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An interesting study that was conducted found that large bonuses in teacher salary have little impact on student test scores

While although the immigration legislature is affecting Arizona in multiple ways, it's not stopping students from flocking to ethnic studies courses. This is a great informational article to provoke discussion in class.

This is a site similar to sparknotes. It has summaries, analysis, character lists, and quizzes. What I liked about this site is the Why Should I Care section they have for every book that describes why they are studying this book in a witty way. If used as a tool and not a substitution for reading the book i think it is a great asset for teachers and students. 

This website offers valuable information about the importance of the use of Collaborative Methods within the classroom and the means in which educators can achieve such methods within their classroom.

This blog seemed like a great site to explore ideas on lesson plans, book recommendations, and other articles to aid in literature studies.

I think that even though we are planning to be english teachers it is still so important to stay up-to-date with current political issues and if possible link them to the materials we study in class.

This University of Oregon study tries to show strategies to teach their students how to become autonomous learners.

I know some English majors that are also studying to achieve a Spanish endorsement...I figured some of these tips and tricks on how to teach Spanish to Secondary Ed. students would be greatly beneficial to prospective teachers!

I know you can probably just google online flashcards, but I stumbled upon this site that seemed a little more advanced and possibly helpful for teachers.

Yes, I know you've probably used sporcle as a distraction FROM homework, but I'm posting it because I think it can also be a great resource FOR teachers to use with kids to get them to learn in a fun way. The site is filled with quizzes on pretty much every subject possible. I think the sections on geography, literature, and language could be useful. For example, there are timed country and capital quizzes that are great study tools.

High school students generally dedicate one year to speech. This is a good website that models good speakers. In addition, it provides a literary history to key figures that we will study in the classroom. This could also profit discussions on current events.

Website that offers study guides, resources, links to children's literature, etc.

It has lesson plans, guides to teaching, links to other sites, and a lot of other great resources for the classroom.

This website is a helpful tool because it has resources for just English teachers. Whether you are trying to teach poetry or grammar, this website has tools to help you.

This site has a very wide selection of different lesson plans for different authors. It is a good resource for teachers to find accompanying course work or helpful study tips for common high school English classes.