• ASCD – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ~ "ASCD, a community of educators, advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner."
  
• Classroom Connect ~ "An award-winning provider of professional development programs and online instructional materials for K-12 education."
  
• Cook County Suburban Regional Office of Education ~ Certification, school directories, etc.
  
• EDSITEMent ~ "The Best of the Humanities on the Web"
  
• Educator's Reference Desk ~ From the creators of AskERIC comes resources such as 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
  
• EdWEEK.org ~ The home of Education Week and Teacher Magazine
  
• ERIC ~ Education Resources Information Center
  
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence ~ FREE online resources for teachers and students categorized by subject area.
  
• ISTE - International Society for Technology in Education ~ "a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology."
  
• Illinois State Board of Education ~ Certification information, state standards, and educational resources.
  
• Learner.org ~ Annenberg/CPB provides "..funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers."
  
• The Library of Congress ~ A wide range of student and teacher resources
  
• Marco Polo ~ "A nonprofit consortium of premier national and international education organizations...dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development."
  
• National Educational Technology Standards for Students ~ "Designed to provide teachers...with frameworks and standards to guide them in establishing enriched learning environments supported by technology."
  
• NCREL - North Central Educational Regional Library ~ "One of the 10 regional educational laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Education...dedicated to providing high-quality, research-based resources to educators and policymakers."
  
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards ~ Information on National Board Certification
  
• Search Engines ~ A variety of search engines with annotations.
  
• Smithsonian Education ~ Resources from the Smithsonian Institute
  
• U.S. Department of Education ~ Information on NCLB, national and state standards, and more.
  

Created by N. Mellendorf, Librarian, October 2005
Last update: May 2007