Resource of the Week:


Good Friend's Mission: Create autism awareness, teach acceptance of differences, and foster empathy among typically-developing peers.


General Professional Resources:


Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
http://www.ascd.org

International Society for Technology in Education
http://www.iste.org

National Center on Education and the Economy
http://www.ncee.org

National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.ncss.org

National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.learningpt.org/page.php?pageID=243

Principals & Standards for School Mathematics
http://standards.nctm.org

Facing History & Ourselves
http://www.facinghistory.org


Curriculum Resources:

Teachers Network.org
http://teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet

Scholastic.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans

Read Write Think.org
http://www.readwritethink.org

Hug-a-book
http://www.family-focus.org/programs/hug_a_book

Technology in the classroom
http://www.schoollink.org/twin

ABC Teach.com
http://www.abcteach.com

Public Education Network
http://www.publiceducation.org

EdInformatics
http://www.edinformatics.com

BBC Education
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning

The Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/math/index.html

Math in Daily Life
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath

WebQuest Search
http://webquest.org/search

Community Learning Network
http://www.cln.org/index.html

Access Excellence @ The National Health Museum
http://www.accessexcellence.org/index.html

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.com

The New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

The Children's Software Finder
http://www.childrenssoftware.com


Professional Development:

Great Books
http://www.greatbooks.org/typ/pd.0.html

Rochelle Lee
http://www.rochelleleefund.org

Inner-City Teaching Corp
http://ictc-chicago.org/profdev

Chicago Math & Science Initiative
http://www.cmsi.cps.k12.il.us

TEN: Teaching Excellence Network: An online community of teachers sharing ideas and thoughts with fellow teachers.
www.teachingexcellencenetwork.org

Highland Park High School Action Research Laboratory: A link to the action research projects of teachers at Highland Park High School
http://www.dist113.org/hphs/action/
table_of_contents.htm


Teacher Leadership Opportunities:

Golden Apple
http://www.goldenapple.org

CPS National Board Certification
https://secure.cps.k12.il.us/nbc

New Leaders for New Schools
http://www.nlns.org/NLWeb/Index.jsp

Kipp Leadership
http://www.kipp.org


Publications:


Catalyst Magazine: Catalyst Chicago is a newsmagazine examining issues of school-improvement in the Chicago Public Schools.
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/index.php

Rethinking Schools: Rethinking Schools publishes educational materials advocating educational reform and places emphasis on social justice issues.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

Education Week: This publication focuses on hightening the awareness of issues in American education.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

Educational Leadership: A publication of ASCD, this publication addresses trends and issues about teaching and learning.
http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menu
item.a4dbd0f2c4f9b94cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/


National Staff Development Council: NSDC's publications work towards putting high quality staff development ideas into practice.
http://www.nsdc.org/

The Harvard Educational Review: A scholarly journal providing research and discussion on the most pressing issues in the field of education.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hepg/her.html

Young Children: A bi-monthly journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, this journal specializes in early childhood education.
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/

Voices in the Middle: A publication of the National Council of Teachers of English specializing in literacy and learning at the middle school level.
http://www.ncte.org/pubs/journals/vm

The Reading Teacher: Discusses issues of literacy for children up to the age of 12.
http://www.reading.org/publications/journals/rt/

Teaching Tolerance: This magazine highlights creative approaches to teaching tolerance in the classroom.
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/index.jsp

Phi Delta Kappan: A professional journal discussing issues of policy and practice across all levels of education. It also supports research-based school reform.
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm