Education

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Homework help, math, language learning, and more with an online tutor.

Databases

Explora
Explora offers online resources for elementary, middle school, and high school students. Explora can help with homework assignments, research papers, and finding information about events, people, and places. Explora is part of EBSCOhost.

General Education

Literacy Central at Reading is Fundamental
Explore free digital resources including activities, games, and videos for your children’s favorite books. The site includes sections for teachers, parents, and volunteers.

PBS Parents
PBS Parents contains information on child development and early learning and also offers access to educational games, activities, and birthday party plans, inspired by PBS KIDS programs.

¡Colorín Colorado!
This site serves educators and families of English language learners in grades PreK-12, providing free information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities.
Colorín Colorado es el principal sitio web nacional que presta servicio a maestros y familias de estudiantes del idioma inglés de los grados PreK-12, ha ofrecido información, actividades y consejos para padres, escuelas, y comunidades.

Fact Monster
Fact Monster combines reference materials, fun facts and features, and homework help for kids.

NeoK12
This site provides educational videos, lessons, quizzes, and educational games for K-12 students in various subject areas, such as science, math, health, social studies, and English.

Khan Academy
This free site offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard for subjects ranging from math and coding to history and economics. For ages kindergarten through adults.

TEDEd
The maker of TED Talks provides curated educational videos on literature and language, mathematics, science and technology, and lots more. Filter the results by student level, subject and more to find what you need.

WatchKnowLearn.org
Over 50,000 K-12 educational videos in over 5,000 categories have been selected and reviewed by educators and are available on this site for free to teachers, parents, and students.

Art Projects for Kids
Kathy Barbro has posted over 600 art projects with easy-to-follow instructions on her blog.

Making Music Fun
This site brings music lessons and resources to teachers and parents with more than 1,700 pages of free sheet music, music lesson plans, music theory worksheets, games, and more.

NASA Kids’ Club
From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration website, this section for kids contains games and information about space and related subjects.

iCivics
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor founded iCivics in 2009 to cultivate a new generation of students for thoughtful and active citizenship. Young people learn about government by playing games that transform abstract concepts into real-life problems.

National Geographic Kids
Nat Geo Kids online inspires young adventurers to explore the world through games, videos, information, and an interactive world map.

Open Culture Kids Educational Resources
This Open Culture collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students and their parents and teachers. It features video lessons/tutorials, mobile apps, audiobooks, ebooks, textbooks, quality YouTube channels, foreign language lessons, test prep materials, and web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science, and computing.

Education Support

StopBullying.gov
This site provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.

Edutopia: Advice for Parents and Guardians
Learn about easing back-to-school jitters, managing kids’ tech use, getting involved in the school, and more, from George Lucas’ educational foundation.

Home Schooling

Home School Page of Oklahoma Department of Education
Find legal guidelines and educational resources for schooling your children at home.

Oklahoma Academic Standards
From the State Department of Education, these expectations for what students should know and be able to do by the end of the school year can provide a guide for home schooling families.

National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI)
NHERI conducts and collects research about homeschooling and publishes the research journal, Home School Researcher.

Homeschool World
The web home of Practical Homeschooling magazine promotes homeschooling with articles, organization and event lists, and experts on home schooling information.

School Evaluations

Oklahoma School Profiles
The Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability makes available data on student, teacher, and school performance as well as other measures through a variety of reports.

National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. They provide scientific evidence to inform education practice and policy and to share this information in formats that are useful and accessible to educators, parents, policymakers, researchers, and the public.

Oklahoma School Performance Reviews
This review program was authorized by the Oklahoma Legislature to develop findings, commendations, and recommendations for individual school districts regarding containing costs, improving management strategies, and promoting better education for Oklahoma children.

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Vocational Schools

Oklahoma Career Tech
Oklahoma’s network of 29 technology centers on 58 campuses serves high school and adult learners with specialized career training in more than 90 instructional areas. High school students living in a technology center district attend tuition free, while adults are charged nominal tuition. Technology center students also are able to earn highly affordable and transferable college credit from area colleges in many career majors.

College and Universities

OK College Start
Find lots of resources here to learn about going to college in Oklahoma.

College Results Online
College Results Online is a web tool designed to provide policymakers, counselors, parents, students, and others with information about college costs, admissions, student characteristics, and more for nearly any four-year college or university in the country.

US News and World Report Education Center
This popular source includes college and university rankings, career and financial aid information, and general tips.

Peterson’s
Find guides and timelines for choosing or returning to college, test preparation materials, information on international student admissions, and more.

FinAid!
This free site is a comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice, and tools.

College Board
Find out about testing (CLEP, SAT, PSAT, and AP), explore majors and careers, search scholarships and colleges, and learn about applying to and paying for college.

Kahn Academy Test Prep
Find free test prep for SAT, MCAT, NCLEX-RN, GMAT, and LSAT on this site.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Complete the FAFSA to apply for financial aid for college. The FAFSA is available to be filled out on October 1 for the following academic year.

Schmoop
Aimed at middle school through college students, this education subscription site known for its humor has lots of free content for students: an essay lab, subject learning guides, quizzes, videos, and more.

KnightCite
This free online citation generator service simplifies the task of compiling an accurate bibliography. Three bibliographic styles are offered: MLA, APA, and Chicago.

GED

GED Testing Service
The official GED site, to help you prepare for the test, find a GED Prep Center, get test prep materials, and take a sample test.

General Education

DigitalLearn.org
Go at your own pace with these easy-to-understand short learning sessions (video and written) on how to use a computer, create an email, understand internet privacy, make a resume, learn Facebook, etc.

GCF Learn Free
This completely free site offers tutorials on skills needed to live and work in the 21st century with more than 180 topics in the form of lessons, videos, and games, from using Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more. Also available in Spanish and Portuguese.

Drive
Drive helps to connect new digital learners with volunteer trainers and resources that will help them achieve success on the Internet, on the job, and at home.

Open Culture
Open Culture gathers the best educational media from the web. Find free courses, eBooks and audio books, educational videos, language lessons, art, music, movies, and more.

Oklahoma Literacy Coalition
Find assistance in learning to read at your local literacy center.

Khan Academy
Practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard help learners study at their own pace, with subjects ranging from math and coding to history and economics.

edX
Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX offers high-quality online courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere.

Ted Talks
A clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers with engaging speakers on all kinds of new ideas and topics.

Codecademy
Codecademy offers free and paid computer programming lessons on how to write the code necessary to develop websites using the most useful languages – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, Ruby, and PHP.

Google Arts and Culture
Explore artworks, historical sites, and stories from around the world through detailed images and descriptions.

Library of Congress Digital Collections
Access the online collections of the largest library in the world: view maps and photographs; read letters, diaries, and newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; listen to sound recordings; and watch historic films.

Duolingo
Learn a language for free with Duolingo. In bite-sized lessons, earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up.

Learn2Type
Learn to type with free online typing lessons and check your speed with the free typing test. There is nothing to download and no charge for the tests.