• Education Department (ed.gov)
  and Teachers page

• ChildStats

• College Navigator

• Condition of Education

• Digest of Education Statistics

• Doing What Works
  Site for teachers. Provides resources for research-based educational practices.

• GPO Access Resources by Topic: Education
  Includes links to federal laws and regulations.

• Grants
  Provides application packages for available for grants.

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
  "The National Center for Education Statistics fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally." Includes Fast Facts and Locators for colleges, schools, and public libraries.

• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)

• Overview of Entitlement Programs: Background material and data on programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means – "Green Book" 2008
  Provides data and information on assistance programs, including Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Foster Care, Head Start, School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, and welfare. Among the useful data tables :
  • Appendix C: Data on Children, Youth, and Their Families
  • Appendix D: Data on Unemployment, Displaced Workers, Earnings, and the Minimum Wage
  • Appendix H: Welfare Benefits for Noncitizens

• Student Aid on the Web
  Resources for planning education, finding schools, and applying for financial aid.

• Tables & Figures
  A search tool for data from several sources published by NCES including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.

• What Works Clearinghouse

For Teachers

These sites provide lesson plans, subject guides, links to state educational standards, and other resources to assist teachers.

• America's Story (Library of Congress)

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (U.S. Government Printing Office)

• EDSITEment (National Endowment for the Humanities)

• FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) (Department of Education)

• History and Culture: For Teachers (National Park Service)

• Kids.gov (Federal Citizen Information Center)

• Smithsonian Education - Educators (Smithsonian Institution)

• Teachers: Library of Congress (Library of Congress)

• Teachers' Educational Resources (USA.gov)

• Teaching with Documents (National Archives)