Links for Educators
These are sites Free Spirit editors, staff, and authors visit and recommend. While some have members-only sections, all have ample information that is free and accessible to anyone. If you know of a useful site for educators that isn’t listed here, please email us the URL, tell us why you like the site, and we’ll review it for possible inclusion.
We have carefully reviewed the links placed in this section for content and availability, and continue to do so at regular intervals. We care about young people’s safety and have only selected the most stable and reputable sites. However, the Internet is a constantly changing place, and Free Spirit Publishing is not responsible for the content found at these or related sites and cannot guarantee they are currently active. Parents, teachers, and other adults: We strongly urge you to monitor children’s use of the Internet.
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| Conference information; career advice; the Education Marketplace; updates on government funding, IDEA, and No Child Left Behind; news, reports, and resources on assessment and standards, grants and funding, safe schools, school choice, and other issues; links to government offices, reference sources, and state departments of education; downloadable publications including the AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice. |
| http://www.aasa.org |
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| Within this massive site for lawyers is much useful information for educators. In the Public Information section, links under “Public Education” lead to law-related educational projects, lessons, and teaching tools. |
| http://www.abanet.org/ |
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| Downloadable publications, reports, and articles from American Educator and American Teacher; summaries of key issues and hot topics in education, with supporting materials and resources; a Legislative Action Center with a Contact Congress area; salary surveys. |
| http://www.aft.org/ |
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| Sample chapters from hundreds of ASCD books; articles and abstracts from publications including Educational Leadership and Journal of Curriculum and Supervision; sign-up for the ASCD SmartBrief newsletter (a free daily news briefing delivered by email); access to Web-based publications including ResearchBrief; conference information; coverage of current issues and education topics with text and video clips. |
| http://www.ascd.org/ |
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| Founded by Bob and Jan Davidson, the nonprofit Davidson Institute recognizes, nurtures, and supports profoundly intelligent young people and provides opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference. Their programs and services include the Davidson Young Scholars, the Davidson Fellows, the THINK Summer Institute, the Educators Guild, and GT-CyberSource, an online gateway to gifted news and resources. The Davidsons are the authors of Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds. |
| http://www.ditd.org/ |
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| The ultimate online database of educational articles, ERIC lets you search by keyword, author, or title to access over one million full text articles for free. A login option (also free) lets you save and store your previous searches. |
| http://www.eric.ed.gov |
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| The future of this world will be determined by younger generations. Kiwanis International is empowering youth around the world to become competent, capable, compassionate leaders—by helping youth learn to help others. In short, Kiwanis is changing the world one child and one community at a time—by enabling leaders to serve their communities. Kiwanis provides a collection of service-leadership learning opportunities for youth of all ages known as Kiwanis Service Leadership Programs. |
| http://www.kiwanis.org/ |
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| News and articles on learning disabilities and difficulties. A “For Teachers” section includes information on mentoring and working with kids with LD and ADHD, strategies for communicating with parents, and inclusion techniques. “LD in Depth” covers reading, social skills, gifted/LD, and more. Share your experiences, insights, and comments on the bulletin boards. |
| http://www.ldonline.org |
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| The go-to site for information on gifted children. Get legislative updates on how current education policies impact gifted education, access to your state affiliates site and information, position papers, convention information, resources to share with parents, information on summer and other enrichment programs for students, an annotated resource list, and links to other reputable gifted education sites. |
| http://www.nagc.org |
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| Service learning starter kit resource information for grades K–12, FAQs, funding information, fact sheets, statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, volunteer opportunities, scholarship information, and more. Click on “hot topics” for the latest in service learning trends—currently character education, environmental issues, youth voice, theory, and faith-based programs, to name a few. |
| http://www.servicelearning.org |
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| For eighteen years, Youth Frontiers has been delivering programs that improve school climate and strengthen student character in primary and secondary schools throughout Minnesota and beyond. We are a non-partisan, non-profit organization whose aim is to change the way young people treat each other in every hallway, lunch line and classroom of every school in America by teaching such timeless values as Kindness, Courage, and Respect. |
| http://www.youthfrontiers.org |
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| The goal of School Grants is to help the most kids possible by empowering those who teach them with the knowledge and resources necessary to write successful grant proposals. |
| http://www.schoolgrants.org/ |
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