Under the direction of Philip G. Altbach, the Boston College Center for International Higher Education functions as a clearinghouse of material on the changing nature and form of higher education. Much of the center's focus revolves around creating dialogue and cooperation among academic institutions in the industrialized nations and those in the developing countries of the Third World. From the...

The Center for Teaching and Learning at Bowling Green State University was created in 1996 as part of a community building exercise at this prominent institution in Ohio. Visitors to this site will learn that the Center provides a range of services for students and faculty, and that many of these resources can be used by people in institutions across the United States. The Center Resources area...

The Brown Center on Education Policy is a part of the Brookings Institution that aims to explore "the challenges facing the American education system and to help identify practical policy solutions." The Center is home to the Brown Center Report on American Education, which has been published since 2000. The Report analyzes the state of American education using the latest measures of student...

In addition to their numerous publications for children, Scholastic has many excellent resources for teachers. Those who are early in their teaching careers may especially appreciate this collection of classroom management resources, but experienced teachers may also find some new ideas here. Designed primarily for Pre-K through 8th grade (in varying intervals), these resources offer a plethora of...

The Common Core establishes nationwide benchmarks for reading and math, and has so far been adopted by 43 states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). As the official site of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, there is much to offer here for K-12 educators, parents, and the generally curious. Sections of the site cover...

Cult of Pedagogy is a blog, podcast, and video series designed for teachers of all subjects and grade levels. Created by former middle school language arts teacher Jennifer Gonzalez, Cult of Pedagogy addresses a wide variety of issues related to classroom instruction, curriculum development, educational technology, and more. In the Blog section, visitors can browse for posts by categories...

Gallaudet University is the preeminent school for the deaf in the United States, so it makes sense that the Laurent Clerc National Education Center is housed on their campus. The Clerc Center has also been given a mandate from Congress "to develop, evaluate, and disseminate innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials" specifically for deaf and hard of hearing...

Doctoral dissertations include innovative scholarship, new topics of inquiry, and fresh approaches to longstanding topics in any academic discipline. However, most dissertations do not become available to the general public until the author is able to convert their dissertation into a book manuscript. Dissertation Reviews is designed to "offer readers a glimpse of each discipline's immediate...

As the Edutopia site notes, "High-quality teaching is vital for student success." Created by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, this section of the Edutopia site presents readers with a plethora of information on Teacher Development. Educators, as well as anyone interested in the art and science of good teaching, may like to begin with the Overview section of the site. Here, a short...

Expert Enough, a blog by Corbett Barr and Caleb Wojick, two young entrepreneurial polymaths, begins with a simple premise: "We are all capable of so much more than we think." From there, Barr and Wojick posit that one doesn't need to be the world's greatest expert in anything, just "expert enough" to accomplish prescribed goals, and that it actually takes "surprisingly little effort in most...