Educational Specialist

ERIC is a Web-based digital library of free education-related sources of interest to educators, researchers, and the general public, and consists primarily of electronic bibliographic records describing journal and non-journal literature. The collection is to be expanded to include full-texts of articles and other electronic resources such as audio and video materials.

Legislation, regulations, guidance, and other policy documents can be found here.
Please note that in the U.S., the federal role in education is limited. Because of the Tenth Amendment, most education policy is decided at the state and local levels. So you may want to check with the Florida Dept. of Education. A link to their website is provided in the list above.

A research guide including links to library databases and other research tools where you can find books and peer-reviewed articles related to research topics in exceptional student education.

​The American Council on Education (ACE) is a membership organization that mobilizes the higher education community to shape effective public policy and foster innovative, high-quality practice.

Provides a snapshot in data of how colleges and universities have fared, along with a glimpse of the issues and trends they might wrangle with in the future. Includes a portrait in numbers of institutions along with their employees and students, including financial data.

21st century innovations in learning to guide school leaders seeking to improve their schools.

The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) a scholarly society with 2,000 members dedicated to higher education as a field of study.

The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) is dedicated to the belief that lifelong learning contributes to human fulfillment and positive social change.

Offers relevant and current resources of interest to educators, specifically those concerned with K–12 education. Intended as a means for the exchange of ideas, this site also provides links to many other education resources.

Contains information on U.S. colleges, universities, and technical and vocational institutions.

Database providing authoritative information on higher education systems, credentials, and institutions worldwide.

Eurydice is a network whose task is to explain how education systems are organized in Europe and how they work. They publish descriptions of national education systems, comparative studies devoted to specific topics, indicators and statistics in the field of education.

Dedicated for K-12 and seeks to eliminate the achievement gap of U.S. students along the lines of race, class, language and disability.

This report describes the revised “ISLLC” education leadership standards and how they can help leaders meet growing expectations.

IEL focuses on educational leadership, youth leadership, parent and family leadership, and community leadership.

EPLC supports the development and implementation of effective state-level education policies to improve student learning in grades P-12, increase the effective operation of schools, and enhance educational opportunities for all citizens.

Provides projections for key education statistics, including enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary public and private schools, as well as enrollment and degrees conferred at degree-granting postsecondary institutions.

The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, the UIS produces a wide range of indicators in UNESCO’s fields of action by working with national statistical offices, line ministries and other statistical organizations.

Database providing authoritative information on higher education systems, credentials, and institutions worldwide.

National data and statistics on education

This Web site is the official on-line resource for the National Institute for Early Education Research, organized to support high quality, effective, early childhood education for all young children. The Institute offers independent research-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, journalists, researchers, and educators.

includes information about the association, its many divisions and publications, and provides links to other resources for educational researchers.