1)SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS:
THE IMPACT OF POVERTY OR AFLUENCE ON READING AND LITERACY
Jonathan Kozol: Shame of the Nation
http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/kozol/Seevak02/ineedtogoHOMEPAGE/homepage.htm
Jonothon Kozol's Shame of the Nation awoke America to the poverty epidemic and its impact on thr youth of our nation. This website highlights the main concepts that are perpetuated in his work.
DoSomething.org
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-education-and-poverty-america
A website for an organization who intends to promote volunteerism. Their goal is to activate 2 million people in 2011.
Poverty Is Rooted In US Education System, Research Finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505111652.htm
Kay Ann Taylor wrote this article that may challange our ideals as we try to correct the errors of the past.
"The No Child Left Behind Act's scripted curriculum, relentless testing and oppressive mandates create a robotic-like setting for mindless regurgitation of irrelevant and contextually void facts that challenge our most creative, dedicated and culturally responsive teachers ? and run the remainder out of teaching all together," Taylor said.
2)ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES:
CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND DIVERSITY-A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Everything ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/
A wonderful resource for teacher who needs help with English Speakers of Other Languages. It includes lesson plans, teaching tips and resource picks.
U.S. Depatment of Eduation-Office of Civil Rights
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/ell/glossary.html
Glossary Page on the United States Department of Education with links to other resources.
University of South Florida's ESOL Resource Website "Tapestry"
http://tapestry.usf.edu/esol-resources.html
Internet and Print resources on teaching English Speakers of Other Languages.
The resources are categorized by subject area.
3)EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION:
COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Student Support Services Project: Collaborative effort between USF and Florida Department of Education.
http://sss.usf.edu/resources/topic/ese/index.html
The Student Support Services project is a joint venture between the University of South Florida and the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, Florida Department of Education. Project staff, located in Tallahassee, Florida, are charged with facilitating the development of critical support services programs to achieve observable and measurable indicators of success. Student Support Services staff accomplish this through the provision of technical assistance, training, research, resource development, and policy development and interpretation to local and state educators and parents.-From the Website's About Us Page
Family Network on Disabilities
http://fndusa.org/digital_library/english/Exceptional%20Student%20Education/Exceptional_Education_Planning.html
The mission of Family Network on Disabilities is to ensure through collaboration that individuals have full access to family-driven support, education, information, resources, and advocacy and to serve families of children with disabilities, ages birth through 26, who have the full range of disabilities described in section 602(3) of IDEA.
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
http://www.naset.org/
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is the only national membership organization dedicated solely to meeting the needs of special education teachers and those preparing for the field of special education teaching.
4)LITERACY AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE:
THE ADVENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON ACCESS TO EDUCATION
University of Connecticutt Literacy Web
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/about.htm
The Literacy Web is designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literacy instruction, including the new literacies of Internet technologies. We've included sections for professional development in the areas of literacy and technology integration to encourage teachers to use this website during their own inservice trainings and we've provided links to recommended websites for students as well.
The US Dept. of Ed. Office of Educational Technology
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/index.html
The Office of Educational Technology (OET) is located in and supports the Office of the Secretary (OS). OET provides leadership for powering education at all levels of learning with technology. OET develops national educational technology policy and ensures that Department programs take advantage of the productivity and learning opportunities technology can provide.
DELL Computers: Education Tech Series
http://mashable.com/2010/11/22/technology-in-education/
The Education Tech Series is supported by Dell The Power To Do More, where you’ll find perspectives, trends and stories that inspire Dell to create technology solutions that work harder for its customers so they can do and achieve more.
5)THE RESEARCH:
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW
INNATENESS AND LANGUAGE
Cowie, Fiona, "Innateness and Language", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/innateness-language/>.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/innateness-language/#CriPovStiArg
The philosophical debate over innate ideas and their role in the acquisition of knowledge has a venerable history. It is thus surprising that very little attention was paid until early last century to the questions of how linguistic knowledge is acquired and what role, if any, innate ideas might play in that process.
Characterization of the pathological and biochemical AUTISM
http://dodreports.com/pdf/ada540354.pdf
Global pattern of developmental alterations reflects the complexity of desynchronized development of neurons, neuronal networks, and brain structures most likely contributing to the complex clinical manifestations of autism.
THE LITERACY WEB: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTT http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/earlit.htm
A plethora of online resources for the researcher in you.
