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First Year Reading Experience 2014-2015: Find Websites

Evaluating Web Resources

Guidelines for evaluating websites.

Purpose

Why was this source created?
What audience was it created for?
Is it scholarly or popular? Does this matter?

Authority

Who is the author? A person? A corporation?
What are the author's qualifications for writing on this subject?

Timeliness

Is there a date?
When was the content last updated?

Scope

Does it give too much or too little information?
How specific is the information provided?

Selected Websites

The Other Wes Moore, Official Home Page
National Poverty Center
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University of Michigan
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Administration
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Institute for Policy Research
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Northwestern University
Institute for Research on Poverty
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
National Center for Children in Poverty
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Columbia University
Economic Mobility Project
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PEW Research Center
The Future of Children
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Princeton University and the Brookings Institution
The Condition of Education
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Institution of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
The Rhodes Trust
Veterans' History Project

In the News

Mapping Poverty in America
From the New York Times
Thirteen Economic Facts about Social Mobility and the Role of Education
The Brookings Institution
In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters
New York Times
Equality of Opportunity
Poverty and High School Dropouts
The impact of family and community poverty on high school dropouts.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Videos

Economic Mobility and the American Dream
PEW Research Center

Identifies and explains 2 ways economic mobility can be measured.
Wes Moore @ the Harvard Book Store
The author discusses his book, The Other Wes Moore, at the Harvard Bookstore.
Every Kid Needs a Champion
Rita Pierson

TED Talks, Education
The Key to Success? Grit
Angela Lee Duckworth

TED Talks, Education
Raising Wes Moore
Both mothers discuss their parenting decisions.
How to Escape Education's Death Valley
Ken Robinson

TED Talks, Education
How to Talk to Veterans About the War
TED Talk by Wes Moore

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