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This is a good article that describes some differentiation and PBL and has links to many more useful articles.

This is a discussion on The Dianne Rehm Show about how to evaluate teachers. It is very relevant to all of us. There are several guests on the show including an administrator from Washington D.C., where they have pay incentives based on effectiveness.

This is a great website to see what other teachers are using in their classes. Mainly activities! (You have to make an account but it is definitely worth it, and search "education" and you will find tons of great stuff!)

This social networking site could be used by educators much the same as Diigo. The one real difference is that Pinterest is a visual space (akin to a pin board) where you can get a sense of the content at a glance and dig deeper based on what you see.

I found these samples (based on Wallingford Public Schools) to be helpful for a foundation, but I don't know that I would use them as is for high school unless it was for an introductory lesson.

Here you can view curriculum maps based on units related to the Common Core standards.

The Partnership for Reading offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research. The Partnership invites you to explore this site for information on reaseach, principles about reading instruction suggested by the research, and products for parents, teachers, administrators and policy-makers. Thank you Beth Caraccio for her presentation about reading web sites.