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Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: Reinventing Professional Development in Tough Times
Tight budgets could bring focus and new ideas to school professional development programs.
Classroom 2.0
Classroom 2.0 is a free, community-supported network. We especially hope that those who are "beginners" will find this a supportive community and a comfortable place to start being part of the digital dialog
About Networking Academy - Program Overview - Cisco Systems
Cisco Networking Academy is a global education program that teaches students how to design, build, troubleshoot, and secure computer networks for increased access to career and economic opportunities in communities around the world. Networking Academy provides online courses, interactive tools, and hands-on learning activities to help individuals prepare for ICT and networking careers in virtually every type of industry.
Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's literacy, education and technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training.
This free, comprehensive digital learning platform is built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.
SAS® Curriculum Pathways® Home Page
An online resource for students and teachers, SAS Curriculum Pathways provides standards-based content in all the core disciplines, grades 8-14.
Jonah Rockoff - Research
Jonah E. Rockoff is Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at the Columbia Graduate School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Rockoff’s interests center on local public finance and the economics of education. He has done research on the determinants of property taxation and expenditure in local public school districts, the impact of teachers and teacher certification on student achievement, and measuring the effectiveness of educational policies such as charter schools, school accountability systems, and teacher mentoring programs. His current work focuses on pre-employment indicators of effective teachers, the characteristics of effective school principals, and how information on teacher performance impacts school personnel decisions. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2004 and a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College.
Does "College Prep for All" Really Work?
Doug Ready, Assistant Professor of Education at Teachers College, and University of Michigan colleague Valerie Lee examine the influences of the high school curriculum on student learning and the equitable distribution of that learning by race and socioeconomic status in this article in the journal The Future of Children. They trace the historical development of the U.S. comprehensive high school and then examine the curricular reforms of the past three decades.
Lee and Ready note that during the 1990s researchers who examined the associations between course-taking and student learning found that students completing more advanced coursework learned more, regardless of their social or academic backgrounds. Based largely on this emerging research consensus favoring college-prep curriculum, public high schools in Chicago in 1997 began offering college-prep courses to all its students. To address the needs of the city’s many low-performing ninth graders, schools added extra coursework in subjects in which their performance was deficient. A recent study of this reform, however, found that these approaches made little difference in student achievement.
Education Week: Scholars Make Case for Integration
Researchers travel to Capitol Hill to present new findings on the academic benefits of racially mixed schools.
Quest to Learn (Q2L) School
Design and innovation are at the heart of Quest to Learn (Q2L), a school committed to helping every student to achieve excellence in the skills and literacies necessary for college and career readiness. We believe that students today can and do learn in different ways, often through interaction with digital media and games. Q2L builds on this belief to create a nurturing and vibrant 6th-12th grade school environment that supports all students in the pursuit of academic excellence, social responsibility, respect for others, and a passion for lifelong learning.
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