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.
Free virtual campus tours of colleges and universities.
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative, University of Illinois
The Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois is home to more than a dozen projects focused on the education, care, and parenting of young children.
Early Literacy Initiative, University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development trains reading tutors and sends them out to work with children; sharing the expertise of the college's literacy faculty with parents, teachers, and others who work with children; and coordinating other literacy activities.
EARN is the premier recruiting source for jobseekers with disabilities, providing access to jobs openings and organizations that can help with careers.
Ed.gov: Education Resources for Spanish Speakers
This site, sponsored by the Department of Education, provides links for Spanish speaking parents of school-age children. It also includes answers to frequently asked questions, a resource center with publications and materials, a general information center, and assistance for parents in need of financial support to aid their child's education.
EdChange: Awareness Activities
A teacher's corner website that offers cultural awareness activities for multicultural education.
EdSitement: Poetry Lesson Plans
Lesson plans covering a wide range of poetry units, from Langston Hughes to Haiku.
EdSource is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to clarify complex education issues and to promote thoughtful policy decisions about public school improvement.
Education Alliance: Assessment for Diverse Learners
The Education Alliance at Brown University provides information about assessment for English language learners. The resources are broken into three main topics: initial assessment, ongoing assessment, and high-stakes testing.
Education Oasis: Graphic Organizers for Vocabulary Development
Links to vocabulary development graphic organizers.
Education Place: Graphic Organizers
Education Place is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's website for teachers. Resources offered include graphic organizers in English and Spanish, such as story maps, word webs, and KWL charts.
Education Place: Monthly Themes and Activities
Education Place (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's teacher website) provides themed monthly activities in this section of its site. Here, educators can find lesson ideas and other resources, all based around one of many monthly themes.
Education Planet is a K-12 Web services company designed to help teachers, students, and parents easily find and utilize teacher approved educational resources, web tools, and e-learning services. It features a database of more than 100,000 educational resources. Teachers use Education Planet to search over 16,000 lesson plans, utilize powerful teacher web tools, share teaching ideas, and learn more about how to integrate technology into curriculum.
The Education Trust, with online resources in English and Spanish, works to close the achievement gaps that separate low-income and minority students from other youth. It provides users with free fact sheets, PowerPoint presentations, searchable databases, and more.
This online edition of America's top educational newspaper features daily news and current, as well as archived issues of Education Week and Teacher Magazine.
Education Week Article: "Schools Brace for Bhutanese Wave"
This article from Education Week describes efforts of educators across the country who are preparing for a wave of Bhutanese refugees to enter their schools. Subscription necessary to view article.
Education World features a search engine that can be restricted to only search educational sites. It also offers news from USA Today, monthly site reviews, employment listings, and original content such as lesson plans, articles written by education experts, and information on how to make the best use of technology in the classroom.
Education World: Fourteen Great Activities for the First Days of School!
An article that includes 14 creative first day of school activity ideas.
Education World: Meeting the Educational Needs of Migrant Students
These resources include articles, state-wide models and programs, and curriculum ideas for educators working with migrant students.
Education World: Multicultural Education
Links to multicultural education articles; some articles focus on multicultural celebration activities for the month of December.
