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Welcome, parents! We’re pleased to
offer some helpful Web resources especially for you.
Please be sure to also visit our Education
Resources pages for more information organized by education topic.
For more information on the issue of parental involvement,
be sure to visit our Parental
Involvement page of our Education Resources area. |
A telephone list of State of New Jersey Department of Education
contacts listed by education subject. http://www.state.nj.us/njded/genfo/telephone.htm
An online contact form to submit questions to the State
of New Jersey Department of Education. https://www.state.nj.us/njded/parents/contact.htm
A Web page from the State of New Jersey Department of Education
that offers a glossary of education-related acronyms and
terms. http://www.nj.gov/njded/genfo/acronyms.htm
 The
Family Education Network site has some fun and useful information,
including a section called "What Kids Need to Know." This
has a simple list of things children of different ages should
know in different subjects. If you want to go further, you
can look at different activities, exercises and games to
help children of various ages in different subjects. http://familyeducation.com/home/?wtlAC=tablogo,FENhome
Give
Kids Good Schools has tips on what you can do to improve
your child's learning experience. http://www.givekidsgoodschools.org/main/index.cfm
A
list of Web resources for parents from Parents for Public
Schools. http://www.parents4publicschools.com/resources.html
Information from GreatSchools.net on how the school system
works for parents.
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/static/parent_center.html/NJ
GreatSchools.net
Sites to visit with kids:
The
children’s Web site for cable television’s Discovery
Channel. The site features a wealth of information on animals,
dinosaurs, history, the planet Earth, and technology. www.discoverykids.com
White
House Kids is an educational opportunity for children to
learn about the White House and the President through fun
and exciting features. The themes of reading, making good
choices and dreaming about the future are woven into the
site's content through the personification of the President's
pets and animals. www.whitehousekids.gov
Mix
it Up is web site supporting the efforts of student activists
who are willing to take on the challenge of identifying,
questioning and crossing social boundaries. Tolerance.org
and Teaching Tolerance — two projects of the Southern
Poverty Law Center — and the Study Circles Resource
Center combined efforts to create Mix It Up. www.mixitup.org
The
site for Hangout NJ—The State of New Jersey kids'
site—including cartoon history, NJ facts and symbols,
monthly features, games, and more! www.state.nj.us/hangout_nj/
The
home of “Zigawhat!” This a Web site for learning,
connecting, growing, coping, and fun for young people with
disabilities and their peers. Zigawhat is maintained by the
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
(NICHCY). http://www.nichcy.org/kids/index.htm
Brain
Connection is a Web site with fun learning games. http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/
This
site from Drexel University offers math homework help for
students from elementary school through college. http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Help
your child learn math with help from this U.S. Department
of Education Web site. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html
Don’t forget to visit our following Education
Resources topic areas:
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