Instructional Leadership Institutes
Below you will find links to some useful sites on the topic of education.
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- Brain-based Learning
- The Brain Connection
- The Brain Store
- Brains.org
- Jensen Learning Corporation
- Neuroscience for Kids
This site provides accessible, high-quality information about how the brain works and how people learn.Learning resources based on today’s revolutionary brain research applications.Practical classroom applications of current brain research. Site includes articles, workshop information and a free educator’s newsletter.Brain-based staff development, training, workshops and conferences offered to enhance teaching and learning.Explore the brain and learn how it works, site includes teaching resources. Student friendly. - Education
- NEA Today Online
- Rethinking Schools Online
- Education Week
- Educational Leadership
- Phi Delta Kappan
- The University of California Melvyl System
- Educational Resources Information Center
- Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSDNet)
- Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now (LEARN)
- SCORE, the Schools of California Online Resources for Education
- Urban Education Partnership
- The National Center for Education Statistics
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
- Harvard Educational Review
- ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- Annenberg Institute for School Reform
The online journal of the National Education Association.Rethinking Schools is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that publishes an independent quarterly newspaper advocating the reform of elementary and secondary public schools. Its goals are to promote educational equity, support progressive educational values, and provide a voice for teachers, parents, and students.Only national weekly newspaper for K-12 educators. Serves as American Education’s Newspaper of Record. Covers latest news, developments and trends for school administrators, principals, teacher-leaders, school board members, federal and state officials, curriculum directorys, and members of education associations.Educational Leadership is intended primarily for leaders in elementary, middle and secondary education but is also for anyone interested in curriculum, instruction, supervision, and leadership in schools.This professional journal for education addresses policy issues for educators at all levels. It publishes articles concerned with educational research, service, and leadership; issues, trends, and policy are emphasized.Melvyl is a computer-based library system created by the Division of Library Automation (DLA), in consultation with UC campuses, that allows users to search a variety of bibliographic databases, as well as to connect to other databases and systems at UC campuses and elsewhere.The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a federally-funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.This service is provided so that our teachers and students will be able to access information electronically. Of course, this type of communication also allows our District people to exchange ideas with educators from all over the world.LEARN is parents, teachers, staff and community members at each individual school site working together to create a school community which meets the unique needs of the students and families it serves within a school system focused on student achievement.Will lead to the excellent History/Social Studies pages which have links to the other projects.Urban Education Partnership is an independent, not-for-profit organization that helps students in high-need public schools improve their academic achievement by partnering with educators, parents and the community. We confront the most difficult problems facing urban education by working with keystakeholders to provide innovative answers to complex issues.NCES fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. NCES studies cover the entire educational spectrum, providing the facts and figures needed to help policymakers understand the condition of education in the nation today, to give researchers a foundation of data to build upon, and to help teachers and administrators decide on best practices for their schools.The mission of the American Association of School Administrators is to achieve the highest quality of public education through effective school system leadership, with emphasis on superintendents. AASA, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for over 16,500 educational leaders across North America and in many other countries.The Harvard Educational Review is a scholarly journal of opinion and research in the field of education. Articles are selected, edited, and published by an editorial board of graduate students at Harvard University. HER Online contains the electronic archives of the Harvard Educational Review, or everything published in the Review since the Winter 1993 issue. Note: you must subscribe to use this web site.The major ASCD publications on the Internet includes: OTB Guide to Software, Educational Leadership, Curriculum/Technology Quarterly, Curriculum Handbook, Education Update, Curriculum Update, Language of Learning, Education Bulletin, ASCD Workshops & Conferences, Order Online, Online Forums & Conferences, and other Web Links. Note: you must subscribe to use this web site.The Annenberg Institute works in collaboration with education reform organizations, school districts, school improvement networks, and education funds to develop the capacity of urban communities to build and sustain programs and policies that improve teaching and learning. - Equity, Access and Inclusion
- Anti-Defamation League
- Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE)
- Diversity Digest
- Diversity Forum
- Diversity in the Classroom
- Native Americans
- Standards: International Journal of Multicultural Studies
- Teaching about Diversity
- Teaching Tolerance
The Anti-Defamation League probes the roots of anti-Semitism and bigotry and serves as a public resource for the public at large.The purpose of CREDE’s research is to identify and develop effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, such as those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location.A quarterly newsletter dedicated to transforming curricula to correct past exclusions; to better prepare students for increasingly complex and diverse communities and workplaces; and to provide students with the most current and intellectually comprehensive understanding of history, culture, and society.Site includes various resources on diversity.Site includes annotated links addressing the issue of diversity in the classroom.Useful links about Native American Indians.Electronic journal with articles on diversity and equity.Annotated links on teaching diversity topics.A national education project dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect and understanding in the classroom and beyond. - Fundraising
- Council on Foundations
- Foundation Center
- California Community Foundation
- Philanthropy Journal
- Foundations On-line
- PRSPCT-L
- National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
This site contains over 150 links to member sites, as well as grant making associations and philanthropy research centers.The Center offers most comprehensive list of funders and contains essential grantwriting information.This site was recently recognized as one of the best foundation sites on the web for its ease of use and depth of information.Information and opinion about charitable giving, fundraising and management, focusing in particular on organizational effectiveness, donor engagement and collaboration.The Northern California Community Foundation maintains this site, which features links to many California-based foundations.Yahoo message board (requires free registration). Get tips from the experts on grant seeking. Updated regularly and full of useful information, PRSPCT-L is an unmoderated electronic mail list provided as a forum for discussion of prospect research issues. It is intended to serve educational, non-profit and service organization Prospect Researchers and other development professionals with an interest in professional prospect research.The NFIE offers leadership grants to qualified institutions and educators. - Government Agencies
