Educational Links

The internet is full of wonderful sites dealing with all facets of education.  The following links haven been chosen because we find them some of the most useful as starting places for research and exploration.  They are in no particular order, and most are filled with links themselves to point you in other directions. We will be keeping this list pared down to fifteen, so if you have a suggestion to replace one on the current list, please let us know.  Have fun surfing and learning!

Recommended Link: National and Regional Accreditation Information
Accredited Online Colleges lets you search through accredited schools, based on a variety of criteria.  You will be able to find Masters programs in education.

Recommended Link: Masters in Education Guide
A database featuring over 3,000 graduate education programs . It also contains interviews with current students, job resources, informative articles and state-by-state certification information.

Recommended Link:  Southern Teachers Agency
Southern Teachers Agency is the premiere PK-12 teacher and administrative recruitment service in the South.  STA offers free teacher placement for candidates, and they are the only agency that focuses on private & independent school placements in the South.  They work with schools from Maryland south to Florida, and as far west as Texas.

Recommended Link:  Learn NC
The North Carolina Teacher's Network.  Contains valuable resources for teachers, including the online journal the beacon.  This is an excellent site!

Recommended Link: North Carolina Wise Owl
This North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Web site is designed especially to provide Internet resources to the PreK-grade 12 public school community.

Other Links

The Virtual Schoolhouse
North Carolina Public Schools Infoweb
The U. S. Department of Education
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
Social Studies Sources
Language Resources
National Association of Biology Teachers
American Association of Physics Teachers
National Council of Teachers of English

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
National Council for the Social Studies


"This will be a new era in female education. The design is to give a solid, extensive, and well-balanced English education..., which will prepare ladies to be educators of children and youth, rather than to fit them to be mere teachers...."

Opening Day of Mount Holyoke College--November 8, 1837 
Mary Lyon (1797-1849)


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