Calisphere
Taken from the original website: “Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California’s great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 400,000 images, texts, and recordings and counting.”
College- and Career-Ready Standards
The U.S. Department of Education website provides an overview of what standards are and why college- and career-ready standards are important, as well as clarification regarding the role of the U.S. Department of Education in state standards and assessment. The resource emphasizes that standards are goals for what students should know and be able to […]
The Teaching Channel
The Teaching Channel has over 1,000 videos of lesson ideas, teaching practices, and overviews, aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). More than 30 videos are focused on differentiating instruction. Lessons are submitted and reviewed prior to being published on the website. The website is intended to be a video showcase of inspiring and […]
Exemplary Science Standards: How Does Your State Compare?
This Fordham Institute evaluation compares state science standards in 38 states as well as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) against three exemplary science standards in two states (Massachusetts and South Carolina) plus the District of Columbia. The report builds on earlier publications from the Fordham Institute which include ratings of all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. The evaluators ranked […]
ArtsEdge: Lesson Finder
ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center’s free, digital resource site for teaching and learning in – and through – the arts. The Lesson Finder webpage is a searchable portal to hundreds of K-12 arts-based lesson plans and projects for classroom and afterschool.
The Learning Activation Lab: Tools
The Learning Activation Lab is a national research and design group that seeks to learn and demonstrate ways to activate and engage children in learning and innovation in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. The organization defines learning activation as a state composed of dispositions, practices, and knowledge that enables success in proximal science, technology, […]