Best Practice

Best Practice Schools

A+ Federal Educational Resources for High School Courses  
http://www.ed.gov/free/
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find.  Subjects included are: Art, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Science and Vocational Education.

A Glossary of Instructional Strategies 
http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html
This glossary has over 800 instructional strategies that serve as a great resource for all educators.

Best Practices in Education:
http://www.thechamberfoundation.org/BestPractices/Index.htm
The program simultaneously provides recognition to the dedicated educators who have developed exemplary science, math and technology programs while allowing local businesses to recognize, support and celebrate the meaningful work from high schools throughout San Diego County.

Center on English Learning & Achievement 
http://cela.albany.edu
CELA has developed resources to assist teachers seeking to employ effective scaffolding.  These include Improving Literacy Understanding through Classroom Conversation. Publications and other links are found on this page.

Content Literacy Information Consortium
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/centers/clic/
Examine literacy related to a variety of content disciplines  and find lesson plans, student centered Web sites, instructional strategies in language arts, English, mathematics, science and social studies compiled at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education.

Education: Best Practices  
http://www.ed.gov/inits/statelocal/sl-best.html
U.S., State & Local Gateway to Best Practice studies, publications, books of promising practices.

Everything ESL  
http://www.everythingesl.net/ A comprehensive list of resources for ESL education.

International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/
The International Reading Association is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit. Find research and best practice articles at this location.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org/  Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics
For more than 75 years, NCTM members have taken the lead in changing mathematics education for the better.  Resources and research.

National Governors Association & Center for Best Practices http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.50aeae5ff70b817ae8ebb856a11010a0/
The link provides insights into various state issues and initiatives to support student achievement.

Project Better 
http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/success_mspap/general/projectbetter/information_literacy/general.html
This Project was developed by the Maryland State Department of Education, summarizes current research on effective instruction in order to assist teachers in expanding and refining their repertoire of teaching strategies and to guide instructional planning and decision making.

School Library Media Centers Help Students Achieve Standards
http://www.lrs.org/html/about/school_studies.html  Students in schools with well-equipped school media centers and professional media specialists perform better on achievement tests for reading comprehension.  Access to print is a significant predictor even when SES is held constant.