Beth Beckwith's List: July 28 List

Website for federal grants

At Facing the Future we believe in the transformative power of widespread, systemic education to improve lives and communities, both locally and globally. Our positive, solutions-based programming is designed by and for teachers, and brings critical thinking about global issues to students in every walk of life.

Bill Sheskey has many ideas for upgrading your curriculum or to implement more technology.

Digital portfolios with an underlying database for better access to data.

Primary source documents for students to use in research.

Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources linked, in context, within each story.

High Tech High is a non-profit organization developing public schools in communities across California.

New kind of vocational school

school outreach of Outward Bound

New Roots Charter School is a new small public high school that will empower young people as citizens and entrepreneurs to create just, democratic communities and thriving green economies that maintain and restore the natural world.

ARTSEDGE is the Kennedy Center's interactive education program for K-12 teachers, parents and students. Founded in 1991, ARTSEDGE supports the creative use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in, through and about the arts. Through its Web site, as well as innovative print and integrated media materials, ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, media-rich interactive experiences, professional development resources, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Over 11 million students and teachers from 191 countries are building skills and enhancing learning with ePals. Over 120,000 classroom profiles link schools together as cross-cultural learning partners and friends. Established in 1996.

Travel advice and information on the best holiday destinations from around the world - Lonely Planet

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus.

portal to government websites

People to People International's School and Classroom Program is a free service that connects teachers and their students with classes in other countries for pen pal exchanges and projects that improve cultural understanding and encourage friendship. Teachers may form partnerships with classes in multiple countries and work together for one or more school years.

Financial Fitness for Life is a multifaceted, comprehensive economic and financial literacy program for grades K-12.