Websites
Common Core State Standards Initiative: This website provides a clear understanding of what students are expected to learn so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them.
Common Curriculum: An online resource designed to help educators align their lesson plans to the Common Core standards.
DocsTeach: Find and create learning activities with primary source activities by using more than 3,000 original documents from the National Archives.
FreeTech4Teachers: This blog, named 2010 EduBlog of the year is a great resource for teachers who want to stay up on the most current online resources for the classroom.
How To Smile: An online community of educators who have vetted over 3,000 interactive, hands-on activities.
Kids Activities: Tons of ideas for teachers and childcare professionals.
PBS Teachers: This site provides teacher resources such as interactive media tutorials, lessons plans, and relevant professional development.
Plagiarism.org: Provides resources and advice for teachers to deal with plagiarism in the classroom.
Studyladder: An effective literacy and mathematics program developed by experienced educators.
Teachnet.com: Daily tips and creative ideas for the busy teacher.
TEDEd: Allows educators to create and share lessons built around YouTube videos.
Wolfram| Alpha: A curated search engine that is just as quick as Google, but with much more intelligent results.
Magazines
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