Language Guide
Language Guide: School La Escuela
Vocabulary tutorial depicting things you would find in the classroom. Interactive media plays audio and displays the correct spelling of the vocabulary when the mouse is moved over each illustration. Some vocabulary is particular only to...
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: If You Take a Mouse to School [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Laura Numeroff's picture book, If You Take a Mouse to School, is provided on these pages. Five narrators are needed in this activity.
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Ameri Span Unlimited
AmeriSpan Unlimited provides immersion, intern, and educational tours in Spanish-speaking countries. Information on all programs, job opportunities, and travel resources are provided.
Other
Structure of Educational System in France
This very detailed hierarchical list provides all of the levels and types of education, degrees, and certification used in the France, its colonies, and former colonies such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana, and so on.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: A Debate on Bilingual Education
Transcript of a PBS debate about bilingual education. Moderator talks with teachers, parents and leaders of both the anti and pro-bilingual education arenas. Also links to other informative sites.
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Fas Texas: Public Education Funding in Texas
A nice overview with fast facts about Texas Public Education funding complete with graphs and bulleted explanations.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Shaw, George Bernard:1856 1950
The site from SwissEDUC has a portrait of the writer, as well as audio of Shaw speaking about pacifism and a video of a biography, "A 1930 Newsreel Appearance." Equally important is a the information on "Pygmalion." It provides...
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Wisconsin State Reading Association (Wsra)
Learn about the goals, membership, publications, and committees of this affiliate of the International Reading Association. Links also take you to useful reading resources and to its hotline, which allows members to be a part of an...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Reading Writing & 'Rithmetic in the One Room Schoolhouse
Comparing and contrasting are skills that are utilized in this lesson plan. Teacher resources and detailed activities will help the learners learn about the schools in early America.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wqed Education Programs: Kindergarten Readiness Resources
This site includes a Kindergarten Readiness checklist along with resources to help build skills for a strong start in school.
BBC
Bbc: Cbbc Newsround: Beating Exam Stress: What Is Exam Stress?
Read about stress, its triggers, and how to cope.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Colonial Life 1: The Hornbook
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, The Hornbook.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Joab: The Class Prefect
This video from Wide Angle profiles Joab, a boy from Kibera, Kenya, who has returned to school after dropping out following his mother's death. Joab is chosen class prefect by the other students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ken & Joab: A Comparison
This Wide Angle video segment provides a comparison of two classrooms in the state-supported free primary schools of Japan and Kenya.
New York Public Library
In Motion Magazine: "Alternatives to Tracking"
Looks at tracking, heteregeneous classes, and detracking. Examines the problems associated with each.
Trinity University
Trinity Univ.: Temporalities of Social Institutions
A good Trinity University site that examines social institutions. Topics include family, religion, work, school, and leisure. The site has research or for one to familiarize oneself with basic aspects of social institutions.
Rice University
Rice University: Focus on Your Community
A resource page for teachers and students with lesson plans and varied resources to study your local community.
Other
Ed Web: Trends in Education Reform
A chapter (of a hyperbook entitled Exploring Technology and School Reform) that looks at the history of educational reform. The paper also examines the changes in education that have been produced. There are links to discussions of when...
Other
Paris Etudiant: Studying in France
This resource has a large audience of Parisien university students. It would be especially useful to students planning to enter a higher education institution in France. Also contains a lot of information about French schooling at the...
PBS
Pbs Kids: It's My Life: School: Test Stress
A peek into the life of a school-aged child provides useful tools on test taking, time management, peer relations, cheating issues, and more. Listen to testimonials, take real-time surveys, and participate in multiple-ending stories on...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: May Swenson
Photo and biography of the poet May Swenson, including a selected bibliography of some of her work.