Professional
Associations
AASA American Association of School Administrators
AATF American Association of Teachers of French
AATSP American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
ACDA American Choral Directors Association
ACEI Association for Childhood Education International
AFT American Federation of Teachers
ALA American Library Association
AMLE Association for Middle Level Education
ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
CEC Council for Exceptional Children
CoSN Consortium for School Networking
CCSSO Council of Chief State School Officers
ILA International Literacy Association
ISTE International Society for Technology in Education
LACUE Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators
LLA Louisiana Library Association
NAEA National Arts Education Association
NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAESP National Association of Elementary School Principals
NAGC National Association for Gifted Children
NASSP National Association of Secondary School Principals
NAAD National Association of Assessment Directors
NBEA National Business Education Association
NCSS National Council for the Social Studies
NCTE National Council of Teachers of English
NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NCTR National Council on Teacher Retirement
NEA National Education Association
NSBA National School Boards Association
NSDC National Staff Development Council
NSTA National Science Teachers Association
PTA Parent Teacher Association
SHRM Society for Human Resource Management
Grant Information
Challenge Grant Information application package, guidelines, and forms
Foundation Center access the Get Started Menu for grant writing help and funding sources
Grant Proposal Writing Tips easy guide to the basic elements of grant writing and is offered to assist applicants to CPB and to other funding sources. It offers guideposts t help you through each stage of the process.
Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal created to provide both instructions on how to write a funding proposal and actual examples of a completed proposal
National Science Foundation Grants Page information for grant-seekers and awardees
Resource Guide to Federal Funding for Technology in Education a description of the grants available
US Department of Education Funding Page if you're interested in applying for a grant or contract, here's information you'll need
Lesson Plans, Activities, and Projects
A to Z Teacher Stuff lesson plans, thematic units, early childhood resources, activities for children's literature, professional articles...
Awesome Library Lesson Plans large collection of resources arranged by subject area
CNN 10 designed to help educators and students keep pace with the world's volatile and ever-changing geographic, scientific and political landscapes - fills a growing need for lesson-related news and information by revealing the ways in which current news and events shape the future and affect our lives
Discovery Education Lesson Plans Library find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers - use pull-down menus to browse by subject, grade, or both
EdHelper Lesson Plans, WebQuests, File Downloads, Additional Educational Sites, and Free Worksheet Generators - updated daily - Annual Subscription Fee Required
EDSITEment a gateway for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies
Education World goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom - a complete online resource guide where educators can find the lesson plans and research materials
Learning Page More that 100 American Memory collections. A "teacher's eye view" of over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio recordings. You will find lessons, features, activities, and tips and tricks for using these collections in your classroom.
Lesson Planet the place for K-12 teachers to find great lesson plans, share teaching ideas with peers, and learn more about how to effectively integrate technology into curriculum
Lesson Plans and Worksheets from Learning Page the place for lesson plans, worksheets, activities, etc. designed for preschool, kindergarten, first, second, and third grade students
Lesson Plans 4 Teachers free online lessons for teachers - well organized, easy to use, with proven successful results
Lesson Plans Page a collection of over 1,000 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students, and faculty at The University of Missouri - find lesson plans that match your criteria by selecting a subject or search for specific topics
McRel Lesson Plans search for lesson plans, activities, and educational resources by content areas
New York Times Learning Network Teachers can access a daily lesson plan for grades 6-12. Each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use. Previous lessons are available in the archive and in thematic lesson plan units.
Prestwick House free resources for teachers
Puzzlemaker generates all kinds of puzzles for classroom use
RHL School - Free Worksheets and More an enormous supply of free quality worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review
Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources lesson plans and resources from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful
Sports Media: Physical Education Lesson Plans huge resource page with links to lessons and activities for physical education teachers
Study.com Free lesson plans available in multiple subjects. The lesson plans feature learning objectives, materials, curriculum standards, key vocabulary, instructions and related video lessons. You can also take advantage of Study.com's entire library of over 6,000 lesson plans with a paid subscription. They are categorized into subjects like Math, English Language Arts, ESL, Science, Social Studies and more.
