Websites Recommended for Educators

These websites are recommended by educators, for educators. Just click the apples to start exploring.
And let us know if there's a site you think should be added to this list.

Educator's Reference Desk is a resource from the people who created AskERIC. It includes 2,000+ lesson plans and a question archive.

Education-World This site is a huge educational resource that includes: links to schools throughout the state, nation and world; education news; site reviews; expert opinions; and an education site database with over 20,000 URLs.

Educational Support Personnel Workplace This site is hosted by the 260,000 support educator members of the National Education Association. Educational Support Personnel -- paraprofessionals, bus drivers, custodians, secretaries, food service workers, and more -- who play vital roles in the lives of our schools, our students, and our communities. Take a look at the resources collected here, and check out the Bulletin Board, where you can see the Current Hot Topic, read what other people have to say, and post your own ideas.

The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History offers 17 learning kits, three outreach programs, a variety of Museum tours to Vermont schools, and a teachers' curriculum/learning kit called From the Land to the Lake. The kit is based on how Lake Champlain and its connecting waterways influenced settlement in the Champlain Valley and how that settlement affected the waterways.

LD OnLine This site, introduced by WETA - Public Broadcasting in Washington, D.C., is a "full service" website for teachers, parents, and students to learn about learning disabilities.

Links That Work is a collection of links compiled by retired teacher and Vermont-NEA member Judith Steffens. She says they provide "wonderful FREE, easily accessible resources for teachers of students in grades 4-12."

National Education Association The NEA website is an extremely rich resource, with information about education issues and the latest in instruction.

StarBase Vermont STARBASE, a Vermont-NEA Partner, serves Vermont students and educators by providing stimulating hands-on learning opportunities in science, math, technology and personal development.

The Stern Center The Stern Center offers extensive professional development for educators. Their site contains articles and resources for educators about learning disabilities and reading.

Today in History This page on the Library of Congress website, as the name implies, shows what happened on this day in history. Great writing, interesting photographs, and links to other pages on this very fine site.

Vermont Center for the Book The Vermont Center for the Book provides reading experiences that inform, educate and transform. Since 1985, the Center has been dedicated to forming and fostering communities of readers who use books and discussion to investigate and understand the world around us. Visit this site to find out about current Center programs and conferences.

Vermont Council on the Humanities The Vermont Council on the Humanities has several programs, such as Connections and Never Too Early, which are geared for promoting literacy as well as other programs for literate audiences, such as Speaker's Bureau programs and book discussions.

Vermont Department of Education School Reports The Department of Education School Reports are provided for individual schools. The indicators include general information, staff resources, risk factors, financial resources, financial expenditures, and student performance information. Data are reported over multiple years, and current year statewide data are reported when available.

Vermont Historical Society This site includes information about Vermont history, historical sites, collections, projects and research.

Vermont Public Television - Scholastic ITV Consortium VPT offers Vermont teachers and libraries access to broadcast and duplication of over 80 high-quality instructional series (nearly 1,000 individual titles), as well as school rights for the duration of the lease.

Vermont Public Television - Teachers! This page for teachers on the Vermont Public Television website offers lesson plans, the schedule for Instructional Television and links for educators.

Vermont Space Education Program - Space Lady Enterprises. This is the start of exploration of two seemingly different worlds— that of space exploration and that of mushing. But, as you shall see, there is a real world connection between NASA and mushing.

Vermont State Department of Education Information about education in Vermont is featured on this site, along with links to Vermont schools.

Vermont State Mathematics Coalition Find information here about mathematics opportunities in Vermont, teacher internship programs, and math links for kids.