Below are some web resources from relevant government agencies and departments. These sites are great sources for articles, reports, datasets, professional development materials and more.
This site provides a great deal of information for parents, students, teachers and administrators in Illinois. Highlights include the Illinois Learning Standards and the Illinois Interactive Report Card.
Here, you will find statistical information from various research organizations. This is a great resource for education researchers.
This site provides an overview of educational standards at both the state and national levels.
This resource is provided by the U.S. Department of Education and contains teaching and learning resources from federal agencies.
The Library of Congress provides teachers with classroom materials and professional development resources through this website.
Below are some great web resources that you can use to build or incorporate into your lesson plans.
TeacherSource provides multimedia resources for the classroom by topic area and grade level
Browse or search for lesson plans that were created by teachers for other teachers.
This site brings together resources for parents, students and teachers for grades 3-12.
Here you will find some great resources for planning lessons on a wide range of topics.
Google has created a series of lesson plans to help students develop their search and information literacy skills.
The Gateway is one of the first online repositories for education materials, including lesson plans.