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Business and Industry
Department of Labor
Site features agency whose mission is to prepare the American workforce, includes education, laws and regulations, employment and labor statistics and data, programs and services, and library of resource and reference materials available.
Humphrey Institute
The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs is the University of Minnesota's graduate professional school for students interested in public affairs and planning. The Institute acts as a center for research on public policy issues. Its mission is to teach students, conduct research, and provide community service is to make people's lives better.
Kiplinger Report
Magazine talks about business, economic trends, and personal finance.
National Alliance of Business
Site focuses on increasing student achievement and improving competitiveness of the workforce. It contains publications, data and research.
National Association of Development Organizations
Site contains articles, publications and special reports on issues affecting economic development.
National Employers Leadership Council
Coalition of senior executives building leadership, advocacy, employer models, resources, work-based learning opportunities for students, and a speakers bureau.
Small Business Administration
Site offers questions and answers for small business, and youth entrepreneurs.
Demographics and Statistics
Northwest
Area Foundation
The Northwest Area Foundation announces the launch of a
new website designed to assist users obtain social and economic
information on any of the 480 counties in the Foundation's eight-state
region.
The Regional Indicators website (www.indicators.nwaf.org)
is accessible worldwide and enables users to look up information such as
population characteristics, income and poverty statistics,
employment, housing, and family household information. In addition
to providing information for online review, the interactive
website allows users to print or download information as graphs, tables
or maps.
A cooperative project with the University of Idaho, the website was
conceived as a way to put community-level information from a variety of
federal and state agencies in one convenient location. "We've tried
to make it as simple as possible for people to find current and accurate
social and economic information about their community," stated Karl
Stauber, President/CEO of the Foundation. Future enhancements to
the website will provide detailed information in a wider range of topics
and will enable interactive mapping, and will explore other types of
geographic areas including Indian reservations and multi-county regions.
The Northwest Area Foundation is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota and
works to reduce poverty by cooperative assistance to communities
throughout its eight-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The Foundation does not
accept requests for grants, but works directly with communities on a
wide variety of strategic initiatives.
Department of Labor
Site features agency whose mission is to prepare the American workforce, includes education, laws and regulations, employment and labor statistics and data, programs and services, and library of resource and reference materials available.
Children's Report Card
The Children’s Report Card was developed by Minnesota Planning to measure progress toward Minnesota’s goals for social and education services for children. The report card uses indicators to help the state and its counties assess their performance. It gives you the ability to conduct county-by-county analysis and map individual indicators.
Kids Count
Minnesota KIDS COUNT provides county-by-county assessment of the condition of Minnesota’s children. Minnesota KIDS COUNT releases periodic reports and an annual
data book to provide a statistical profile of Minnesota children and suggestions for action on their behalf.
National
Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation compiles public data gathered by state agencies to evaluate the well –being of children. Data is available by State,
in areas such as: poverty, teenage pregnancy, dropping out of school, violent crime, abuse, etc.
MN Planning
State agency provides timely information about critical issues to policy-makers and the public.
National Association of Counties
Site features information and demographic data about United States counties, including research, surveys, and publications.
Search Institute
Site features research and survey information on “40 Assets for Youth Development,” developmental training and community ideas.
U.S. Census Bureau American
Fact Finder allows you to access census data quickly and easily in the areas of demographics, housing, economics and geography. You can easily develop tables and maps of census data. Information is available at the State, County and City level.
US Chamber of Commerce
Site features political advocacy, news and events, business resources, programs, research and statistics, workforce development, resource and referral for large companies, small businesses, trade associations, Fortune 500, and local chambers—all members of the U.S. Chamber.
Education
American’s Career Infonet
Explore options for work and learning. Information on education, training, financial aid, employment trends/projections and wages, state profiles, career assessment, career videos, and the ability to explore careers by occupations. Links to other great sites.
Center for Education Reform
Children, Families & Learning
Site contains state directories, publications, school district information, and information pertinent to education in Minnesota schools.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Weekly publication of higher education, data on institutions, graduation rates, financial information, scholarly research, students and jobs in higher education.
Daggett's International Center for Leadership in Education
Site highlights center’s services to schools, school districts and
states, helping them to improve their education systems. Services
include speakers on school reform and organizing schools for
learning, master teachers, annual conferences and academies,
publications, a framework to make instruction more rigorous and
relevant, and data collection instruments—all helping to provide a
total solution to school reform
Department of Education
Information is featured on student aid, research, statistics, programs and services.
Education 2000: Reforming Schools for a New Century
Education Week.
American Education’s online newspaper of record, site covers local, state, and national news and issues from preschool through the 12th grade, and features periodic special reports on issues ranging from technology to textbooks.
ERIC
The ERIC system, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, provides a variety of services and products that can help you stay up to date on a broad range of education-related issues. Products and services include research summaries, bibliographies, reference and referral services, computer searches, and document delivery.
Family Network Educational Trends
Learning Network features links to resources that feature educational trends of interest to families.
Federal After-School Initiative
Site connects you to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours.
ISEEK
This site provides hands-on information in the areas of:
Career Planning: Career Planning, Discovering your Skills & Interests, Exploring Careers, How to Gain Skills and other resources; Education & Training: How to Explore Schools, How to Apply for Admission, How to Pay for Your Education, and other resources; Class Listings: browse/search options to help you find the classes you want;; Employment: How to Research Job Opportunities, How to Apply for Jobs, How to Go on Job Interviews, Job Seeker Services and other resources; Business Information: Using Wage & Employment Data, Posting Job Openings, Start/Grow small businesses, Economic Development resources, Customized Training
Journal of Career and Technical Education
Site features digital archive of monthly journal.
Minnesota Valley Action Council
Site provides information on programs available to low-income persons of any age. It also contains reports and research conducted on issues that affect members of our communities.
MN Private Colleges
Site features government relations and public policy development, research and analysis, communications, fund-raising partnerships with corporations and foundations, and grant acquisition and administration.
MN Workforce Centers
This site provides hands-on information in the areas of: Job Seeker Services—job listings, posting your resume, Unemployment Insurance, services for individuals with disabilities, and career information; Employer Services: post job openings, find employees, information and resources; Labor Market Information: regional employment profiles, salary survey, unemployment rates, economic trends, Minnesota Careers, consumer price indexes, etc.
MNSCU
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities provide a network of 35 2- and 4-year state colleges and universities on 53 campuses, serving 140,000 students each semester. Site includes information about how to go to college, what it takes to get in, tuition, financial aid, how to apply, and programs of study.
MNSCU Grants Plus
Site features career and technical education, grant opportunities, programs, events, and legislative updates.
National Center for Technology Planning
Comprehensive site links to technology planning resources at school, district, and state, regional and national levels.
National Laboratory Network
The Regional Educational Laboratories are educational research and development organizations supported by contracts with the U.S. Education Department, Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(OERI).
No
Child Left Behind
Information is provided relevant to the No Child Left Behind
Act.
Pathways to School Improvement
Site features practical, action-oriented summaries of best practice and research, descriptions of schools that have successfully addressed critical issues, and collections of materials to support change.
Trends in Education—TeAch-nology Portal
TeAch-nology.com offers a wide variety of resources intended to bring educators into the world of teaching with technology, including links to current and past practice in the field of education, tutorials, multimedia-driven flash productions, and reflective themes in educational practice.
U of M 4-H
Site contains research, demographics, link to 4-H sites, Main U of M site, link to Info-U, link to National 4-H, Link to National 4-H Youth Development Information Center,
NYDIC. Issues on research policy career development, program development, fund development, publications, directories and statistics are features.
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