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HELPFUL LINKS

The sites below are ones that students will probably find helpful. There are many more web sites you might find helpful on the Urban Education Related Web Sites page, just click here.

  • 50States.com. Link to the web page of any college or university in the United States from this site.
  • A Better Chance. A Better Chance is a national non-profit talent search organization. It is national resource for recruiting, identifying and developing leaders among young people of color in the United States. Through a unique assessment model, we refer academically talented students entering grades six through 11 to some of the nation’s finest independent and public schools to be considered for placement and financial aid. Students who are successfully placed in one of our 200+ member schools become a part of the signature College Preparatory Schools Program, and receive access to expanded educational and leadership opportunities. A Better Chance does not give scholarships. We match students with schools.
  • ACT-SO. ACT-SO is an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. ACT-SO is a yearlong enrichment program designed to recruit, stimulate, improve and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students. The ACT-SO program centers around the dedication and commitment of community volunteers and business leaders; to serve as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence among African-American students. There are 25 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, performing and visual arts.
  • CampusTours.com. Go to this site to get a "virtual" tour of many the country's colleges and universities.
  • Citizen Science. This site will take you to the Network for Citizen Science Projects and Resources. This site aims to enable and encourage people to learn about, participate in, and contribute to science through both informal recreational activities and formal research efforts. You can find a project that you're interested in, or list one that you'd like to start.
  • CollegeCareerLifePlanning.com. This comprehensive web site provides free materials to students, parents, teachers, career counselors and others interested in helping young people plan a meaningful future.
  • CollegeData.com. CollegeData is an Online College Advisory Service provided for students and parents of students, FREE OF CHARGE by 1st Financial Bank USA.
  • Choose Your Future. The Chicago Public Schools created this site for high school students to help guide them through the process of preparing and applying for college, applying for financial aid and enrolling in college. Don't worry, you don't have to be a student in Chicago to benefit from the info on the site!
  • ECMC Foundation. The organization's mission is to assist low-income, first generation college students in their journey to get to college. There are many helpful resources on the site that you can download, including "Why Go to College" and "Paying for College" which explains all the different types of financial aid available.
  • Family Education Network. FEN is the web’s leading source of educational content, resources and shopping for parents, teachers and kids.
  • First in the Family provides advice about college for first-generation college students and their families.
  • Girls Science Investigations is a program at Yale that encourages girls to pursue science careers. This link will lead you to the page dedicated to girls which tells you all about the program and has some cool links.
  • High School Hub The on-line learning center for high school students
  • Inroads. The mission of Inroads is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership.
  • Kids Health. This site is all about kids and teens and it's for kids and teens. It has stuff about staying healthy, dealing with feelings, boy stuff, girl stuff, schools stuff, your changing body, peer pressure, drugs and alcohol. You name it!
  • Leadership Education and Development (LEAD). A national partnership of America's top corporations and business schools, LEAD is at the forefront of building a talented and diverse workforce ready for the business environment. By encouraging outstanding high school juniors from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in business, LEAD is inspiring a new generation of business leaders.
  • 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. 
  • PrincetonReview.com. Explore schools and careers, improve scores and skills, find out about scholarships and financial aid, as well as more education news.
  • Read.gov. Read books on line through the Digital Collections posted at the top of this web site. The Digital Collections also include history, arts and other collections.
  • The Real Game Series. This link will take you to a web site that offers a demonstration of the Real Games Series where students can assume and explore adpects of adult life in a safe, supportive environment.
  • Study Guides and Strategies. A public service helping learners to succeed since 1996. Choose from such topics as time management, problem solving, learning with others, studying, thinking, reading, memorizing, test preparation and math.
  • 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.
  • TeenDo. Goal setting and life coaching for proactive teens and social networking for emerging leaders.
  • What Kids Can Do, Inc. (WKCD) is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2001 for the purpose of making the voices and views of adolescents public. On its website, WKCD documents young people's lives, learning, and work, and their partnerships with adults both in and out of school. WKCD also collaborates with students around the country on books, curricula, and research to expand current views of what constitutes challenging learning and achievement.