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  • 1. ThinkFinity, brought to you by the Verizon Foundation


    Thinkfinity.org provides web based lesson plans and resources to help educators and parents put children and adults on track for success.


  • 2. Discovery Education


    DiscoverySchool.com is dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting, rewarding adventure for students, teachers, and parents.


  • 3. Calaxy


    The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is offering a comprehensive set of tools to support teaching and learning in California classrooms. This free suite of tools, previously known as edZone, is now called Calaxy.


  • 4Teachers.org


    4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars.


  • 5. K12 High Speed Network


    K12HSN is a state program funded by the California Department of Education. The mission of the California K-12 High Speed Network is to enable educators, students and staff across the state to have access to reliable high speed network which has the capacity to deliver high quality online resources to support teaching and learning and promote academic achievement.


  • Agriculture in the Classroom


    Agriculture in the Classroom’s goal is to help students gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society, so that they may become citizens who support wise agricultural policies.


  • American Federation of Teachers


    The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. It is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO with more than 1.3 million members.


  • American School Counselor Association (ASCA)


    The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, personal/social and career development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.


  • Annenberg Institute for Civics


    Educators can find curricula, lesson plans, multimedia programs, and other teaching materials all indexed and in conformance with the educational standards of their state.


  • Apple: 21st Century Learning Collection


    Apple Distinguished Educators are pleased to provide this new collection of example lessons designed to meet 21st Century Skills. Many of these examples also address the new ISTE NETS-S standards and provide replicable examples for engaging today's students.


  • Artcyclopedia


    We have now indexed over 2,300 art sites, and offer over 95,000 links to an estimated 180,000 artworks by 8,200 renowned artists.


  • Arts Online


    Welcome to ARTS Online, a way of providing high school teachers with electronic access to art and related cultural materials for integration into their curriculum.


  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development


    ASCD, a community of educators, advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner.


  • AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer


    The Knowledge Network Explorer is the official web site of the SBC company education program to help schools and libraries acquire and effectively use Internet and Videoconferencing technology.


  • Bibliomania


    Welcome to Bibliomania's Study Section. It is designed to be of particular interest to school and university students and their teachers and tutors.


  • California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST)


    This site includes the CBEST registration bulletin, information about registering for the CBEST, ordering a CBEST registration bulletin, interpreting CBEST score information, communicating with the CBEST program by e-mail and more.


  • California Commission on Teacher Credentialing


    Our mission is to ensure that those who educate the children of California are both academically and professionally prepared.


  • California Content Standards


    Content standards were designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.


  • California Educator


    California Educator is a monthly magazine published by the California Teachers Association.


  • California Faculty Association


    We are a union of 23,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches who teach in the California State University system.


  • California Federation of Teachers


    As the statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the CFT represents faculty and other school employees in public and private schools and colleges, from early childhood through higher education.


  • California League of High Schools


    For over a decade, California League of High Schools has worked as the only professional association in California solely committed to supporting high school educators and their students.


  • California League of Middle Schools


    For over twenty years, California League of Middle Schools has been the only professional association in California solely committed to supporting middle grades educators and their students.


  • California Learning Resource Network


    CLRN makes it easy for you to find the standards-aligned software, video and Internet learning resources you need.


  • California Parent Teachers Association


    California Educator is a monthly magazine published by the California Teachers Association.


  • California School Employees Association


    The California School Employees Association is the nation's largest classified school employee union, representing more than 220,000 public employees.


  • California School Nurses Organization


    The California School Nurses Organization was founded in the 1950's for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the role of school nurses in the educational community.


  • California State Teachers' Retirement System


    The California State Teachers’ Retirement System is the largest teachers’ retirement fund in the United States with a total membership of approximately 754,000 and assets of $116.2 billion as of June 2004.


  • California Subject Examinations for Teachers


    California teaching credential candidates are required by law to verify their subject matter knowledge and are provided two alternative paths for fulfilling this requirement. The CSET and Single Subject Assessments for Teaching.


  • California Teachers Association


    The California Teachers Association represents and serves more than 335,000 members - consisting of teachers and other education employees in the state's more than 1,000 school districts.


  • California Teachers Empowerment Network


    This organization, CTEN for short, is a non-partisan, non-political group dedicated to providing teachers with reliable and balanced information about professional affiliations and positions on educational issues.


  • Canter


    Professional development programs for today’s teachers.


  • Casa Notes


    Casa Notes is designed to allow teachers to quickly make, and customize, typical notes that are sent home to parents or given to the students.


  • Computer Using Educators


    Computer-Using Educators, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1978, whose goal is to promote the integration of technology in the classroom in all disciplines and at all educational levels from preschool through college.


  • Council for Exceptional Children


    The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.


  • Curriki


    Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible.


  • Digital Classroom


    The National Archives is a public trust on which our democracy depends. We enable people to inspect for themselves the record of what government has done.


  • DisneyHand Teacher Awards


    Do you know an outstanding K-12 educator who infuses creativity into every lesson? One who makes learning come alive for his or her students? Nominate that teacher for the DisneyHand Teacher Awards!


