Furthering a child’s music education can be overwhelming for parents with many questions about talent, resources, lessons, instruments, etc. This site provides parents with FAQs on hot topics such as finding a teacher or how to inspire interest in music. Quick links to Canada’s music scene and other national music and cultural sites round out this …

Are you thinking about taking the GED exam to earn your high school diploma? This is the official site which can help you learn what to study and what to expect on the test. They also provide information on testing sites worldwide.

Community edited resource for educators to find and submit lesson plans, assignments, lectures, and a variety of other educational materials. Covers wide range of subjects and age/grade levels. Searchable.

From the Center for Children’s Books. Lists of stories for different age groups, plus links to resources on storytelling techniques and educational use.

From the Center for Children’s Books. “The Gryphon Award of $1,000 is given annually in recognition of an English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in Kindergarten through Grade 4.”

Provides activities and lessons for children based on specific skills and materials. Although directed towards use in occupational therapy, this site is especially good for parents and teachers who are looking for craft ideas.

Includes materials and resources on “four major content areas (mathematics, science, social studies, reading-writing-speaking-listening)” for grades K-12.

Free SAT prep designed to improve scores by providing material in an interesting and uniquely structured manner. Registration and log in required.

Contains educational resources for K-12 students, teachers, parents, and after-school programs. There are nine content partners that can be searched by keyword, subject, resource type, and/or grade level. It is also searchable by themes or subject areas.

Need ideas for incorporating real world, practical lessons into classes and curriculum? Check out this site; although designed specifically for integration into the New Zealand curriculum, teachers from all over will find the ideas and resources useful and applicable.

Provides a wealth of resources for English teachers to use in the classroom in teaching literature, grammar, reading, writing, journalism, drama, and other topics.

SchulWeb allows users to search for primary and secondary German schools located all over the world. The listing for each school has a link to their homepage, a link for contact information about the school, and in some cases a link to the school’s newspaper. Also available in German, French, or Russian.

“Research-based resources for systemic school improvement, including reports, products, and databased developed in-house and links with the other nine RELs and their products. REL products and services are addressed primarily to educators, education administrators, and education policymakers and focus on practical applications of education research …

“Looking for some great ideas on how to integrate technology into your curriculum? Search our lesson plans, and explore the resources below.” Lesson plans here can be searched by grade level, theme, or learning area.

“The Community Learning Network WWW home page is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. It has over 265 menu pages with more than 5,800 annotated links to free resources on educational WWW sites — all organized within an intuitive structure. Since September of 1996, visitors from 165 different countries have mad …