Government Sources by Subject: Education

International Education

Education, Data and Statistics, The World Bank
An education database which compiles data from national and international sources on key education topics and indicators.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, culture and communication; click on education at the top of the left-hand column

World Development Indicators
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This resource contains development data covering more than 575 indicators, 225 countries, and 18 regional and income groups. The education data is compiled by UNESCO and includes school enrollment, literacy rates, and more.
2005-current available online.
1997-current (incomplete) available on CD-ROM.

Condition of Education
Annual report which summarizes developments and trends in education using the latest available statistics.
Digest of Education Statistics
Click on publication name for list from 1980 to the present.
Educational Attainment in the United States
Information on basic educational trends and attainment levels; based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Online digital library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

ERIC (EBSCO)
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Consists of the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document citations and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article citations from over 750 professional journals.

ERIC, Proquest
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Education-related literature, from pre-K through adult education.
School District Demographics System, National Center for Education Statistics
School district demographic and related geographic data, from the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey.

Educational Service Districts (ESDs), Washington State
Maps and Web-site directories for the 9 Educational Service Districts (ESDs) that oversee a total of 295 school districts in Washington State.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington
Choose "Research and Reports" to find to find detailed data.
Washington State School Districts
Many, though not all, of these school district sites have have information about school board members.
MDR's School Directory, Washington, Market Data Retrieval
Print only; this directory lists district enrollment, main administrators, number of schools by type of school, addresses and phone numbers.

Seattle School Board
Links to board meeting agendas, public testimony, meeting times, committees, policies, and so on.
Education, Schools and Learning | Seattle.gov
Levies, partnerships between the city and schools, youth violence prevention, and more...

Lady Bird Johnson Visiting a Classroom for Project Head Start, 03/19/1966

Image courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, from flickr.