EDUCATION - ELEMENTARY:
U.S. Dept. of Education- The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) supplies you with time-saving and valuable information that will add to your learning of elementary and secondary education agendas and matters for discussion. The objective of this commission is to advocate scholastic quality, intensify schooling situations and fairness for all of America 's children and families, and to make better the characteristics of instruction and knowledge by furnishing administration, technical support and economical sustenance.
Houghton Mifflin Education Place-An award-winning web site that uncovers beneficial resources, textbook support, cross-curricular activities, and education games for teachers, students and parents of students in grades K-8. Education Place is the longest running web site of any educational publisher.
Virtual Curriculum: Elementary Art Education- This site is intended to assist teachers in the art education of elementary aged children. An abundance of learning sessions have been composed and collected on varied subjects, authentic time periods, and the arts all over the world.
Developmentally Appropriate Physical Education Practices For Children- Youth is the span of time to commence with the progress of vigorous and fit lifestyles. The significance and merit of standard exercise for children in pre-school and elementary physical education programs that is suitable and unsuitable for children and the trial of adapting children to live as adults is described on this web site.
Timeless Classics- The National Endowment for the Humanities reading lists of favorite children's books that have been enjoyed for generations and have molded our students' learning transformation can be found here. Titles submitted for recommended extracurricular reading gives a concrete base and hours of delight for students and scholars of all ages.
Sites For Teachers-A listing of free downloadable educational websites that provide books, printable worksheets, clip art, lesson plans, instructional materials, online activities and projects and virtual trips to museums and countries around the world for use in the classroom. This web site is upgraded hourly and the sites are graded by acceptance.
Project Approach- Project Approach in early childhood and elementary education directs an arrangement of teaching tactics which assist teachers in leading children through profound learning of actual worldly matters. When teachers enact the Project Approach effectively, children can be actively impelled, experience diligent participation in their own schooling, and develop assignments to a degree of excellence.
HCCC OPAC - A listing of elementary education materials in the HCCC Library.
EDUCATION - SECONDARY:
UNESCO - Education for Sustainable Development- This web site speaks of reorienting secondary education and the role it plays in organizing secondary schooling. Useful information on the context of secondary education is described and how essential secondary education is for maintaining growth in human survival as well as prosperity and gratification.
Parental Involvement In Education and Its Effect on Student Academic Performance-Probe into parental entanglements in secondary education and its piercing power on the students' academic accomplishments. Describes parental implications, family connections and confidence, and bonds between parents and teachers and how it can help with parental involvement.
Teachers: Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle and Secondary- U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook categorizes the work and employment forecast for teachers launching a career in secondary education. Explore the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
Smithsonian Education- Smithsonian Education is the major education web site of the Smithsonian Institution. A passageway to valuable educational ventures, goals and collective wealth for educators, families and students is found here.
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition- The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) was iniated to devise favorable situations for youth with disabilities to attain prosperous outlooks. NCSET organizes national assets, renders technical support, and circulates data concentrating on four main fields of national importance for youth with disabilities and their families.
U.S. Census Bureau- Federal, state and local governments: public elementary-secondary education finance data is described on this web site and incorporates revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) of elementary and secondary public school systems. Statistics cover all states, including the District of Columbia , and are accessible on an annual basis.
HCCC OPAC - A listing of secondary education materials in the HCCC Library.