  • Doing What Works


    Doing What Works is an exciting new website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices.


  • Econoclass


    Promoting active learning in economics classes.


  • Education World


    The educators best friend.


  • Educational Web Adventures


    Educational Web Adventures develop award winning online learning activities about art, history and science.


  • Explore Geology: National Parks


    This site provides educational resources and links for teaching geology with National Park examples.


  • Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)


    FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.


  • Gateway to Education Materials


    The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.


  • Goodcharacter.com


    If you work with kids, and you need to implement character education tomorrow, and you want some immediate help, this is where to start. If your character education program is cruising, and you just want additional ideas, this is also where to start.


  • Improving Teacher Quality State Grants


    The purpose of Title II, Part A is to help increase the academic achievement of all students by helping schools and school districts ensure that all teachers are highly qualified to teach.


  • Interactives


    Interactives provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.


  • International Society for Technology in Education


    ISTE is a professional organization dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K–12 education and teacher education.


  • Internet Field Trips


    Each field trip provides quick suggestions for using targeted web sites or teaching a specific subject. Within each area, you’ll find field trips in an alphabetical list of topics.


  • LA Schools Federal Credit Union


    LA Schools FCU has served employees of the LA Unified School District and other education-related groups since 1939.


  • LA Times in Education


    Classroom sets of The Times at NO COST through generous sponsors. Teachers incorporate timely content from the newspaper into all areas of their classroom instructional programs.


  • Learning Styles


    Students learn in many ways, like seeing, hearing, and experiencing things first hand. But for most students, one of these methods stands out. Why is this important? Research has shown that students can perform better on tests if they change study habits to fit their own personal learning styles.


  • Math Worksheets


    Specifically for math teachers whose students need practice solving math problems. Homeschooling parents also find the worksheets useful.


  • National Association for College Admission Counseling


    The mission of the association is to support and advance the work of college admission counseling professionals as they help students realize their full educational potential.


  • National Association for Gifted Children


    The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents


  • National Association for Music Education


    The mission of MENC: The National Association for Music Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.


  • National Association for the Education of Young Children


    The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.


  • National Council for the Social Studies


    The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators.


  • National Council of Teachers of English


    Since 1911, NCTE has worked to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels.


  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics


    The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.


  • National Education Association


    The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3.2 million members work at every level of education.


  • National History Education Clearinghouse


    The National History Education Clearinghouse is designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom.


  • National Science Teachers Association


    The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.


  • Nature: Interactives and Games


    At NATURE Online, visitors can stream full episodes of NATURE programs, watch behind-the-scenes video exclusives, view program excerpts and find fun interactive content, teacher lesson plans, and more.


  • New York Times - Learning Network


    The New York Times Learning Network is a free service for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents. Students can read the day's top stories using Knowledge Tools, take a news quiz about today's world, and play special crossword puzzles.


  • NOVA


    Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS.


  • Nuclear Energy Resources


    List of U.S. resources for students at or below high school level about nuclear energy topics. Some of the pages are written for specific age groups (e.g., 14-16 years), and these are clearly marked.


  • PBS Teachers Connect


    PBS Teachers Connect is an online community of teachers exchanging ideas, resources and instructional strategies on the integration of digital media and technology.


  • PORTS


    California State Parks PORTS program provides teachers and students with complete units of study and live videoconferences. The units include lessons to prepare your students for the videoconference, supporting materials, and links to further resources.


  • Read Print


    Read Print, your free online library, offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.


  • Science Lesson Plans


    High quality lesson plans for K-12 Science teachers.


  • Social Studies Lesson Plans


    High quality lesson plans for K-12 Social Studies teachers.


  • Songs for Teaching


    Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum -- to students of all ages. A host of educational experts brings you tested ideas for using the magic of music in your lesson plans.


  • Talking Library


    Awesome Talkster combines a browser, directory, search engine, and text-to-voice technology. This allows you to select online text and have it read to you.


  • Teach Engineering


    This teacher resource, TeachEngineering.com, helps teachers enhance learning, excite students and stimulate interest in science and math through the use of hands-on engineering.


  • Teach Net


    Smart tools for busy teachers.


  • TeachAde


    The FREE on-line community for teachers. TeachAde saves you valuable time by sending you class resources that match your specific teaching interests. No more searching through multiple websites to develop class lessons, TeachAde works for you!


  • Teaching Tolerance


    Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nation's children.


  • Today in History


    Those Were the Days, the Today in History feature from 440 International.


  • United Teachers Los Angeles


    United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) was created in 1970 from more than a dozen different organizations representing teachers and support service personnel throughout the massive Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).


  • Urban Education Partnership


    Urban Education Partnership is an independent, not-for-profit organization that helps students in high-need public schools improve their academic achievement by partnering with educators, parents and the community.


  • Vocabulary Worksheets


    Worksheets for teachers and homeschoolers who want to make engaging handouts for vocabulary building exercises.