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April 2006
Teachers in the Movies
This site includes a collection of more than 100 movies showcasing teachers, students, and schools. Explore how Hollywood depicts life in schools!
March 2006
National Women's History Project
The National Women's History Project is an educational nonprofit organization that works to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
February 2006
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff is teacher-created, and designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. The website offers lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.
January 2006
It's Still a Pink and Blue World: Cosmetology for Girls and Carpentry for Boys
The comprehensive report – and 12 state-specific toolkits – examines girls’ participation in career and technical education (CTE) programs that are nontraditional for their gender. The report finds that, in spite of the 33-year-old Title IX law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, girls still represent the vast majority of students in traditionally female fields and boys are nearly all the students enrolled in traditionally male programs – a pattern virtually unchanged over the last three decades.
December 2005
Religion in Public Schools: Teaching about Religious Holidays (Website)
Can teachers discuss religion in public schools? What is the December Dilemma? Can Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza and other holidays be celebrated in classrooms? This short guide answers these and many other questions teachers encounter when teaching about religious holidays.
November 2005
Teachers College Record The Teachers College Record is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education. It has been published continuously since 1900 by Teachers College, Columbia University
October 2005
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, by Parker Palmer (1998) A look at the inner life of the dedicated teacher: what it means to teach, what it takes to truly connect with students, and the importance of self-reflection. Palmer begins by arguing that many current teaching strategies, like the traditional lecture-hall setting where the teacher dispassionately dispenses knowledge, promote disconnectedness among students and teachers. He goes on to contend that teaching from a spiritually introspective position promotes a community of learning in which the teachers and students are connected in the learning process. Palmer lays bare his own struggles in engaging prose, and his book is sure to inspire the educational community to think in new ways about its tasks.
September 2005
"Seeking Common Ground: Public Schools in a Diverse Society"
by David Tyack (2004)
This book is filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books. Arguing that "public schools represent a special kind of civic space" in American society, Tyack takes readers through a cogent analysis of the arguments in favor of public education and the challenges the institution has faced in its attempts to address diversity and the purpose that public schools serve in America.
July 2005
I Exercise My Right
http://www.titleix.info/
I Exercise My Rights is a public service, informational campaign designed to educate the public about Title IX. Many people have never heard of Title IX. Most people who know about Title IX think it applies only to sports, but athletics is only one of 10 key areas addressed by the law. These areas are: Access to Higher Education, Career Education, Education for Pregnant and Parenting Students, Employment, Learning Environment, Math and Science, Sexual Harassment, Standardized Testing and Technology.
This website explains Title IX in easy-to-understand language and uses real case studies as examples. In addition, it provides ways to find out about Title IX in your local community and offers links to many governmental and educational organizations that promote gender equity in schools.
June 2005The $100,000 Teacher (Book)
by Brian Crosby (2003)
In this provocative look at America’s failing public school system, veteran teacher Brian Crosby convincingly argues that the key to better schools and better students is better teachers. He examines the miserable salaries and working conditions of the nation’s public school teachers, and offers a detailed but very manageable plan for how we can attract these skilled professionals—and retain them—without even raising property taxes.
May 2005
Educational Leadership (Academic Journal)
An engaging journal about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant to practicing educators, and the latest trends and issues affecting pre-kindergarten through higher education.
April 2005
A Touch of Greatness (DVD)
Working as an elementary school teacher and a pioneer in teacher education, Albert Cullum championed a radically innovative teaching philosophy that combined poetry, drama, and imaginative play to instruct students emotionally. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Denver International Film Festival.
February/March 2005
First Amendment Schools (Website)
First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility is a national reform initiative designed to transform how schools teach and practice the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that frame civic life in our democracy.
January 2005
Rethinking Schools (Newspaper)
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting educational equity and school reform. Rethinking Schools has tried to balance classroom practice and educational theory. It is an activist publication, with articles written by and for teachers, parents, and students. Yet it also addresses key policy issues, such as vouchers and marketplace-oriented reforms, funding equity, and school-to-work.
December 2004
Tolerance.org (Web Site)
Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity. If you want to know how to transform yourself, your home, your school, your workplace or your community, Tolerance.org is a place to start and continue the journey. Through its online well of resources and ideas, Tolerance.org promotes and supports anti-bias activism in every venue of American life. Tolerance.org provides:
- Daily news about groups and individuals working for tolerance and fighting hate;
- Guidebooks for adult and youth activists;
- Practical resources for parents and teachers; and
- Entertaining and educational games for students.
November 2004
PBS Teacher Source (Web Site)
Explore K-12 classroom content and professional development related to PBS program. More than 4,500 lesson plans help inspire teachers to bring public television into the classroom. PBS is education's version of reality TV!
October 2004
Video/DVD
Freedom Song (Video/DVD)
By Phil Alden Robinson
Video 2000 150min
Inspired by accounts of the women and men on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Song chronicles a family nearly torn apart by the struggles of a nation and the impact of the movement on a small Mississippi town. In documenting the complexity and effect of the movement on the volunteers, their families, and their community, Freedom Song places heroism squarely on the shoulders of the local people -- the unsung volunteers who risked their lives to affect change at the grassroots level. Effective for young people as the story is presented through the eyes of a grade school student.
Starring Danny Glover.
September 2004
Single Sex Schools: A Good Idea Gone Wrong?
June 2004
Phi Delta Kappan (Journal)
Check out the June 2004 volume for a special section on the pros and cons of standardized testing, including the article “Test Anxiety: Are students failing tests—or are tests failing students?” by David Sadker and Karen Zittleman. SUBMITTED 5/10/04
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