Description: Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program provides educational development opportunities to students from low-performing schools and their families to help them meet state and local academic achievement standards. Participating students can take advantage of tutorial services and academic enrichment activities. Additional services and programs focus on youth development, counseling, drug and violence prevention, technology, and more. Visit this website for information on program services and locations.

Description: In addition to providing information on the history, purpose, and structure of the organization, the California State Parent Teacher Association's website provides links to helpful online resources, including existing PTA websites and office locations. Local PTA websites commonly contain information and resources for parents who live in specific areas. Very often the sites feature articles informing parents of their rights and responsibilities, organizational news and current events, and details on how to get involved in a child's school.

Description: EdSource Online provides detailed information about public school improvement within the California school system. Content highlights include a parent guide to school reform, information on how to get involved, and a reference document that identifies who to contact when you have questions about your local school, school district, or the state education system. The website also contains California school data, resource links, publications, and more.

Description: Freevibe.com is a website that is sponsored by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. The site provides detailed information and resources about alcohol and drug use, and is clearly designed in a fashion and format that is easy for kids to relate to and understand. Interactive tools like games and electronic bulletin boards plus informative content all give students an opportunity to learn the facts, risks, and dangers associated with individual drugs and general drug use in a non-threatening environment. Links to other resources including organizations and phone hotlines are also provided.

Description: GreatSchools.net is a free online guide to K-12 schools. The site provides information that helps parents compare schools as well as evaluate and understand school performance. Find materials on how to select the right school for a child and how to effectively support a child's education. Other content highlights include a guide to state and national schools as well as a parent resource center that features useful articles on a range of topics including how to help students succeed in school.

Description: This website focuses on assisting middle schools through staff development, thereby ensuring success and enhancing the quality of life for every middle level student. In addition to offering a range of resources and tools designed to support the students, parents, and educators of middle school students, the site offers many articles about various developmental, academic, and societal issues, behaviors and/or attitudes that parents and adolescents face. Read about the latest issues and innovations in middle school education or browse resource links on parenting, safety, health and wellness, and helping a child succeed.

Description: The National TRIO Clearinghouse collects and disseminates information, applied program materials, resources, and research related to TRIO programs and TRIO students. The website focuses on issues of educational opportunity and access to higher education for low-income, first-generation participants and students with disabilities. Content highlights include detailed information on all TRIO programs, including Upward Bound, as well as information on going to college, plus links to online resources, publications, and more.

Description:The Puente Project provides support to students so that they may excel academically, enroll in college, and return to the community as mentors and leaders. Puente provides three areas of service to students: teaching, counseling, and mentoring. This website provides information on program services and locations.

Description: The Early Academic Outreach Program website features detailed information about this University of California-sponsored program. EAOP is a college-preparatory program geared toward helping middle and high school students with demonstrated potential get to college. Student services include an array of academic-enrichment activities and programs that include challenging courses, academic advising, preparation for standardized tests, on-campus residential programs, Saturday Academies, and educational programs for families. The site features a detailed program overview, descriptions of the various UC campus school-based programs, an online library, a college planning calendar, and a directory of program offices.