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Links
to Staff Development and School Improvement
Resources:
Iowa
Department of Education
U.S. Dept. of
Education
ERIC
database
Gateway to the 10 regional educational
laboratories
Specific labs:
Appalachian
Educational Laboratory (AEL)
Specialty: Rural Education
North Central
Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
Specialty: Technology
Northwest Regional
Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
Specialty: School Change Processes
Western Regional
Educational Laboratory (WestEd)
Specialty: Assessment and Accountability
Mid-Continent
Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Specialties: Curriculum, Learning and
Instruction
Pacific Region
Educational Laboratory (PREL)
Specialty: Language and Cultural Diversity
Northeast and
Islands Laboratory at Brown University (LAB)
Specialty: Language and Cultural Diversity
Mid-Atlantic
Laboratory for Student Success (LSS)
Specialty: Urban Education
SouthEastern
Regional Vision for Education (SERVE)
Specialty: Early Childhood Education
Southwest Education
Development Laboratory (SEDL)
Specialty: Language and Cultural Diversity
National Staff
Development Council Home Page
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Grantwriting
sites:
U.S. Department of
Education
Announcements
in the Federal Register
Guide to
U.S. Dept. of Education Programs
What
Should I know about ED Grants?
United
States Government and Grant Resources
Grants Web
Grant Writer's
Assistant
Foundation
Center
Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse
National Science
Foundation
National Endowment
for the Humanities
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Major
reports of interest to staff developers:
Teachers
Working Conditions -- includes information about
school & district support for teachers' professional
development.
Helping Teachers
Teach Well: Transforming Professional Development
Harvard
Education Letter
HEL
Issue on Professional Development
Prisoners
of Time
TIMSS Site
The TIMSS reports can be found in two locations:
"Pursuing
Excellence: U.S. Eighth Grade Mathematics and Science
Teaching, Learning and Achievement in International
Context''
TIMSS
International Mathematics and Science Achievement in the
Middle School Years.
What
Matters Most
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Other
education associations:
Education Resource Organizations Directory
Center for Educational
Leadership and Technology
National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards
New American
Schools
Atlas
Communities
American Assn. of
School Administrators
American Educational
Research Assn. (AERA)
Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development
American
Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Council of Chief State
School Officers
Council for Exceptional
Children
Education Commission of
the States
National Education
Assn.
National PTA
National Assn. of
Elementary School Principals
National Assn. of
Secondary School Principals
National Middle School
Assn.
National
School Boards Assn.
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Standards-related
web sites:
Council of Chief
State School Officers Putnam
Valley Schools in Putnam Valley, NY
Mid-Continent Regional
Educational Laboratory Standards and Benchmarks
Database
NSDC
LIBRARY: State Policy Update--Standards: Iowa
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School
Improvement:
Action
research
Education
Week
Middle School web
site
National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards
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