• New York State Department of Education (http://www.nysed.gov/)
  The home page of the New York State Department of Education. This is the place to find the School Report Card and

• BOCES Listing (http://www.monroe2boces.org/statewide.cfml)
  Follow the links to local BOCES to help locate area public school web pages.

• New York College Savings Plan (http://nysaves.uii.upromise.com/)
  Looking for a way to save for college education and save on taxes? New York's College Savings Program could be the answer.
  

• Empire State College (http://www.esc.edu/esconline/online2.nsf/eschome?openform)
  Eestablished as an arts and science college in 1971 to "create a new nonresidential university college with a commitment to test and experiment with new, flexible and individualized modes of learning, including new approaches to the delivery of educational services."

• Next Stop College (http://nextstopcollege.cbreston.org/adms/loan/index.htm)
  A site created by the College Board to walk parents and teens through the college application process.

• CollegeNet (http://www.collegenet.com/about/index_html)
  CollegeNET, Inc. describes itself as "the world's leading 'virtual plumber' for higher education Internet transactions. We aggregate here for your convenience over 1500 customized Internet admissions applications built for college and university programs."
  

• FAFSA on the Web (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/)
  Here is the online version of the Federal Student Aid which is the necessary step to applying

• Peterson.(http://www.petersons.com/)
  Online version of Peterson's many and well-respected publications. Includes the ability to search for colleges at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and also includes job-hunting information, distance learning courses, private schools, and study abroad programs.
  

• CollegeView (http://www.collegeview.com/)
  The CollegeView site offers extensive multimedia virtual tours of colleges and universities on the World Wide Web. It also features a large college information database, financial aid advice and a scholarship search.

• Embark (http://www.embark.com/)
  Provides information and tools to research, prepare, apply, finance, and get ready for higher education.

• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (http://www.ed.gov/free/)
  More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.
  

• United States Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp)
  A rich mix of information about educational issues, grants, curriculum resources, etc.

• Ask Eric (http://www.askeric.org/)
  ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a federally-funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.
  

• Education World (http://www.educationworld.com/)
  A rich resource for educators and parents and a good place for kids to search for resources, this site offers a search engine that searchs educational sources.

• Discovery School (http://school.discovery.com/)
  A mega site that offers lots of resources to teachers, parents, and kids.

• Homework Spot (http://www.homeworkspot.com/)
  An excellent selection of links to the best homework sites on the Web.

Early Childhood

• Early Childhood Education Online (http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/)
  This Web site states it's purpose promote and facilitate to serve as a resource and benefit for all children, their families, and all people who help them grow and learn.Particularly useful to parents choosing an early childhood program is the list of curriculum approaches.

• National Association for the Education of Young Children (http://www.naeyc.org/)
  This is the web site for the association of early childhood teachers and providers.. .

• National Network for Childcare - http://www.nncc.org/
  This site offers useful information about ages and stages, recent research in brain development, and ideas for activities. It also offers links to other useful sites.