Recommended Links
The following are links to recommended organizations and web sites that provide information on learning disabilities, ADHD, and other issues.
You can also see this list organized by type of organization, by focus, or by audience.
West Virginia Department of Education: Keys to Comprehension
Information and lesson ideas for the "7 Keys to Comprehension" by Susan Zimmermann and Chryse Hutchins. Available on the West Virginia Department of Education website.
A nonprofit research, development, and service agency, WestEd strives to enhance and increase education and human development within schools, families, and communities.
This site provides a detailed description of think-pair-share activities and the value of using them in the classroom, as well as useful links on interactive instruction and instructional skills.
What's Special About Non-fiction?
This lesson plan from Scholastic offers ideas about ways to introduce students to nonfiction texts.
Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games.
Working with Children and Digital Technology
If you feel that you would like to add some action to your lessons, this is the site for you! It explains how educators can incorporate movies created by students into their lessons. The site describes all the materials you'll need and gives step-by-step instructions to ensure a successful experience.
Worldwide Literacy: ELL Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) in New York City Schools
This document presents statistics from a variety of countries on levels of education and literacy around the world. Published by the Long Island University Spanish Language Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center. New York State Education. May 2005.
Wrightslaw provides reliable, accurate information about No Child Left Behind issues — research based reading instruction, proficiency testing, parent involvement, tutoring and supplemental educational services, highly qualified teachers, transfers from failing schools, and public school choice.
Youth In Focus works for social justice by training underrepresented Youth and adult allies in Youth-led action Research, Evaluation and Planning (Youth REP). Our work is rooted in the belief that youth can effectively partner with adults to address social and organizational challenges, and that these partnerships are crucial to making just, democratic, and sustainable social change.
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center and the premier alliance of 200+ organizations committed to increasing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally, or globally. YSA's mission is to strengthen the Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Scale of the youth service movement.
YSCal is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making community service part of each young person's life in California. YSCal believes youth service strengthens communities and develops healthy, civic-minded young people. Since 1990 YSCal has provided resources for policy makers, service organizations, press and educators to increase and enhance youth service activity in California.
Zero to Three is the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. Zero to Three is a national nonprofit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
