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SchoolMatters.com

SchoolMatters.com is a national education data service that provides in-depth information about public schools, districts and state education systems. To access data for California, visit the homepage, place your cursor over the state and click, and then click on the “California” link.

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Teacher Loan Cancellation Benefits/Deferment Options 

Federal Student Aid Web site Cancellation/Deferment Options for Teachers. If you're a teacher serving in a low-income or subject-matter shortage area, it might be possible for you to cancel or defer your student loans

Get more information Federal Student Aid Web site

Directory of Designated Low-Income School Eligible for Perkins  and Stafford Loan Cancellation  

Perkins and Stafford Loan Cancellation for Service in Low-Income Schools: This screen allows you to search the Teacher Cancellation Low Income Directory of public and private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools designated by the U.S. Department of Education as having a high concentration of students from low-income families. (If you are a student who needs to search a directory prior to 1997-98, contact the following: for a Perkins loan the school that made you the loan; For Direct Stafford Loan, the Direct Loan Servicer; or for a FFEL Stafford Loan, your Stafford Loan holder or servicer in the Federal Family Education Loan Program.)

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Federal Student Aid Web site

Teacher Next Door is now the About Good Neighbor Next Door Program

The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) wants to make American communities stronger. The Teacher Next Door/About Good Neighbor Next Door program is designed to further this goal by encouraging Law enforcement officers, pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and firefighters/emergency medical technicians can contribute to community revitalization while becoming homeowners through HUD's Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web site

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Benefits to Private School Students and Teachers

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Benefits to Private School Students and Teachers. The booklet explains the law's provisions for equitable participation of private school students, teachers and other staff members.

Learn more about NCLB
U.S. Department of Education Web site

• Download the booklet
  PDF file (200 K)

Be Ready

Get a kit of emergency supplies. Make a plan for  what you will do in an emergency

Get more information
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Web site