This site is a reference for teachers, parents, and students in Illinois on the educational policies, goals, and structure of the educational system in the state. It also contains many references on numerous educational topics.
This is a great site for recent information on the state of Education on the national level. It shows policies, recent activity, and a massive amount of information on all topics in Education.
Craetive Education is an Educational non-profit organization that specializes in creating uniqiue filed emersion curriculum programs in which students and teachers paricipate in filed trips to exotoic locations. There are resources on this page on how to incorporate one of these trips into your classroom Education or as a teacher you can volunteer as well
This site contains alot of useful information for teachers, including educational news, inomration of education associations, think tanks, book reviews, and commentaries
This is an article from the Daily Illini today saying that a national report found three education programs within the College of education here at U of I were inadequate.
This site is a reference for teachers and parents on schools and colleges, as well as discussion on how to help children succeed in school and a Q and A section.
This is the web version of the New York Times, which gives up to date information on stories and events in the education field happeneing in the world today.
Here is the website for the American Institute for History Education. It has many helpful and interesting things for History educators such as workshops, technology resources and much more! You can even sign up for a news Gazette.
This site, as the name implies, is dedicated to controversial topics in education. The site offers ideas on how to proceed with such topics in hopes of not "stepping on anyone's toes." This is beneficial because all of us will have to teach controversial issues in our classroom.
This site is dedicated to providing resources for Social Studies teachers as well as pushing for the advancement of the teaching of history in schools. It provides information on state councils, conferences, and recent news and events in regards to history education
Website full of resources for educators who teach for social justice. Curriculum and resources are amongst the many facets of social justice education discussed for teachers.
This site is dedicated to showing educational brief clips about some of America's most influential individuals of the early 18th century. It provides background information and interesting facts about people such as Benjamin Franklin, Molly Pitcher, and George Washington, which is a good way to engage the students' attention.