Resources


 * __Staying Current on Legislation and Education Policy__**

Part of your work this term will be to help develop a sense of the major issues effecting educators in the United States, and in particular, in New York City. This is a time of change in education policy and practice, and we will use web based technologies to stay on top of these changes throughout the term.

In order to follow policy and practice changes, you will use a news aggregator such as Google Reader or even Twitter. Where you find your sources is largely up to you. Some links and ideas below will get you started.


 * __Some resources for following current issues in the LMS field__**

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) American Association of School Libraries (AASL) Metropolitan New York Library council (METRO)
 * Suggested groups to follow:**

The White House Web Site: Education [| http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/Education/]

The Brookings Institution [| http://www.brookings.edu/brown.aspx]

The Urban Institute [| http://www.urban.org/center/epc/index.cfm]

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Information technology [| http://chronicle.com/section/Technology/30/]
 * Publications:**

Education News - New York Times []

School Library Journal [| http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/]

Library Journal [| http://www.libraryjournal.com/]

Teachers College Record [| http://www.tcrecord.org/]

Jessamyn West's blog []
 * Blogs:**

Scholarship 2.0 []


 * RSS Feed Aggregators:**

Google Reader []

Bloglines []

Sage (Add-on for Mozilla Firefox browser) []


 * Departments:**

US Department of Education [| http://www.ed.gov/policy/landing.jhtml]

New York State Education Department [| http://www.nysed.gov/]

New York City Department of Education [| http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm]

Please feel free to add to these lists!