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 New Teacher Resources

Discovery School (school.discovery.com):  Part of the Discovery Channel, Discovery School provides excellent resources for teaching and learning that make education exciting.

Educational Testing Service (www.ets.org):  Visit this website to find, register and prepare for the PRAXIS.

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) Standards (www.ncpublicschools.org/pbl/pblintasc.htm)

Learning Centered School (www.rutherfordlg.com):  Mike Rutherford's Learning Centered School web site.

LEARN NC (www.learnnc.org):  Developed and maintained by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, LEARN NC is a resource of value to all educators.  At this website you will find a direct link to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (SCOS), free lesson plans, web resources, articles, and professional development courses.

MarcoPolo:  Internet Content for the Classroom (www.marcopolo-education.org):  MarcoPolo provides high-quality, standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the United States.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (www.ncpublicschools.org):  The North Carolina Public Schools website serves as a resource for all teachers and administrators.  With up-to-date information regarding salary scales, testing and accountability information, school report cards, as well as other valuable material regarding public schools in North Carolina.

PBS Teacher Source (www.pbs.org/teachersource):  PBS in partnership with other organizations to bring you education's best resources.

Standard Course of Study (www.learnnc.org/scos/):  LEARN NC's direct link to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

United States Department of Education - No Child Left Behind (www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml):  As the official website for the federal act of No Child Left Behind, this page provides the most up-to-date information regarding the act.

Harry Wong Resources (teachers.net/gazette/wong.html):  A collection of articles and tips for classroom management by Harry K. Wong.

 
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