PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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GENERAL EDUCATION SITES
ART-RELATED SITES
BUSINESS EDUCATION SITES
COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRESCHOOL
GIFTED AND TALENTED
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY
LITERATURE AND WRITING SITES
MATH EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES
SPECIAL EDUCATION

GENERAL EDUCATION SITES

This site for both teachers and students from the Discovery Channel is filled with resources, lesson plans, and ideas.
The Educator's Reference Desk
Access AskERIC's thousands of lesson plans and links to sites, with a search engine for the ERIC database, containing over a million bibliographic records on education.
Innovations, educators and communities that are taking public education into the future.
Provides access to hundreds of education resources supported by U.S. Federal government agencies, making them easier to find.  The site can be searched or browsed by subject.
The Gateway to Educational Materials
This site provides educators with a quick and easy search mechanism to find lesson plans and teacher guides on the Internet.
Connections for students, grades 6-12, teachers and parents through a collection of articles that can be used in the classroom.
Private Schools @ About.com
Links and related articles for parents, teachers, administrators, librarians and students.
SchoolGrants
Grant opportunities, writing tips, sample proposals, and more.
School Psychology Resources Online
Links of interest to school psychologists that include the subjects of learning disabilities, ADHD, functional behavior assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, and mental health.
Searchable directory of thousands of programs in over 100 countries.
TeachNet
Share techniques and ideas with fellow educators.
Teacher Source: Health and Fitness
From PBS comes this resource for health and vocation teachers.
This site is one of the most popular teacher resource sites online with information on hot topics, holidays, parenting, today's schools, plus discussion boards.
Lesson plans, reference area, chat, discussions, and much more.
An extensive resource for educators straight from the federal level.

ART-RELATED SITES

ARTSEDGE
Art education information including, goals, a newsletter, stories of WWW use in the classroom, and links to other related sites.
This site features art activities for children K-8.  It contains information on art lessons, architecture, artists and art history, bulletin board ideas, crafts, drama, drawing, folk art, paintings, printmaking, recycling, seasonal, sculpture and textiles.
Songs for Teaching: Using Children's Music to Promote Learning
Information for teachers on using music in the general classroom, including songs for reading, science, movement, math, foreign language, and class management.
TeacherSource: Arts and Literature
From PBS comes this resource for teachers of arts and literature.

BUSINESS EDUCATION SITES

EconEdLink
This site offers economics lesson plans and materials for K-12 teachers.  It includes complete lessons, using the Internet to teach economics, current events, macroeconomic data, and links to related websites.
Support for teachers and professors of economics.

COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

Searchable directory of articles and sites for educators. The site is broken into areas such as lesson planning, administrator's desk, school issues, professional development, and technology.
A site that provides Wisconsin educators with "high-quality, highly usable, teacher-reviewed web-based resources for curricula, content, lesson plans, professional development and other selected resources."
Collection of online resources for teachers aimed at enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
This site offers 5000 reviewed sites for teachers. The sites cover a wide range of subjects, and a monthly update is available via email.

EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRESCHOOL

This site offers over 600 printable worksheets on subjects such as English, math, geography, and science. 
ReadyWeb
A collection of resources on school readiness sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Childhood Education with information for both parents and educators.

GIFTED AND TALENTED

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
Information on parenting and teaching gifted children.
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
This site offers information on conventions, competitions, legislation, parenting, public policy, and enrichment programs.

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY

4teachers
Information on using technology and the Web in the classroom, from learning new technologies to integrating them in the classroom to using online tools.
ePALS Classroom Exchange
Search engine for classrooms to find other classrooms elsewhere in the world to communicate with.
TechLearning
Site for education technology with news, ideas, reviews, products, and articles.

LITERATURE AND WRITING SITES

ReadWriteThink
This site from the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English offers lessons, standards, materials for students and web resources for reading and language arts instruction.
This site, dedicated to those who write, read or teach literature to children, includes writing resources, writers, publishers, magazine markets, author interviews, and editor interviews.
TeacherSource: Arts and Literature
From PBS comes this resource for teachers of arts and literature.
A discussion of the importance of reading aloud to children of all ages, plus guides to figure out what to read to your child.
 

PRIMARY EDUCATION

Articles with subjects such as at-risk youth, diversity, dropout prevention, life skills, mentoring, parent education, remedial education, special ed, substance abuse prevention, violence prevention and wellness.
Resources, Lesson Plans and Activities for Kindergartens
A collection of top online resources to complement Kindergarten curriculum.

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Gateway to free online resources for high school students under a variety of different subjects.
Secondary School Educators @ About.com
Links and related articles covering current events, language arts, mathematics, science and health, social studies, fine arts, foreign language, performing arts, lesson plans, holidays, clip art, school violence, active listening, assessment, grant writing, technology, learning styles and special education.

SOCIAL STUDIES (INCLUDING HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY)

Teacher Source: Social Studies
From PBS comes this online resource for social studies teachers.
Xpeditions @ nationalgeographic
This site from National Geographic offers teachers a collection of online resources for teaching geography.  The site contains recommended sites, online atlas, standards, lesson plans, activities, and an online forum for discussions.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

News, articles, resources, newsletter, and discussion boards on learning disabilities.
Offers information, research and referral services.
SchwabLearning.org
This site is for parents of children with learning differences.  It aids in identifying learning differences, managing them, connecting with others and offering ideas for success.
Special Education @ About.com
Links and related articles covering advocacy, adapted PE, behavior issues, developmental delays, early childhood, early intervention, evaluations and assessment, gifted education, home schooling, inclusion, lesson plans, occupational therapy, psychology and technology.

Updated April 29, 2006.

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