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about improving teacher quality, but includes some interesting info about teachers in other countries:  "Teachers in leading nations' schools also teach much less than ours do. High school teachers provide 1,080 hours per year of instruction in America, compared with fewer than 600 in South Korea and Japan, where the balance of teachers' time is spent collaboratively on developing and refining lesson plans."

A collection of handouts, lesson plan ideas, and links from an English teacher. Similar to the English Companion Ning in that you can spend 1/2 hour here and not even notice.