Education

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"One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world."
--Malala Yousafzai, education activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

"There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial in the face of the unity of knowledge."
--Glenn Seaborg, chemist

"Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored."
-- Tim Fargo, writer and entrepreneur

"Education isn't something you can finish."
-- Isaac Asimov, writer

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word -- excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."
--Pearl S. Buck, writer

"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one."
--Kazuo Ishiguro, writer, Nobel Prize winner

"There is a cult of ignorance in the U.S., and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
--Issac Asimov

"It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning."
--Claude Bernard, physiologist

"Education is the best provision for the journey to old age."
--Aristotle, Greek philosopher

"There's always something to occupy the inquiring mind."
--Margaret Atwood, writer

"The young always have the same problem -- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."
--Quentin Crisp, British writer

"When you succeed, don't forget the responsibility of making someone else succeed with you."
--Antonia Novello, physician, 14th surgeon general of the US

"The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be."
--Pete Seeger, singer-songwriter

"The most beautiful experience we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead -- his eyes are closed."
--Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist

"'All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come."
--Victor Hugo, writer

Education

Fast Facts (National Center for Education Statistics)

Becoming and Being a Teacher
U.S. Department of Education
New York State Education Department
New York City Education Department
NYS Office of Teaching Initiatives
Topics A-Z (NYS Office of Teaching Initiatives)
New York State United Teachers - NYSUT

Student Rights
20 USC Ch. 38: Discrimination Based on Sex or Blindness (uscode.house.gov)
Equal Educational Oppportunity (NYS Attorney General's Office)
Your Right to Equality in Education (American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU)
Student Rights (NYS Education Department)
The Dignity for All Students Act (NYS Education Department)
Complaint Form - Education Discrimination (NYS Department of Human Rights)
Do the Children of Illegal Immigrants Have the Right to a Public Education? (Public Broadcasting System - PBS)
The 1 Million Project Foundation (help for high school students who do not have reliable Internet access at home)
SUNY System: Billings, Refunds, Collections, Write-Offs (SUNY.edu)

Interns
Wage Requirements for Interns in For-Profit Businesses, 2021 (NYS Department of Labor)
Wage Requiremnts for Interns in Not-For-Profit Businesses, 2021 (NYS Department of Labor)
Workers' Compensation Coverage for Student Interns (NYS Workers' Compensation Board)

Special Education
Special Education in New York State for Children Ages 3-21. A Parent's Guide. (The State Education Department, Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities)
El proceso de educacion especial (The State Education Department)
Education Laws and Regulations (NYS Department of Education)
New York State Forms and Notices Related to Special Education (NYS Department of Education)
New York State Complaint Procedures (New York State Department of Education - Special Education)
Sample Due Process Complaint Notice Form To Request An Impartial Hearing (NYS Department of Education)
Individualized Education Program (IEP) Facilitation Program (NYS Department of Education)
Accessible Instructional Materials (NYS Department of Education)
Erin's Light: Erin's Light Early Intervention Program is a global initiative that assists families with practical hands on support within their communities by empowering parents, guardians, and caregivers to spread awareness and alleviate the stigmatization of children with learning disabilities.
Brain Matures a Few Years Late in ADHD, But Follows Normal Pattern (National Institutes of Health)
Attention Deficity Disorder Association
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

Adult Education
Adult Education: One Stop Center (NYS Education Dept., Adult Career & Continuing Ed Services)

Records
Transcript Requests & Location of Academic Records from Former, Merged, or Renamed Institutions (NYS Department of Education)

529 Savings Plans
An Introduction to 529 Plans (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)
Distributions from a 529 are reported on IRS Form 1099-Q.

Financial Assistance
20 U.S. Code §1092 - Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students (Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute)

Student Loans
For all financial aid, students begin with completing the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Applying for Student Loans:
Generally, students first learn about student loans and the options available to them when they meet with financial counselors at the colleges. Loans are considered when family contributions, academic and other scholarships, Pell grants, college discounts/grants, work/study earnings, 529 plans, and student contributions are insufficient to cover costs. The U.S. Department of Education offers four types of federal student loans: Direct Subsidized or Unsubsidized four undergraduates; Direct Unsubsidized for graduates and professional students; Direct Plus for graduates, professional students, and parents; and Direct Consolidation of federal student loans.
The Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) was a $60 billion program in which private lenders used their own money to finance loans, while the government paid a portion of the interest and guaranteed the debt. The Education Department purchased some of the bank-based debt to keep the program going when the 2008 recession threatened the liquidity of private lenders.
U.S. Department of Education
Private student loans are offered by banks, credit unions, online companies, state-sponsored agencies and other financial institutions instead of the federal government. Types of student loans, repayment terms, interest rates and other features can vary widely by lender. Private loans require a credit check, and your eligibility and loan terms will depend on your creditworthiness and/or any co-signer.
Repaying Student Loans:
Federal (U.S. Dept. of Education) repayment plans
New York State Loan Forgiveness Programs for NYS residents only (NYS Higher Education Services Corporation)
Federal Programs for loan forgiveness, cancellation or discharge (U.S. Department of Education)
Grounds for Discharge of Student Loans Outside Bankruptcy
Student Loans in Bankruptcy
Retirement Delayed: The Impact of Student Debt on the Daily Lives of Older Americans (American Student Assistance)
National Student Loan Data System
National Council of Higher Education Resources
Educational Credit Management Corporation

Veterans Benefits
G.I. Bill (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

History of Education
U.S. Supreme Court Cases that Changed American Education

Crimes on College Campuses
NYS Education Law Article 129-A: Regulation of conduct on college campuses
NYS Education Law §6432: Sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking prevention information.
NYS Education Law §6433: Campus crime reporting and statistics.
NYS Education Law §6434: Investigation of crimes and crime reporting.
NYS Education Law §6436: Bias related crime prevention information.
NYS Education Law §351: State university mission.
NYS Education Law §6434: Investigation of Crimes and Crime Reporting.
Clery Act: 20 U.S. Code 1092(f) - disclosure of campus security policy and campus crime statistics.
Sexual Assault on College Campuses (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
Intersection of Title IX and the Clery Act (U.S. Department of Justice)
NYS Education Law §6436: Bias Related Crime Prevention Information.
NYS Penal Law §485.05: Hate crimes.
NYS Penal Law §485.10: Sentencing with hate crime conviction.

Miscellaneous Academic Search Systems
Academic Resource Search: www.refseek.com - More than a billion sources - encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
World Catalog: www.worldcat.org - search the contents of twenty thousand worldwide libraries.
Springer: https://link.springer.com - access to more than ten million scientific documents, books, articles, research protocols.
Bioline: www.bioline.org.br - a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
Repec: http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost four million publications on economics and related science.
Science.gov: www.science.gov - an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
Pdf Drive: www.pdfdrive.com - the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
Base-search.net: www.base-search.net -one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free.
Google Scholar: www.scholar.google.com - Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources - articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.

Additional Resources
Girls Who Code
Friends of the Children: non-profit that provides paid counselors for struggling students.
Big Brothers Big Sisters: non-profit which provides volunteer mentors.
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) Materials and Paperwork (Lives in the Balance)