Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Education
See also: - Early childhood education, with locations in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston areas. Give information on teacher training, employment, programs, and certifications. - ECAP is an alternative teacher certification program designed for candidates who hold a bachelors degree, meet application requirements, and become highly qualified to obtain a Texas teaching certificate. - GetCertifiedTexas provides preparation for the Examination for the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES) using Study Guides, Classes, and practice questions. - Excellent list of links for sites related to Texas education, especially for K-12. - Information for Texas educators. Includes news and product catalog. - Compendium of Texas colleges and financial aid calendar.
- Resources for K-12, College/University, and Informal Science Education in the North Texas area. - The Society of Police Futurists International (PFI) is an organization of law enforcement practitioners, educators, researchers, private security specialists, technology experts and other professionals dedicated to improving criminal and social justice through the professionalization of policing. - Offers programs for children 18 months to 5 years of age. FAQs, testimonials, a list of corporate partners, curriculum, enrollment form, and a list of locations in Austin, Round Rock, Leander, and College Station. - Learn from TEA how Texas is meeting the challenge to provide its children with research-based instruction in reading and math. - Texas Education Network. Its purpose is to provide the most useful, up-to-date resources for the education community: teachers, administrators, parents and students. - Offers study tips and practice questions for the various TExES exams. - Providing retirement and related benefits for employees of public schools, colleges, and universities. Includes information about investments, retirement account access, training, upcoming legislation, and agency administration and employment. - Allows education career seekers to find employers seeking to fill teaching jobs and other education related employment in Texas. - Nontraditional high school programs for at-risk youths at locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Farmers Branch, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Includes mission, profile, locations, programs, and contact information. - A statewide, grassroots organization dedicated to maintaining the professionalism of science education in Texas public schools and the integrity of science in the Texas public school curriculum. - Academic competition for students from all academic backgrounds, and both public and private high schools. Regional and state competitions advance to an annual nationals event. - TAMS is a unique residential program at the University of North Texas for high school-aged Texas students who are gifted in math and science. While living in McConnell Hall, students in this two-year program complete a rigorous academic curriculum of college coursework at the University of North Texas (UNT). - Focuses on increasing and strengthening minority and female participation in the engineering, scientific and computer science professions. - A statewide, grassroots organization dedicated to maintaining the professionalism of science education in Texas public schools, the integrity of science in the Texas public school curriculum, and the accuracy of science in Texas government agencies and institutions. - Link directory for colleges and universities in Texas. - Information for the Texas education community. - Information, publications, and forms for schools, lenders, and borrowers. - Prepaid higher education tuition program that is now closed to new enrollment. - TIEC is an organization of 32 public universities in Texas whose purpose includes developing, coordinating and conducting international education programs. Information on programs, affiliated universities, and staff. - A residential school for deaf or hard-of-hearing Texas students, ages 0-22. - Showcasing Texas historic schoolhouses, contemporary and vintage photos; articles on Texas educations. - Source of elementary, middle and high school information for public, private and charter schools. Access Choosing Schools, Track School Performance and the Parent Resource Center to learn about school performance and help your child succeed. - Includes links to jobs available for teachers and administrators listed by school district, open across the state. Job Fair calendar included. - Medicaid billing and consulting services to Texas School Districts. - Offers an alternative teaching certification program for state of Texas. Also acts as a resource center with tips on state certification tests and teaching job resources in Texas. - Prepaid higher education tuition programs. - Prepaid tuition plan for Texas public universities and colleges. - The TSP brings together individual level data from multiple Texas state agencies, school districts, as well as other sources to support independent, high-quality academic research. Projects, papers, alliances, upcoming events and affiliated researchers. - Offers career training in business, legal, medical, and technology job fields in El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico. - Executive and professional resume writing services in Richardson, Dallas etc. - Offering online Texas teacher certifications and other educational information and resources. - Low taxes, good schools and equal access to public education for the rich and the poor are clashing in Texas, and one of them will likely give very soon. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.] (October 30, 2002)
