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Compensatory Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Web site: www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/program.html

The Compensatory Education Programs office provides assistance to support the education of disadvantaged students and strengthen programs in reading, among other core academic subjects.

Even Start Family Literacy Program
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202

The Office of Compensatory Education administers the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Even Start provides federal financial assistance for family-centered education projects to help parents learn the literacy and parenting skills they need to become full partners in the education of their young children and to help those children reach their full potential as learners.

Regional Comprehensive Assistance Centers
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Goals 2000 Office
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202

Fifteen Regional Comprehensive Assistance Centers provide support and assistance to States, local education agencies, tribes, schools, and other recipients of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Their Reading Success Network (RSN) provides training and support for kindergarten through third grade classroom teachers to broaden and improve their diagnostic and instructional skills.

Goals 2000 Parent Information Resource Centers
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202

Goals 2000 Parent Information Resource Centers provide support to increase parents' knowledge of and confidence in parenting activities that promote early learning. The Centers also strengthen partnerships between parents and schools to meet the education needs of children. There is one center in every State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Island outlying areas.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Web site: www.ed.gov/offices/OERI

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) conducts research and demonstration projects to help improve education, collects statistics on the status and progress of schools and education throughout the nation, and distributes information and provides technical assistance to those working to improve education.

Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Web site: www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html

The Office of Special Education Programs provides leadership and assistance to State and local efforts to educate children with disabilities to improve results for those children and ensure equal protection under the law. Its programs assist public agencies to provide all infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities with early intervention services and a free appropriate public education which emphasizes challenging standards and access to the general curriculum to the extent appropriate.

Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
U.S. Department of Education
MES Building -- Room 5082
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Web site: www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA

The Office of Bilingual and Minority Languages Affairs provides assistance for programs supporting the education of linguistically and culturally diverse children with limited English proficiency.

Office of Vocational and Adult Education
U.S. Department of Education
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Web site: www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE

The Office of Vocational and Adult Education provides assistance for family literacy activities that include parenting, adult education, child development, and child/adult interactions under Title II of the Workforce Investment Act.

National Institute for Literacy
800 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Web site: www.nifl.gov/nifl/

The National Institute for Literacy is an independent Federal institute, jointly administered by the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services. The central purpose of the Institute is to strengthen family and adult literacy.

America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! Resource "Tool Kit"

The materials in this kit were assembled by the U.S. Department of Education to help new America Reads Challenge community sites plan and implement literacy programs for children from birth through elementary school. Unless otherwise noted below, the materials are available on the U.S. Department of Education Web page (/inits/americareads/). Many are also available online by following the links below. Titles in italics are available in hard copy from the indicated source. Hard copy materials produced by the U.S. Department of Education can be obtained, as long as supplies last, by calling 1-877-4EDPUBS or 1-800-USA-LEARN.

• Checkpoints for Progress for Families and Communities

• Checkpoints for Progress for Teachers and Learning Partners

• Simple Things You Can Do to Help All Children Read Well and Independently by the End of Third Grade

• On the Road to Reading (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• A Compact for Learning: An Action Handbook for Family-School-Community Partnerships

• Learning Disabilities: Information, Strategies and Resources (Coordinated by Campaign for Learning Disabilities: 202-326-8700)

• Briefing Paper from National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities (NICHCY) on Reading and Learning Disabilities (202-884-8200)

• America Reads Challenge Principles and Key Components for High-Quality America Reads Challenge National Service Program Initiatives (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Tips on Tutoring: A Guide for Committed Tutors (The Southern Regional Council/Center for School Success: 404-522-8764)

• Students Teaching Students: A Handbook for Cross-Age Tutoring (The Southern Regional Council/Center for School Success: 404-522-8764)

• Read With Me: A Guide for Student Volunteers Starting Early Childhood Literacy Programs . September 1997. 1-800-424-1616 (choose menu option #3)

• America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! Basic Kit., 1998 (in color and black and white, English and Spanish)

• The America Reads Challenge Early Childhood Kit: READY*SET*READ, 1998 (in color and black and white, English and Spanish)

• The America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! Spiderman in Amazing Adventures Activity Booklet

• Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Campaign Helping Children with Learning Disabilities to Succeed--Resource Guide, 1996. (Available on CEC Web site, www.cec.sped.org/, or request copy from the U.S. Department of Education by calling 202-205-9067)

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
Located at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
Phone: (703) 264-9419
Phone: 1-800-328-0272 (Mon.-Fri. only, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.)
Fax: 703-620-2521
Web site: http://www.ericec.org/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication (ERIC/REC)
Indiana University
2805 East 10th Street, Suite 150
Bloomington, IN 47408-2698
Phone: 1-800-925-7853
Fax: (812) 855-4220
Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec

Family Learning Center
P.O. Box 5247
Bloomington, IN 47407

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE)
1118 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 467-0867
Fax: (202) 467-4283 or 1-800-531-9347
Web site: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu

Learning Disabilities Association
Attn: Jean Petersen
4165 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Phone: (412) 341-1515
Fax: (412) 344-0224
Web site: http://www.ldanatl.org

National Association for Bilingual Education
1220 L Street NW, Suite 605
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 898-1829
Fax: (202) 789-2866
Web site: http://www.nabe.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1509 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
Phone: (202) 232-8777
Fax: (202) 328-1846
Web site: http://www.naeyc.org

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
1615 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3483
Phone: (703) 684-3483
Web site: http://www.naesp.org

National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
Waterfront Plaza
325 West Main Street, Suite 200
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
Phone: (502) 584-1133
Fax: (502) 584-0172
Web site: http://www.famlit.org

National Education Association (NEA)
1201 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 833-4000
Fax: (202) 822-7974
Web site: http://www.nea.org

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, D.C. 20013
Phone: 1-800-695-0285 (V/TT); fax: 202-884-8441
Web site: http://www.nichcy.org

Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
600 Maryland Avenue SW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: (202) 287-3220
Fax: (202) 287-3196
E-mail: rifsi@si.edu
Web site: www.si.edu/
(note: RIF site is located under Smithsonian Institution's home page)

America Reads Challenge
/inits/americareads

English and American Literature
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/subjectareas/engweb.html

ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org

National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education at the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (U.S. Department of Education)
/offices/OERI/ECI

Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education)
/offices/OSERS/OSEP

Strategies for teaching children with mental retardation
www.central.edu/

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov

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