Brain Research and Education
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/education/brain.html
Many articles and links on current brain research
 

brains.org
http://www.brains.org/
This site is a practical link between current psychological and neurological research and education.
 

The Brain Lab
http://www.newhorizons.org/blab.html
This site lists a host of links to articles about brain based learning and hot links to other brain sites.  It also offers a reading list and links to sites with pictures of brain anatomy.
 
 

Differentiated Instruction

Enhance Learning with Technology--Differentiated Instruction
http://www.cssd.ab.ca/tech/otn/learn/differentiating.html
This site houses an informative article on Differentiated Instruction as well as many links to other sites concerning this topic.
 

Research Link—Preparing Teachers for Differentiated Instruction, by John H. Holloway
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/0009/holloway.html
An article from Educational Leadership
 
 

Understanding By Design

Understanding By Design Exchange
http://www.ubdexchange.org/
The home of Grant Wiggings and Jay McTighe, this UBD website offers a demo for people who are interested in finding out more about UBD.
 

Understanding by Design,  by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/wiggins98toc.html
This table of contents allows the reader to investigate the introduction and two chapters of their popular book.
 
 

Mentoring Programs (teacher)

Implementing District-based Teacher Mentoring Programs
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/mentor%20teacher%20program.html
This draft version lists several suggestions for implementing teacher to teacher mentoring programs.
 

Creating a Teacher Mentoring Program
http://www.nfie.org/publications/mentoring.htm
This paper outlines many of the issues and questions that school districts, teacher associations, and universities should consider when developing new or improving existing mentor programs.
 

Descriptions of Over 70 Teacher Mentoring & Induction Programs in Illinois
http://www.teachermentors.com/ITMIN/ILMprograms.html
This web page is an "annotated directory" of teacher mentoring & induction programs in Illinois. The programs are listed alphabetically.
 
 

Mentoring Programs (student)

Student Mentoring
http://www.nwrel.org/request/sept98/
An article that describes student mentoring, provides a research background, and gives suggestions for implementation.
 

Guides to Designing Student Mentoring Programs
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/alerts/ia66.html
Offers many documents and journal articles on designing and implementing student mentoring programs.
 
 

Discipline

Federal Data Highlight Disparities In Discipline
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=41zero.h19
An article from Education Week on the Web, by Robert C. Johnston
 

Discipline in Education
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/drwswebb/comm_in_ed/page2.html
This site compares and contrasts letters telling parents their child has been suspended or expelled.
 

DISCIPLINE, Education's Number One Problem
http://teched.vt.edu/VCTTE/VCTTEMonographs/VCTTEMono2(Discipline).html
This site contains a comprehensive paper written about school discipline.  The basic premis of this paper is: "When all parties of the team understand the basic goals of education, discipline problems will decline."
 
 

School Violence

Center for the Prevention of School Violence
http://www.ncsu.edu/cpsv/
Comprehensive site offering links to school violence statistics, links, grant funding, and other information.
 

Stopping School Violence
http://www.ncpc.org/2schvio.htm
Resources from the National Crime Prevention Council include warning signs to look for and a dozen things we can do to prevent school violence.
 
 

Adolescence Issues

Virginia Adolescents Research Lab
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~psykliff/publications/
This website provides administrators, teachers and other interested individuals with current research findings on current adolescent issues.  Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these full-text articles.  Topics include, but are not limited to,  “Autonomy and Relatedness,” “Attachment Processes,” “Teen Pregnancy and Academic Failure,” “Delinquency and Deviance,” and “Social Development and Risk.”
 
 

Character Education

Character Counts -- Character Education Resource Guide
http://www.charactercounts.org/guides.htm
 

Tribes, A New Way of Learning and Being Together
http://www.tribes.com/abstract_character_education.htm
This article by Jeanne Gibbs is entitled "Internalizing Character Education Values by Living and Learning Within a Caring School Community."
 

Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education
Provided by the Character Education Partnership.
http://www.character.org/principles/index.cgi
 

The Ethics Resource Center's Character Development Program
Areas include Making the Case for Character Education, Character Education Encyclopedia, as well as products and services for schools interested in implementing a character education program.
http://www.ethics.org/character/
 

Center for the 4th & 5th R's
Serves as a regional, state, and national resource in character education. "Helping schools, teachers, and parents develop good character in youth."
http://www.cortland.edu/c4n5rs/
 

Bureau of Essential Ethics Education
The Values in Action network is a growing number of North American Schools (Over 1000 schools) who feel Ethics Education and Value Centered environments make the most impact in a child's success in school.
http://www.ethicsusa.com/
 

California Character Education Clearinghouse
Contains annotated bibliography on character education, extensive links to resources, more.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/character/index.html
 

Organizations:

The Character Education Partnership
1600 K Street NW, Suite 501
Washington, DC 20006
Toll-free: 1-800-988-8081
http://www.character.org