The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools. (
http://www.nbpts.org/
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Online newspaper for educators, that is a great way to stay up-to-date with the weekly happenings in schools across the nation. (
http://www.edweek.org
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This is a free service providing educational resources, a chat room, lesson plan ideas, book reviews, ways to manage a class, and even stress reduction strategies. (
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
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Preservice educators might as well familiarize themselves with this site early on in their preservice program. Special features include education headlines and a most requested items section. (
http://www.ed.gov/
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The AFT represents more than one million teachers, staff and faculty and is the nation's second largest teachers association. The site includes expected sections for the membership and mini-sites for various divisions. (
http://www.aft.org/
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The NEA provides quite a bit of information, from salaries and job openings to legislative initiatives and current challenges confronting teachers. (
http://www.nea.org/
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NAGC supports and develops policies and practices that encourage and respond to the diverse talents in children from all cultures, racial and ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic groups, and gender. (
http://www.nagc.org/
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This site supports multiculturalism and inclusion and actively rejects the view that diversity threatens education or society. Many of our nation's key figures in the equity arena are active participants of NAME. (
http://www.nameorg.org/
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To learn more about the book this website supports, please visit its Information Center.