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BBC Teachers http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers Video clips, activities, worksheets, and games.
Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn "Blue ribbon learning sites on the web...categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can also browse by broad subject area (Content Area) or specific sub-categories (Subject Area)." Better than Google, because the sites are all rated as excellent.
Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown Reviews, award-winning titles, teaching ideas, resources for parents, publishers, and much more are available at this classic website, which focuses on reading for children and teens.
Education Oasis "Created by teachers, for teachers." Provides assessment resources, lesson plans, classroom management instruction, certificate templates, forms, book reviews, and more.
Education World http://www.education-world.com This megasite provides lesson plans galore. The section for administrators suggests everything from how to encourage parent involvement to how to secure grants to community service programs. Search the School Issues glossary of hundreds of topics. With features on technology integration, professional development, national standards, etc.
Educator's Reference Desk Resource lists are provided for counseling, school management, evaluation/testing, education theory, school libraries, specific subjects, diverse populations, and teaching methods. Lesson plans and a link to the Education Resources Information Center database are also here.
FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Teaching and learning web sites from federal agencies cover topics like American Indian heritage, health and safety, jazz appreciation, mathematics, vocational education, and world languages.
GED: Tests of General Educational Development http://www.state.nj.us/education/students/ged/index.html The go-to place for preparation, testing centers, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Homeschool Articles and Links http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/index.htm A rich resource for anyone considering homeschooling, or already involved in it. Includes advice for beginners, support groups, materials and curriculum issues, legal information, lessons and lists, conferences and more.
How to Start a Private School? http://privateschool.about.com/cs/startingaschool/ht/startaschool.htm Issues to consider in establishing a private school.
Institute for Urban and Minority Education "The Institute conducts research and evaluations, provides information services, and assists schools, community-based organizations, and parent school leaders in program development and evaluation, professional development, and parent education." Visit here for publications and links. Although the focus is on New York schools---parents, teachers, and others devoted to improving schools will find valuable information at this site.
International Reading Association See especially the Quick Links for beginning readers (of all ages), adolescent literacy, comprehension, struggling learners, and teacher education.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide Along with a curriculum guide, lesson plans, and homework helpers---this eminent resource offers slide shows for teaching, evaluation tools, Fry's Readability Graph, special education sources, and rich listings of web sites for the various disciplines and grade levels. Take advantage too of the clip art, Puzzlemaker, Quiz Center, Worksheet Generator.
Little Book Online http://tutor_me.tripod.com/companion/contents.html "A Study Guide for the Ohio Ninth-Grade Citizenship Proficiency Test," with key documents (like the U.S. Constitution) and pages about how bills become laws, how political parties operate, voting, etc.
Math Archives: Lesson Plans http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html#lessonplans Following the lesson plans are links to clearly explained topics in mathematics; many are interactive.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) U.S. Department of. Education's collection and analysis of national and international education data.
NEA - Tools and Ideas
http://www.nea.org/home/ToolsAndIdeas.html From the National Education Association: lesson ideas, tips, and articles for K-12 educators.
New Jersey Department of Education http://www.state.nj.us/education The official State of New Jersey web site for learning about public and private schools.
New Jersey School Report Card http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc08/index.html "One of the major goals of the Department of Education is to increase school- and district-level accountability for educational progress by communicating useful information to members of the public to be used in measuring how well their schools are doing. The New Jersey School Report Card has provided the public with information about every school in New Jersey since 1995 when the Legislature mandated the annual accountability report."
New York Times Education Section http://www.nytimes.com/education/index.html Keep up with the education issues of the day.
New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning "Connections for students, teachers, and parents." Offers quizzes, a daily lesson plan, a lesson plan archive, and other teacher resources.
Newark Public Schools Calendar, mission statement, links to individual schools and school leadership teams of schools, and notable Newark Public Schools graduates.
PBS Teachers Links to recommended books and sites, lesson plans, articles, and interactive activities for K-12 teachers.
Peterson's Private Schools http://www.petersons.com/pschools/code/psector.asp?path=hs.fas.private&sponsor=1 Find private schools by type, location, etc.
School Matters "A place for parents, educators and leaders to research information about public schools." Statistics about such factors as student performance, spending, school environments by district, by state, and nationally allow comparisons.
Smithsonian Education http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html For teachers, resources are provided in the following subject areas: art and design, science and technology, history and culture, and language arts.
Teachable Moment http://www.teachablemoment.org "Keeping it real" with local and worldwide issues, this project of the Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area (NY, NY) helps teachers in elementary, middle school, and high school settings to "encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment." Among the controversial topics treated are assertiveness, cheating on tests, cultural diversity, immigration, the effects of Hurricane Katrina, shyness, and the war in Iraq. Articles about approaching such subjects and encouraging respectful debate are also provided.
Teacher Reference Center This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books provides coverage on key education topics such as assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science and mathematics, and more for K-12 teachers and librarians.
Teaching with Documents "Teaching with Documents " is designed to help teachers and students make sense of the vast amount of source material available over the Internet, and effectively bring these resources to their work as historians. It provides easy access to analytic tools, instructional strategies, and links to source material and sample assessments." Among the Great Debates cited are civil disobedience, immigration, and women's suffrage.
U.S. Dept. of Education Search for Private Schools http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch Find schools by name, kind of program, religious affliation, number of students, location, etc.
Web English Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com Book reports, critical thinking, grammar, literature, mythology, speech and debate, study guides, writing, vocabulary: it is all here, and well explained.
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