- $100,000 Teacher, The
Teacher Brian Crosby's solution to America's declining public school system focuses on treating good teachers like the experienced professionals they are and eliminating the incompetent ones.
www.100000teacher.com
- A College Degree In Your Spare Time
Suggests 20 universities that offer distance learning degree programs.
www.4acollegedegree.com
- Active Training
Publisher of books and producer of workshops on business training and classroom techniques.
activetraining.com
- Alfie Kohn Series
Find books by Alfie Kohn, an educational speaker and author. Topics include reforming homework, standardized testing, and discipline in schools.
www.alfiekohn.org/books.htm
- Campus Free Degrees
Guide to fully accredited, distance learning BA to PhD programs in any of 500 fields from over 250 U.S. colleges and universities.
www.collegedegrees.com
- Catholic Schools in America
Covers all levels through postsecondary. Includes contact information, statistics, web site addresses, and supplier information.
www.ganleyscatholicschools.com
- ClassTrips
Offers a book and online directory of day and travel trips on the east coast for ages 3-18.
www.classtrips.com
- Common Assessment of Basic Skills (CABS)
By Judith Fox Lee and Rose Strohmaier. Manual for assessing adult literacy students.
www.inkingston.com/lleo/cabs3
- Genius Denied
Offers articles, book listings, a newsletter, discussion groups, and much more for parents, teachers, students, and other professionals in the "Gifted and Talented" arena.
www.geniusdenied.com
- Homeschooling in Oregon
By Ann Lahrson Fisher. Author offers book reviews, articles, workshops, and consulting services.
www.nettlepatch.net/homeschool
- Kohn, Alfie
Writes and speaks on human behavior, education, and social theory.
www.alfiekohn.org
- Let's End Our Literacy Crisis
Examines the U.S. functional illiteracy crisis and proposes an educational method proven to teach all students of normal intelligence to read fluently.
www.literacy-research.com
- Not Much Just Chillin' - The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
Tells about what it's like to parent, teach, and be a middle schooler.
www.notmuchjustchillin.com
- Parent Education Resources
Publisher of The Kindergarten Survival Handbook, and provider of workshops to parents, schools, and corporations.
www.parent-education.com
- Random House: The Princeton Review
Princeton Review's publishing imprint which provides books on test preparation, college and grad school admissions, careers, and studying.
www.randomhouse.com/princetonreview
- Ron Clark
Official site for the teacher and author renowned for his work with students in rural North Carolina and inner-city Harlem. Includes booking information and notes on his book The Essential 55.
www.ronclark.info
- Smith, Dawn Lacey
Disability resource web site from the author who wrote A Parent's Guide to Special Education.
www.toyboxunlimited.com
- Spirit Works
Ideas for improved school spirit.
www.spiritworks.com
- The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
Story of the SAT and standardized testing, showing the ideas, the people, and the politics behind the system that determines the course of Americans' lives.
www.the-big-test.com
- Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling
By Debra Bell. Also offers a catalog for other materials.
www.hsrc.com
- Unit Study Adventures
By Amanda Bennett. Offers tips and inspirations for conducting unit studies.
www.unitstudy.com
- Vincent-Curtis Educational Register
Search by age, grade, and location for private independent K-12 boarding schools, day schools, and kids residential camps.
www.vincentcurtis.com
- Well-Trained Mind, The
By Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer. Book serves as a resource for parents wanting to educate their children according to the classical model of education. Site offers resources, links, articles, and more.
www.welltrainedmind.com
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