4Teachers: Educator's Resources

From equity and bilingual education to grants and educational journals, these multifaceted pages will guide you to all the top resources you'll need.

A Literature Review is More Than a Summary

UCLA library's video tutorial. Process of creating a literature review; including author's role.

AfterSchool.gov | A U.S. Government Web Portal

Provides links for community service opportunities, online activities for kids after school, and homework help.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Americans United for Separation of Church and State - dedicated to preserving the separation of church and state for the religious freedom in America

Association for Middle Level Education

The National Education Association dedicated to middle level education. It includes research summaries focused on middle level education.

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections

A continuously updated, multidisciplinary database of nearly 10,000 resources including journal articles, books, research reports, grey literature, government documents, and more.

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections

A continuously updated, multidisciplinary database of nearly 10,000 resources including journal articles, books, research reports, grey literature, government documents, and more.

CitizenLink.com - a Focus on the Family Affiliate

Family issues in policy and culture sponsored by Focus on the Family

Concept to Classroom

Concept to Classroom: A Series of Workshops provides the teacher with free workshops over "hot" topics such as assessment, cooperative and collaborative learning, etc.

Curriculum Revitalization

The mission of this web site resource is to enhance the instructional program improvement of career and technical education (CTE) programs throughout Illinois by aligning lessons with the Illinois Learning Standards, content-specific National Standards, Workplace Skills, and Occupational Skills Standards.

ETS Home

Information about GRE, GMAT, TOEFL and other ETS tests.

Education Portals' Free Online College Course Catalog and Videos

Secondary Education Resource - Watch fun & engaging lessons taught by world-class educators. When ready, pass an exam and earn real college credit that is accepted by 2,900 colleges. Use to CLEP out of Gen-Ed requirements and save money!

Education World: The Educator's Best Friend

The site has lesson planning ideas, professional development learning material, ideas and concerns for administrators, ideas for integrating technology, and articles about school issues.

FBI - Parent Guide to Internet Safety

Publication for parents whose children spend unmonitored time on the Internet from the FBI

Google Books

This site can help find any book a teacher may be seeking. There is an advanced book search included to help you find it.

ILLINOIS KIDS COUNT 2018

The Illinois Kids Count 2018 report Child Health Matter examines the health status of the state children. Since children physical, emotional, and social well-being can be affected by a wide range of factors, the report includes indicators on access to health care, early childhood outcomes, family environment, healthy living, social and emotional well-being, oral health, special health care needs, and personal and community safety.

ILLINOIS KIDS COUNT 2018

The Illinois Kids Count 2018 report Child Health Matter examines the health status of the state children. Since children physical, emotional, and social well-being can be affected by a wide range of factors, the report includes indicators on access to health care, early childhood outcomes, family environment, healthy living, social and emotional well-being, oral health, special health care needs, and personal and community safety.

Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS) Home Page

This is the site at which ED majors sign up for the three major tests before getting their certificate.

Internet Crimes Against Children

Publication for parents whose children spend unmonitored time on the Internet from the Department of Justice

KidsData.org - California Children Statistics

Membership, policy, and professional development for educators

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development also produces Educational Leadership.

NAEP - Scheduled Reading Assessments, Trends, Methods

National Assessment of Educational Progress from the National Center for Education Statistics

NEA - NEA Home

This site provides resources to help teachers find jobs, school for professional development, mentors, and different kinds of certification.

NSTA - Science & Education Resources

The National Science Teachers Association is committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. It includes free resources in a preservice and new teachers portal.

National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

"Since 1907, NAfME has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. NAfME's activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education."

National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC

The world's largest organization working on behalf of young children (birth-8 years). It includes research and reports on early childhood development and education.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

National Center for Education Statistics DataTools

A variety of data tools using statistical data collected by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. Create customized tables with the specific information desired.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Provides information about the organization as well as access to publications, announcements of career opportunities, and press releases. Sample articles from current and back issues of Teaching Children Mathematics, Mathematics.

National Geographic - Inspiring People to Care About the Planet

This site offers information about animals, history, maps, news, social studies topics, photos, videos, world music, etc. The site offers free newsletters.

National School Board Association

NSBA represents state school boards associations and their more than 90,000 local school board members. We believe education is a civil right, and public education is America's most vital institution.

Open Culture

Get free online courses from the world's leading universities. This collection includes over 650 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or other device. Also, you can find a new collection of certificate-bearing courses here.

PBS Teachers | Resources for the Classroom

PBS Teachers provides thousands of lesson plans, interactive games and simulations, maps, photos, essays and more on all major educational topics. The PBS Teachers site includes PBS TeacherLine, a special service offering more than 100 high-quality online professional development courses.

Parents - ED.gov

Provides information from the U.S. Department of Education for parenting.

Research & Statistics - ED.gov

Provides links to various Department of Education statistical websites including the National Center for Education Statistics.

Research & Statistics - ED.gov

Public Law 105-17: IDEA

Responsive Classroom

A widely used, research-backed approach for educators to create a safe, challenging, and joyful classroom.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (NCLB Act of 2001)

Public Law 107-110 signed on January 8, 2002

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Dept. of Education site provides resources for students, teachers, parents and administrators.

U.S. FDA - For Kids

Contains links to health and safety sites for parents.

Usable Knowledge from Harvard Graduate School of Education

Information and guidance regarding leadership and policy, learning and development, decisions through data, community and family, and teaching and curriculum.

nsf.gov - National Science Foundation

The site can help you find funding for different science topics. It includes resources for teachers so they can create lesson plans.