TeAch-nology Free worksheets, Worksheet Makers, Graphic Organizer Makers (Concept Web, Time Line, Venn Diagram...), and Rubric Makers
TeachNet Lesson Ideas innovative ideas and resources for the K-12 curriculum
Track Star your starting point for online lessons and activities. Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track. Create your own Track or use one of the hundreds of thousands already made by other educators. Search the database by subject, grade, or theme and standard for a quick and easy activity. There is a fun Track already made for each day of the year, too!
Virtual Schoolhouse: Field Trips annotated list of links of places to visit
Pedagogy
All Kinds of Minds a non-profit institute that helps families, educators, and clinicians understand why children are struggling in school and provides practical strategies to help them become more successful learners
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the center conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing.
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) improves the reading achievement of children by generating and disseminating theoretical, empirical, and practical solutions to problems in the learning and teaching of beginning reading
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP) a consortium of five universities which has been created to investigate the relation between excellent teaching and policymaking at national, state, and local levels
Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) goal is to improve elementary and secondary education through research on policy, finance, school reform, and school governance
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA / AAPE) Research, reviews and scholarly writings on all aspects of education policy. Both full text articles as well as abstracts are posted. Searchable data base....
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) searchable data base of full-text ERIC digests
Education World searchable database of 56,000 education related sites plus articles, current issues, curriculum links, education news, site reviews, etc.
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Net gateway to definitive information about college and graduate school admissions and placement tests, with links to AP, GRE, GMAT, SAT, The Praxis Series, and TOEFL sites, as well as other educational resources
From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal promotes educational technology which enables students to make up their own minds
Global School Net Internet resources for the online educator. Areas include Collaborative Projects, Communication Tools, and Professional Development.
Harvard Ed Portal an innovative collaborative partnership involving Harvard University, the City of Boston, the Harvard Allston Task Force, and the Allston-Brighton community
Harvard Education Newsletter sign up for monthly newsletter that summarizes new research and innovative practice in preK-12 education - full text articles as well as back-issue abstracts with ordering information
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth - updated daily...
Language, Literacy, & Early Learning (LL&EL) more than 20 years of experience for in supporting early education teachers, managers, and administrators - goal is to strengthen programs by bringing together research and practice, promoting professional development, and influencing policies that have an impact on the lives of children and families
Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) a multidisciplinary research center whose mission is to understand and improve learning by children and adults in the organizational settings in which they live and work: schools, museums and other informal learning environments, and workplaces
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence provides an explanation of what learning styles and multiple intelligence are all about, an interactive assessment of your learning style/MI, and practical tips to make your learning style work for you
Louisiana Department of Education BESE, general information/policies, news, publications, funding/grant information, school directories, salary schedules, etc.
NASA's Initiative for Educators designed for online classrooms, this award-winning site is where you can put your students in touch with NASA scientists, researchers, and engineers, get information on current projects, and much more
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) covers the entire educational spectrum, providing the facts and figures needed to help policy makers understand the condition of education in the nation today, to give researchers a foundation of data to build upon, and to help teachers and administrators decide on best practices for their schools
National Center for Research on Teacher Learning (NCRTL) the leader in the field of teacher education research
National Library of Education principal center for the collection, preservation, and effective utilization of the research and other information related to education and to the improvement of educational achievement
Reinventing Schools: The Technology is Now Opinions differ on the likely role of technology in the future of education. This publication cannot resolve this debate. Instead, it seeks to inform the debate by laying out a vision of what could be - Free PDF download from the National Academies Press.
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education
Teachers Helping Teachers goals are to provide basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers; ideas that can be immediately implemented into the classroom; to provide new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers; and to provide a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world
TeachersNet includes the Teachers.Net Reference Desk (your direct link to all of the information you could ever want to know) and the Lesson Plan Exchange (fast access to a large storehouse of lesson plans and ideas, including easy on-line browsing of posted lessons, a powerful search engine, and a faster submission form)
TeachNet ideas and activities for educators on everything from classroom organization and management to lesson plans
US Department of Education information about the offices and programs of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), education initiatives of the President and the Secretary, the full text of ED reports and publications, links to organizations we support, and more