The Foreign Service Journal, June 2004

J U N E 2 0 0 4 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 89 S CHOOLS S UPPLEMENT F R O M T H E D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 2 S C H O O L S U P P L E M E N T Stephen Yeater, “Surfing the Net for Secondary Schools” T here are many helpful online options for researching and comparing secondary schools (high schools), both overseas and in the United States. The sites listed below encompass boarding schools, art schools and schools that accommodate students with learning disabilities, as well as homeschooling resources. And they’re all free. “Benjamin Franklin wrote, ‘Genius without education is like silver in the mine.’ Whatever your child’s educa- tional needs, these online resources should help you polish that silver to its full shine.” State Department Links http://www.state.gov/www/flo/ — Family Liaison Office (M/FLO) http://state.gov/m/ dghr/flo/c1958.htm — Education and Youth Officer http://www.state.gov/www/about state/schools/index.html — Office of Overseas Schools Other Sites of Interest http://www.edulink.com/ — Ed-U-Link Services http://www.artschools.com/ — ArtSchools.com http://www.ibo.org — International Baccalaureate Organization http://www.schools.com — The Association of Boarding Schools http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/ — National Center for Educational Statistics http://www.ncld.org/map.cfm — National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org/index.html – American Homeschool Association http://www.nhen.org — National Home Education Network