Curriculum

• The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Diversity

• Minority Student Achievement Network
• National Technical Assistance Center for Personnel Preparation in Special Education at Minority Institutions of Higher Education (Monarch Center)
• "The Minority Student Achievement Network"
  by Allan Alson, Educational Leadership, December 2002/January 2003, ASCD
• The Black-White Test Score Gap, edited by Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips (link to Amazon)
• By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race by Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown (link to Amazon)
• Afraid of the Dark: What Whites and Blacks Need to Know About Each Other, by Jim Myers (link to Amazon)
• We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools by Gary R. Howard (link to Amazon)

Early Childhood

• Clinton County RESA Early On® Training and Technical Assistance
• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
• Michigan State Board of Education, Early Literacy Task Force Report [pdf]
• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)

No Child Left Behind

• Public School Choice Guidelines [pdf]
• Michigan Association of School Boards, Special Report, Spring 2003
• Official No Child Left Behind Web site
• The Achiever, a biweekly newsletter about No Child Left Behind
• The National School Boards Association Web site contains 200+ No Child Left Behind resources
• Learing First Alliance, No Child Left Behind resources

Parent Involvement

• Public Education Network
• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
• National PTA
• Michigan Parent Teacher Association
• Parent Leadership Associates
• National PTA Parent Involvement Standards
• Other People’s Children, by Lisa Delpit (link to Amazon)

Policy

• The National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.
• The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory for state policy issues, timelines, and dates
• Education Commission of the States

Professional Development

• Updated Vision and Standards for Professional Learning of Michigan Educators [pdf]
• The Tripod Project Home Page
• Ann Arbor Public Schools Professional Development
• Ann Arbor Public Schools New Teacher Passport [pdf]
• Michigan ESP Center for Professional Learning, Michigan Education Association (MEA)
• Michigan Department of Education, “A Few Guidelines for the Professional Development that Qualifies for Michigan Legislative Requirements” March 2003 [pdf]
• National Staff Development Council
• “Designing Powerful Professional Development for Teachers and Principals” by Dennis Sparks
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Professional Development
• Michigan Collaborative for Professional Learning Position Paper Draft [pdf]
• Developing Schools into Learning Organizations: Focus on Continuous Improvement and Enhanced Student Outcomes [pdf]
• Web-based Professional Development Courses offered by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Student Achievement

• ‘Trusting’ School Community Linked to Student Gains.
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Teacher Quality

• "Teachers and Paraeducators, Defining Roles in an Age of Accountability" Education Update, November 2002, ASCD
• "New Law Impacts Paraprofessionals Working in the Nation's Schools" Pacesetter, Winter 2003 [pdf]
• Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel, American Federated Teachers
• Requirements for Title I Paraprofessionals [pdf]
• U.S. Department of Education, Guidance Update on Highly Qualified Teachers
• Improving Teacher Quality State Grants [pdf]
• The Michigan Definition for Identifying Highly Qualified Teachers [pdf]
• High/Scope, Educational Research Foundation
• Three-Year Detroit Study: Large-Scale Teacher Training Improves Program Quality
• Quality Counts 2003: "If I can't learn from you..." Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher for Every Classroom, Education Week (View Michigan's Report Card). To access this article, users must register with the Education Week Web site and then log into the site.