1997 The Encyclopedia of Education Information

This is the second edition of "the Encyclopedia of education information." We have updated listings, added new information, and expanded our listings to make this second edition a strong follow-up to the well-received first edition. "The Encyclopedia of Education Information" was designed to provide education professional with immediate access to the information that used to take hours of research time and multiple resources to find. This one easy-to-use volume puts at the educators' fingertips facts, phones numbers, and contact names that open up career and teaching opportunities that might go undiscovered otherwise. This comprehensive one-of-a-kind resource provides easy access to: the latest information on education magazines and newsletters as well as contacts for article publication; a wealth of information on over 1500 schools overseas for teaching abroad; state-by-state information on enrollment and school expenditure and teacher-student ratios; employment resources, programs, agencies, newsletters and books for educators seeking a location change, entering into a new level, or first-time job in the education field; where to write and whom to contact for new grants and education; online databases--what they specialize in and how to access, what the costs are and what you'll find; complete listings of textbook publishers and contact names and fax numbers; a special chapter on resources for the school library; school suppliers--who they are, where to contact them, what they provide; details of hundreds of state and federal agencies with contact names, phones and fax numbers and publications available for each agency. An entry name index as well as a subject index and a publisher index help direct the reader to sources throughout the book for complete research.