Helpful Links for Parents

• CampusTours.com. Go to this site to take a 'virtual' tour of many of this country's colleges.
• Empowering Parents School Box. The U. S. Department of Education has developed a publication, "Empowering Parents School Box: A Tool To Equip Parents For the School Year," that it is distributing free of charge. The school box contains three booklets: What Parents Need to Know, Taking a Closer Look, and Learning Checklists; a brochure: Examples of Resources; a poster: Empowered Parents Stay Involved With School; a bookmark; and a door hanger. The school box provides tips on working with children from birth to high school; guidelines for taking advantage of free tutoring opportunities; steps for selecting a high-quality school; ways to get involved in children's schools; information about financial aid and scholarships; and resources for improving learning. It also includes success stories of schools where parent involvement made a difference.
  First in the Family provides advice for first generation college students and their families.
• Helping Your Child  The Helping Your Child publication series aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. These booklets feature practical lessons and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master reading, understand the value of homework and develop the skills and values necessary to achieve and grow. Booklets covering academic as well as social areas are available in PDF on this site. Most booklets are available en español.
• High School Hub The on-line learning center for high school students
• National Council on Educating Black Children. The Mission of the National Council on Educating Black Children is to improve the assessment, the academia of rigor and relevant instruction, and prepare the African American learner for a competitive global society through the promotion of the Blueprint for Action. 
• NewsDirectory. Find the home page of any college in the United States by state.
• NFTE. National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship: Teaching Youth to Build Businesses. Through entrepreneurship education, NFTE helps young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. 
• The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund  (MALDEF)  implemented a program in 1989 specifically designed to train Latino parents on how they can effectively participate in their children’s academic endeavors. MALDEF’s Parent School Partnership Program recognized that parents are children’s best advocates. The participants, many of whom are recent immigrants, overcome many language and cultural barriers, gain an in-depth understanding of their rights, their children’s rights and what their responsibilities are as parents.
• The Parent Academy. This is a model Parent Advocacy program from Montgomery County, Maryland.
• PrincetonReview.com Explore schools and careers, improve scores and skills, find out about scholarships and financial aid, as well as more education news.
• School Matters. A website for parents researching information about public schools.
• Success4Students Success4Students seeks to equip students to maximize their study time, improve study skills and provide time for students to live a balanced life outside of academics while achieving their long-term goals. We are dedicated to providing these tools in a creative and interesting format that will make a lasting impact on each student's life.