Parents

As a Parent, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources to guide your child to success. Search for certified K-12, MnSCU, and U of M online courses and programs. Learn about postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) and online college in the high school (OCHS). Access college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases for your child to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. Engage your child in interactive tools to enhance learning. Use these same resources for your own college and career planning.

MnLink Gateway
A gateway to Minnesota's libraries.

Center for Adult Learning - University of Minnesota, Crookston
The Center for Adult Learning (CAL) at the University of Minnesota , Crookston provides high quality educational services for nontraditional or continuing students, community organizations, and professionals already in the workforce.

AskMN
An online service for information and research help available to all Minnesota residents and students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. AskMN is a cooperative service of Minnesota libraries.

GPS LifePlan
The GPS LifePlan helps students set goals and design plans that will lead them to the success they desire.

Academic Earth
Academic Earth is a user-friendly educational portal that gives internet users the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world's leading scholars. Participating universities include MIT, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, UCLA and Berkley.

Step Write Up
Eighth grade students can have their essays reviewed by high school faculty and receive written feedback to develop college level readiness. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System sponsor this free program.

MnPALS Plus
This is an application that makes it easy for students, faculty and public to search library holdings in the Minnesota PALS consortium.

Homework help in Twin Cities area
Individual homework and tutoring assistance available in seven county metropolitan Minneapolis and St. Paul area; for grades 3-12; must have library card to access services online.

Children, Youth and Family Consortium
This site is a bridge to a wide range of information and resources about children and families. It connects research, teaching, policy and community practice.

LEO: Literacy Education Online
Find help with organizing research papers, the writing process, using online sources, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, citing sources, plagiarism, business writing, resumes and other topics. Produced by the Write Place of St. Cloud State University.

Learn More Minnesota
Practical, doable ideas, with links to interactive tools or resources, to help children succeed in school and get on the path to college.

Internet Safety - NetSmartz
NetSmartz provides on- and offline learning activities for parents, students and teachers to facilitate discussions about Internet safety.

Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity, funded by the Verizon Foundation, offers free educational resources to students, teachers, and parents. Features include educational supplements to curriculum, interactive exercises, and downloadable materials.

GreatSchools
GreatSchools' purpose is to improve K-12 education by inspiring parents to get involved. GreatSchools.net profiles more than 90,000 public elementary, middle and high schools in the United States including charter, magnet, year-round schools, and some continuation and alternative schools.

MN Parents Know
Trusted parenting information, resources and activities to help your children grow, develop and learn from birth through high school.

Growing Up Online
PBS Frontline program on the use of the internet by children and adolescents today - the first generation to grow up entirely with the internet. Issues of communication, community, privacy, bullying, cheating and predators are presented.

University of Minnesota - University Parent
Article, "Students & Alcohol - A Guide For Parents"

Zefty money management
This site teaches students about responsible spending and saving is difficult. Zefty functions like a bank account but there's no real money involved. Parents or teachers can set up and account for each student and specify how much allowance they get and how often.