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AOL@SCHOOL
A resource center for teachers, administrators, and children, the site provides links to lesson plans, homework help, researching topics, current research, and class activities.
ArtsEdNet
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles provides art-based lesson plans that are searchable by grade level.
Blue Web'n
Blue Web'n is a searchable database of outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by content, subject area, and grade level. Each site is given a detailed description and rated on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.
Business News For Kids
Published every Monday, Business News for Kids is an easy to understand business and economy news website for kids of all ages.
The Comic Book Project
The goal of The Comic Book Project is to help children forge an alternative pathway to literacy through the visual arts. By employing a platform that links creativity to learning, The Comic Book Project has supported children who are struggling with their reading and writing skills, including children with limited English proficiency.
Child & Family WebGuide – Tufts University
A directory of websites that contain credible research-based information about child development. The sites have been evaluated by experts from Tufts University. Topics include family/parenting, health/mental health, education/learning, typical development, childcare/daycare, and activities by region.
edHelper.com
Lesson plans in all subjects; Web quests; math, spelling and vocabulary worksheets; sites for teachers; freebies; a newsletter; and education news updated daily can all be found on this site.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
ERIC is the largest education database in the world, containing more than 1 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books. ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered by the National Library of Education.
Education Week
This is an online newspaper for people interested in American education reform, schools, and the policies that guide them.
Education World
This site offers information that allows educators to engage students creatively, connect with other like-minded professionals, or advance their careers. It features an educational search engine, links to education-related sites, columns written by education experts, sample lesson plans, and curriculum ideas.
EduHound
The EduHound.com directory provides a pre-screened database directory of more than 20,000 K-12 educational links in more than 50 categories. EduHound Español provides a directory of links in Spanish.
EduTech 4 Learning
This site, created by a teacher, has won multiple awards and provides links to teaching resources, lesson plans, education networks, list servers, Web quests, online writing resources, and multicultural resources.
Family Education Network
Provides standards-based activities, lesson plans, research tools, homework help, creative activities, printables, games, and instructional techniques for teachers and parents of children K-12.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
This site has hundreds of federally supported educational resources.
FirstGov.gov
FirstGov.gov is the U.S. Government’s Official Web clearinghouse, providing easy access to government forms, federal grants for your state and school district, information regarding federal education programs, statistics from the Census Bureau and Labor Department and other useful information. You can locate laws, regulations and court decisions or contact your member of Congress. Your students can access federal libraries, photo archives, and online resources under many topics.
FunBrain.com
This Family Education Network site provides free games and online quizzes for children K-8, parents, and teachers.
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
The GEM project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial Internet sites.
IDEA Parent Center
The National Center on Learning Disabilities (NCLD) has created so parents can become informed and effective partners with school personnel in supporting their children’s special learning and behavioral needs. The site includes a “Parent Guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).”
The Informed Librarian Online
A free monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 220 valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines, e-zines, newsletters and e-newsletters. Delivered monthly by e-mail.
InsideSchools.org
A project of Advocates for Children of New York, this site provides a forum for parents, teachers, and administrators to share information about New York City's schools. By helping parents navigate the bureaucracy, and by encouraging them to lobby for improvements in their neighborhood schools, the group seeks to increase support for public education and to make the public school system more accessible to parents, and more accountable to students.
Just One More Book
Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast which promotes and celebrates literacy and great children’s books. It features book discussions and reviews, weekly interviews with authors, literacy related discussions, and audio reviews submitted by listeners.
KinderStart
A large database of links to all aspects of children's education and development, including categories on homeschooling, finding schools, and teacher development programs.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress website includes three collections of valuable educational resources: The Learning Page, America’s Story, and The Wise Guide.
Michaels Associates
Commercial distributor of professional books, children's literature, classroom supplies. This website features a list of professional books for teachers recommended by the Ohio Department of Education.
