RESOURCE LINKS FOR EDUCATORS
Resource Web Sites for Educators
emplive.com
Experience Music Project (EMP) is an interactive music museum.
qwest.com/foundation
The Qwest Foundation awards grants that generate high impact and measurable results through community-based programs, including K-12 education and economic development.
DonorsChoose, public school teachers use DonorsChoose to propose resources for their students. Concerned individuals like you can then select a proposal to fund.
m-w.com
This online version of the Webster Dictionary / Thesaurus is an amazing resource for students stuck on a term.
Education World, the Educator's Best Friend, a resource that includes:
- a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet
- original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by education experts
- site reviews
- daily features and columns
- teacher and principal profiles
- Wire Side Chats with the important names in education
- employment listings
The World Affairs Council is a Washington State based organization that creates forums for discussion on critical world issues. This site provides programs, resources, and activities that support educators as they teach about world issues. Programs offered include Global Classroom and The World Affairs Fellows Program.
A Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) special news page for students and educators that covers the crisis in Iraq and other top news stories. Highlights include student editorials, an online newshour, and current event lesson plans for educators.
Teaching Tolerance
This site focuses on ways to fight hate and promote tolerance. There are individual pages for teens, kids, parents, and teachers, each with its own special focus. Other areas of interest include stories of hate and tolerance in the news as well as a special discussion forum called Mix It Up, where teens can share their own opinions and experiences about hate, tolerance and crossing social boundaries.
rethinkingschools.org — This site focuses on current events and provides teaching guides and activities to use in the classroom. Since its founding in 1986, it has grown into a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and many other countries. It remains firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy. While writing for a broad audience, Rethinking Schools emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race.
aboutourkids.com — This site is sponsored by The NYU Child Study Center, a multi-disciplinary team of professionals dedicated to advancing the field of mental health for children and their families through evidence-based practice, science and education. Their vision is to change the face of child mental health by improving the practices of professionals serving children, influencing public policy concerning children and being the premier source of information for all those caring about children. Much of the research for the NIE "Helping Our Children Cope with the Effects of War" came from this site.
The mission of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is to promote educationally and psychologically healthy environments for all children and youth by implementing research-based, effective programs that prevent problems, enhance independence, and promote optimal learning.
Teaching for Change is a Washington, DC-based not-for-profit organization that promotes social and economic justice through public education. They provide resources for educators and parents regarding the US/Iraq war and other current events.
Official Department of Defense Web site. Educators may find this useful for research purposes as well as class activities that are geared toward supporting our troops.
Interested in what's happening around the world? Take a look at Today's Front Pages.
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