Education
The links below are to external websites that are not affiliated with Rockwall County. They are provided for your convenience. We have not reviewed or approved all of the content at these sites.
Languages
- Learn a Language Online: Free courses from the BBC in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and more.
Education, K-12
- Rockwall ISD: Includes contact information, links to each campus, calendar, and homework helper.
- Royse City ISD: Includes contact information, the school year calendar, schedules for RCISD sports teams, and employment opportunities.
- Test Practice & Prep from Learning Express
- American History: The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History promotes the study and love of American History. Search History by Era, Primary Sources, or History Now.
- The Math Forum : Ask Dr. Math Answers to frequently asked questions for all grade levels, broken up by subject. Easy to navigate.
- Educator's Reference Desk: Easy to navigate with links to many lesson plans.
- Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online: Information on Texas places, people and Native American tribes. A great source for school projects!
- Texas Beyond History: A great site for learning about various regions in Texas, ancient native peoples and sites.
- Texas Indians: Information about Texas Native American groups, searchable by tribe.
- THEA: Texas Higher Education Assessment, formerly TASP (includes a practice exam)
Education, College & Continuing
- FAFSA on the Web: online application for federal student financial aid
- Community for Accredited Schools' FAFSA Instruction Guide: Frequently asked questions about FAFSA.
- Peterson's Education Center: A good place to start. Must set up a free profile and log on.
- College Board: Good links to college sites, financial aid information, degree programs. Can sign up for SATs here, and use samples test for practice.
- College for Texans: Includes Texas Common Application for Admission and extensive information on Texas public colleges and state programs for financing college.
- Texas Prepaid Tuition Plans: All you need to know to apply for prepayment of tuition at Texas state universities.
- Careers and Colleges Guidance Center: Good site with lots of advice and help for college bound students. Information for parents, too. Lots of links to other valuable college sites.
- Candid: Foundation Center & GuideStar: Includes some free grant information tools and fee-based services.
- College Navigator: A free consumer information tool to help students, parents, high school counselors gain information about colleges.
- 4Tests.com: This commercial site offers limited free practice exams for several tests including the ACT, SAT, GRE, LSAT and MCAT.
- THEA: Texas Higher Education Assessment, formerly TASP (includes a practice exam)
- Learning Express: Use your Rockwall County Library card to access many educational and professional practice exams.
- U.S. News and World Report College Rankings
Home Schooling
- Home School Legal Defense Association
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Homeschool Resources with Links to Texas Organizations
- North Texas Home Educator's Network
- Online Homeschools
Science Fair Projects
- Internet Public Library Science Fair Links: Another good site with help in finding a subject and using correct methodology.
Citation Makers
- EasyBib Free Bibliographic Maker: MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles.
- Citation Machine: An interactive tool to help create reference citations for research papers.