The National Center for Education Statistics is the "primary federal entity collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in United States and other nations."
According the site's description, "NEA is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. Founded in 1857 in Philadelphia and now headquartered in Washington, D.C., NEA proudly claims more than 2.5 million members who work at every level of education, from pre-school to university graduate programs.
ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
The Praxis Series™ tests are taken by individuals entering the teaching profession as part of the certification process required by many states and professional licensing organizations. Here you can register for the tests, find information on dates and times and help in preparing for them.
Educational games are a great tool for building foundation skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills, and they are free.
(All Ages): This site provides a wealth of free games, puzzles, quizzes, and more. An impressive, rich resource of fun educational games and activities.
(Grades 3 and up): This site features a variety of games and interactive acitivities and leans towards various science and history based adventures and activities, rather than the traditional subjects-specific types of games.
Resources posted in the Beacon database are products of professional development activities teaching a standards-based planning model. Included are lesson plans, unit plans and documents related to assessment, standards-based lesson planning modules, informaton on Bloom's Taxonomy, and technology tools.
FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.
NIEonline.com developers work with managers of independent Newspapers in Education programs to offer a selection of useful tools for educators who want to bring news into K-12 classrooms and work to engage students with news media.
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists.
