Links

• The Teacher Education Partnership Commission is a coalition of Arizona organizations involved in addressing teacher recruitment, preparation and retention issues.
• The SunWise School Program is a mandated Department of Health Services program promoting "sun safe" behaviors in elementary schools.
• The Arizona Stock Market Simulation (SMS) is an exciting statewide competition for grades 4-12 by the Arizona Council on Economic Education.
• The ABCs of Bullying This online course by the federal government is relevant to educators, health and mental health practitioners, parents, and anyone else who works with children.
• Law For Kids an Arizona Bar Foundation project about kids' rights and how the legal system functions.
• The Center for Law Related Education an Arizona Bar Foundation project about citizenship education and other law related topics.
• Kids Voting Arizona a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to securing democracy for the future by involving youth in the election process today. Provides a site for involving students in current elections.
• The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) sponsors PBS Teachers webpage linking to lesson plans and other resources at PBS.
• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) sponsors www.learner.org which provides information about educational materials available in their projects.
• The Annenberg Institute for School Reform has information about analyzing standardized test scores, collecting data about a school’s performance, mapping vital community resources, practical activities to help parents understand their children’s progress in learning, and other tools for school board members, educators, and families.
• Sex Can Wait an Arizona Department of Health Services website about abstinence before marriage.
• www.GreatSchools.net contains guides to local schools in Arizona.
• The Disney.com website has a new section for teachers called Edu-Station that features ideas for lesson plans and other activities.

School Violence information:

• Az Attorney General's
  School Hotline 
  Toll free: 1-877-900-1086
• U.S. Secret Service's
  National Threat Assessment Center
  Telephone 202-406-5470
• U.S. Department of Education
  Safe and Drug Free Schools Program
• Center for the Prevention of School Violence
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
  "Violence in American Schools"

Student Instruction Sites:

• NASA's Virtual Astronaut Program for students in grades 5-8 features life-science and space exploration instructional materials.