BOOKMARK IT!  EDUCATION FACTS ON-LINE

	The University of Virginia's Curry School of Education has
created a Web site that pulls together key players in educational
policymaking in one information nexus.

	Called the Education Policy Pavilion, the site is divided into
two main sections, "Archives" and "Forum." "Archives" contains
information about federal and state governmental agencies,
professional organizations, research centers, international
associations and media resources. The site also offers links to
foundations, statistical centers, policy organizations and federal and
state legislation.

	Under "Forum," people can raise questions, post notices and
offer opinions about education issues, including the controversial
idea of reversion in Charlottesville, Va. (Reversion allows a city
with fewer than 50,000 people to revert to town status and share
expenses for schools and other services with the surrounding county.) 

	The Web site is
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/centers/edpolicy. 

	"We have not been able to find comparable Web sites in other
states, so it looks as if the Curry School is on the front edge of
this kind of initiative," said Harold Burbach, chair of the school's
department of leadership, foundations and policy.

	For information on the site's creation, contact Burbach at
(804) 924-0737 or via hb3c@virginia.edu.

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March 18, 1997