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Classroom Resources on Countries around the World appear on the International Education Week site sponsored by the US Dept. of Education and Dept. of State.  Other links include the Global IQ Quiz and IEW Suggested Activities.

Education Week

eSchool News
Technology news for educators at all levels. Links to current issue of monthly periodical, information about conferences, and resources.

In addition to conducting professional development workshops and seminars throughout the year and at locations around the country, Facing History and Ourselves provides resources for educators -- lesson plans, publications, classroom strategies -- on its website.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies, including primary documents, photos, and videos in all subject areas.

The Gallery of Teaching & Learning is a site developed by the Knowledge Media Laboratory of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and includes collections of multimedia records of teaching practice.

Growing a Green Generation
Curriculum of gardening activities for preschool and kindergarten children is a collaboration between University of New Hampshire Department of Plant Biology and the Child Study and Development Center. 

Idealist.org includes Tools for Teachers among its many online resource centers.

Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education, hosts summer national educator workshops around the country.

Massachusetts Department of Education: Educator Services

Massachusetts Tests for Education Licensure

Mystic Seaport, CT, celebrates the International Year of Astronomy at the Seaport Planetarium. Full schedule of events online.

Poetry Alive provides performances for schools, in-service workshops and summer residencies for educators, poetry for all.

Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators to people and cultures throughout the world.

Project Zero is an educational research group at Harvard Graduate School of Education with the mission to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts and humanisitic and scientific disciplines. They offer summer symposia and workshops for teachers as well as books and articles.

Race, Culture, Identity and Achievement Seminar Series
Since 2004, this seminar series has brought to Boston nationally recognized scholars, researchers, and practitioners who help to deepen an understanding of what it takes to normalize high academic achievement for students of color.

Responsive Classroom
Publications and professional development for elementary school teaching that emphasizes social, emotional, and academic growth in strong, safe school community. Week-long summer institutes for elementary educators at 39 locations around the country. Registration began March 2.

Rethinking Schools
Self-described "activist publication with articles written by and for teachers, parents, and students."

Seminars on Science
Online courses for educators sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History.

STEM
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Institute at UMass-Amherst.

Walden Woods Project provides resources for teachers as part of its mission to foster an ethic of environmental stewardship and social responsibility inspired by the literature and legacy of Henry David Thoreau.  The Project hosts a summer seminar, Approaching Walden, for high school teachers of all disciplines.