NASAexplores
NASAexplores provides free weekly K-12 educational articles and lesson plans on current NASA projects. Printable and downloadable, these supplemental curriculum resources meet national education standards.
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind website provides information and answers to questions about the U.S. federal legislation enacted in January 2002. The Act redefines the federal role in K-12 education and means to help close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and minority students and their peers.
The New York Times Learning Network
For students grades 3 and up, there are news summaries, news quizzes and monthly crossword puzzles with an educational theme. For teachers, there are daily lesson plans related to a featured news story and a selective guide to the Internet organized by subject.
People to People International's School and Classroom Program
The School and Classroom Program connects teachers and their students with similar-age classrooms in other countries. Students collaborate on educational projects as simple as writing letters or as complex as examining recycling systems. Interaction between classrooms occurs offline and online and employs various audio and visual tools. Two classrooms may form a private "classroom partnership" or multiple classrooms may contribute to a single project. All School and Classroom Program projects aim to better students' understanding of another culture and help them form friendships with peers abroad. Thousands of students in countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America have participated in the School and Classroom Program.
Parent Teachers Association’s Parent Resources website
The PTA provides resources and support parents need to stay involved in the life of their children every day, including information on student achievement, safety, media technology, and health and wellness.
Scholastic.com
Scholastic.com has won numerous awards and offers classroom-tested online curriculum, lesson plans and reproducibles, professional resources, online activities, news, and background on authors and books.
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
The Smithsonian works with teachers in the Washington, D.C., area and in several locations throughout the U.S. Through special events, for-credit courses, and long-term partnerships, teachers discover innovative ways to meet their teaching objectives using museum resources.
SmithsonianEducation.org
This new website aligns more than 1,200 free educational resources to standards of learning in every state. By entering the name of the state into the site’s search engine, teachers can find lesson plans, virtual exhibitions, photographs and artwork, and databases of research information that apply to their curriculum. State standards are correlated to all subjects — from language arts and social studies to mathematics and technology.
Student Progress Monitoring
This site, from the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, provides information and technical assistance to implement progress monitoring for students in the elementary grades
Study Guides and Strategies
Designed for learners in middle school and beyond, this website features advice, techniques, and information on how to learn — how to study, take notes, prepare for exams, read for meaning, do research, and much more.
The Stuttering Foundation
The Stuttering Foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
Teachers.net
This site hosts teacher chat rooms, mailrings, and bulletin boards. It also offers free lesson plan, curriculum, and teacher project ideas.
Teachers Support Network
Visit www.TeachersSupportNetwork.com to match yourself to districts with positions that correspond to your criteria, to contact other teachers, to gather information related to your career, and to find resources for professional development and mentoring to further your careers and reach your goals.
Teachers' Place
The Math Forum's Teachers' Place provides Internet resources for lessons, projects, and software to help in the math classroom. These pages also provide many resources for communication with other teachers and links to professional organizations.
Teachers Talking About Learning
Teachers can integrate what's available on this UNICEF site with their professional development goals. The three main branches of the site mirror preferred learning styles: Explore Ideas (if you learn best on your own), Discuss Issues (if you learn best by talking with colleagues), and Take Action (if you learn best by doing).
Teachnet.com
Teachnet.com educator services include lesson plans, Web links, interactive forums, mailing lists, and a weekly e-mail newsletter.
TeachersCount.org
TeachersCount is a national nonprofit organization with two main objectives: (1) to improve the public’s perception of the teaching profession by bringing the accomplishments of teachers to public attention, and (2) to provide services, resources, and information to teachers, prospective teachers, and others interested in education and the teaching profession.
U.S. Department of Education
The Department was established to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all Americans. The site includes many resources for parents.
Voices in Urban Education
Published by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, VUE presents diverse voices debating vital issues in urban education." Recent topics include accountability, "small schools and race," and adolescent literacy.
What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse is a project of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences established to provide educators, policymakers, and the public with a central, independent, and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.
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