Internet Resources for Education

Lawrence Resources

• Education at Lawrence University.

Starting Points

• Access ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse.
  
• Library in the Sky; formerly known as The Schoolhouse.
  
• NLE: National Library of Education.
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  
• Wisc. DPI: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Guides to the Web

• EdWeb: A Hyperbook of Educational Reform and Technology.
  
• Virtual Subject Library -- Education.
• Yahoo's list of Education Links.

Lesson Plans and Teachers' Sources

• Columbia Education Center's Lesson Plans.
• DiscoverySchool: hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers.
• The Educator's Reference Desk
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
• Lesson Plans Page
• Teaching Books requires free registration. "Designed to bring insights about books across the curriculum, to all subject areas, grade levels and even into the home. With a wealth of resources on children's and young adult literature.
• Web English Teacher Mostly geared toward middle and high school levels.

Online Periodicals and News

• C-SPAN Online; national education issues and C-Span use in education.
• Education Week
• Teacher Magazine
• Chronicle of Higher Education

The Arts

• ArtsEdge
• ArtsEdNet from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts.

Environmental Studies

• The Environmental Education Network

History and Social Sciences

• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
• Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
• NCSS socialstudies.org from the National Council for the Social Studies.
• Social Studies School Archive
• Social Studies Sources

K-12

• Classroom Connect; The "Internet made easy in the classroom."
• The Discovery Channel
• EDSITEment; quality humanities web sites that integrate Internet resources into lesson plans. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, and MCI Corporation.
• Education World
• MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom First launched in 1997 as a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational Web sites for K-12 teachers
• Teachers Helping Teachers; basic tips, new ideas, and a forum for teachers.

Language Arts and Literature

• Center for Applied Linguistics: Resources for applied linguistics, English as a second language, and lots more.
• The On-line Books Page
• The Children's Literature Web Guide
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Multicultural Book Review
• The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) [NCBE] Operated by The George Washington University.
• The The EServer Poetry Collection includes Canonical Verse, a searchable archive of online texts from a wide range of recognized poets, both historical and contemporary.

Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Educational Associations and Organizations from the U.S. Department of Education.
• NEA: National Education Association.
• WEAC: Wisconsin Education Association Council.

Science and Mathematics

• Case Studies in Science from SUNY-Buffalo. "Case Method" in science education.
• EXTEND; a national Internet forum on mathematics education.
• Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
• History of Mathematics
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• SciEd - Science and Mathematics Education Resources

Statistics

• Encyclopedia of Education Stats Compiled by The National Center for Educatio Statistics (NCES)
• Kids Count - a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. by providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being.

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