- California Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Education grants
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Non-Profit Gateway
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Education Center
- National Archives and Records Administration grants
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities grants
- National Science Foundation grants
- U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- The Learning Organization
- The Learning Organization: An International Journal
- Learning Organizations
- Neuro-Linguistic Programing
- Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management
- Pegasus Communications
- Stanford Learning Organization Web
The Learning Organization aims to bring ideas, debate issues and case studies to practitioners, consultants, researchers and students worldwide by publishing papers which have been accepted after blind review by two reviewers. The editor may, in some circumstances, review papers by electronic means (subscription required).Resources and research on learning organizations, the subject of Peter Sange’s book, The Fifth Discipline.NLP is the study of exceptional talent - how outstanding individuals and organizations get their results. These methods can be taught to others so they too can get the same results through a process called modeling.Numerous links to resources and readings can be found here. The website is created and managed by the University of Colorado at Denver School of Education.By providing the forum and resources, Pegasus keeps you on the forefront of management innovation with leading-edge publications, conferences, and other materials about systems thinking and organizational learning – a powerful framework and set of tools for building a learning environment in your organization through a systemic approach.The Stanford Learning Organization Web (SLOW) is an informal network of Stanford researchers, staff, and students along with colleagues and friends from the corporate world interested in the nature and development of learning organizations. -
Online Publications
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
- ASCD
- Education Week on the Web
- Educational Leadership
- Harvard Educational Review
- National Education Association
- Phi Delta Kappan
- Teachers College Record
- Training and Development
The mission of the American Association of School Administrators is to achieve the highest quality of public education through effective school system leadership, with emphasis on superintendents. AASA, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for over 16,500 educational leaders across North America and in many other countries.The major ASCD publications on the Internet includes: OTB Guide to Software, Educational Leadership, Curriculum/Technology Quarterly, Curriculum Handbook, Education Update, Curriculum Update, Language of Learning, Education Bulletin, ASCD Workshops & Conferences, Order Online, Online Forums & Conferences, and other Web Links. PAID SUBSCRIPTION IS REQUIRED.Only national weekly newspaper for K-12 educators. Serves as American Education’s Newspaper of Record. Covers latest news, developments and trends for school administrators, principals, teacher-leaders, school board members, federal and state officials, curriculum directorys, and members of education associations.Educational Leadership is intended primarily for leaders in elementary, middle and secondary education but is also for anyone interested in curriculum, instruction, supervision, and leadership in schools. FREE LIMITED ONLINE PUBLICATION.The Harvard Educational Review is a scholarly journal of opinion and research in the field of education. Articles are selected, edited, and published by an editorial board of graduate students at Harvard University. HER Online contains the electronic archives of the Harvard Educational Review, or everything published in the Review since the Winter 1993 issue. PAID SUBSCRIPTION IS REQUIRED.Founded in 1857 to "advance the interest of the profession of teaching and to promote the cause of education in the United States. The NEA seeks a quality education for each child in safe schools where children can learn the basics, practice values such as responsibility and teamwork, and prepare for jobs of the future.Professional journal for education. Addresses policy issues for educators at all levels. Publishes articles concerned with educational research, service, and leadership; issues, trends, and policy are emphasized.The Teachers College Record is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education. It has been published continuously since 1900 by Teachers College, Columbia University. FREE LIMITED ONLINE PUBLICATION.Training & Development is an official publication of the American Society for Training & Development, a not-for-profit association of professionals in the field of human resource development, workplace learning, and performance improvement. - Teaching Tools
- Apple Learning Interchange
- Busy Teacher’s K-12
- Classroom Connect
- Education Place
- EdWeb Home Room
- New Horizons for Learning
- The Teacher’s Network
- PBS TeacherSource
- Thinkfinity by Verizon
The online resource for teaching, learning, research and collaboration.Designed to provide K-12 educators with a direct source of teaching materials and classroom activities.Includes an extensive meta-index of educational resources.Provides K-12 teachers with suggestions for classroom activities.An exploration of educational reform and information technology such as universal resources, trends in education policy and computers in the classroom.Includes articles and resources for educators on topics such as brain-based learning, multicultural education and technology and learning.Over 500 of the best teacher-designed, student-centered award-winning classroom projects.Education’s best resources by curricular subject, topic, grade level and standards: tips on how to effectively teach with technology and PBS television programs with extended taping rights for educators.This resource is a free, comprehensive digital learning platform built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.
All of Thinkfinity.org's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students. Teachers will find primary source materials, interactive student resources and grade-specific research lists to help you tailor materials to meet your needs. - Technology
- Computer Learning Foundation
- Converge Magazine
- Girl Tech
- Leadership and the New Technologies (LNT)
- Microsoft in Education
- T.H.E. Journal
- TechLearning.com
- Technology and Learning links at Georgetown University
The Foundation is an international non-profit foundation dedicated to helping parents and educators use technology effectively with children.This online magazine offers workable solutions regarding education and technology.Girl TECH is devoted to encouraging girls in technology use. technology related lesson plans developed by Girl Tech, as well as opportunities for you, the community of educators to share ideas and information.The LNT project supports schools leaders in using technology to improve teaching and learning.Site includes instructional resources and a technology center for educators.Online journal with articles about "technological horizons in education."Site includes information about technology and learning for educators, includes articles from Technology & Learning magazine.Links and information on teaching with technology and integrating multimedia and network technology into the classroom.
