeschooling organizations, materials, articles, experts. This site also includes links to homeschooling groups in Michigan.
U.S. Charter Schools Organization
This site tracks and disseminates information on the charter school movement across the United States.

Research Databases

Education Abstracts
Coverage of education topics from preschool through college in English-language periodicals and yearbooks.
Elibrary Elementary
This database consists of newspapers, magazines, books, maps, pictures, audio and video material, and transcripts.
ERIC
Database of the Educational Resources Information Center. It contains annotated references to published and unpublished education-related literature.
Shamlu
This site bills itself as a "homeschooling resource directory." It provides links to a variety of resources of interest to homeschoolers.

Online Journals

Open Access Journals in the Field of Education
This resource links to 125 scholarly, peer-reviewed, free, full-text journals in the field of education.

Style Guides