1. The Most Powerful Curricula and Methods of Instruction
Direct
Instruction
Applied Behavior Analysis and Precision Teaching
Personalized System of Instruction
"Pilot Implementation as a Catalyst for District-wide Adoption of Direct Instruction(Recent Paper by Bessellieu, Kozloff, & Nunnally)
"Direct Instruction in Education" (Recent Paper by Kozloff, LaNunziata, & Cowardin)
"Direct Instruction Learning Communities" (Recent paper by Bessellieu & Kozloff)
The Fallacy Files (Great descriptions of logical fallacies. Applications to various texts.)
Critical Thinking (Not the Usual Fluff. Check "Pseudo-critical Thinking.")
2. Content Areas
Reading
Social Sciences (History, Politics, Anthropology, Economics, Etc.)
Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Etc.)
Serendip at Bryn Mawr (Effort to Connect Many Disciplines)
Instructional Design (Must See Don Clark's Page. A Vast Number of Links.)
3. School Reform? Resources for Separating Truly Effective Reforms in Curriculum, Instruction, and School Organization From Pseudo-Progressive and Untested Bilge
No Child Left Behind. (Federal legislation that will reshape schools)
Reading First. (Part of No Child Left Behind legislation)
National Council on Teacher Quality (A Voice of Reason [with Data!!] in a Field Infected with Flapdoodle. See links on Teacher Preparation and Certification, Alternative certification, Reform of teacher education, Subject-matter knowledge, Pedagogy, Principal autonomy, Evaluating and Improving Teacher, and more.)
Historical Writings of Persons Who Knew How to Think (Liberty online)
Council for Basic Education(A Source of Sanity, Reason, and Evidence in a Field Dominated by Ideologues, Fad Cults, and Self-serving Gurus)
Education Intelligence Agency (Inside Dope You Won't Get Elsewhere)
Wisconsin Education Consumers Association (Lisa Leppin's Web Site. Simply Incredible. An Education In Itself.)
"Educators' Guide to School Reform" (Prepared by American Institutes for Research. Click on "24 Approaches." Note that Direct Instruction is among the top two.)
"Six Promising Schoolwide Reform Programs (Prepared by the American Federation of Teachers. Includes Direct Instruction.)
Teacher Quality Clearinghouse (Check the "Teacher Quality Bulletin" and Massive Set of Links)
Education Consumers (Scholarly and critical examinations of school "reform," "progressive" curricula, educational research, and educational policy.)
No Excuses Campaign: Lessons From 21 High Performing High Poverty Schools
Illinois Loop. Great critiques on looney fads in education. Excellent source of reason and evidence.
Education Policy Analysis Archives (Great Papers.)
Texas Education Consumers Association (Essays, Research Bases, Legislation, National and International Links [Must Have!], Tests.)
School-to-Work And the New World Order: Education For What?
Arthur Hu (Papers and Links That Debunk Fake "Progressives" and Expose Education "Deformers")
Educational Excellence Network (Critical Examination of the Politics of Education, Fads, and Deforms)
Classical Charter School (What Education Can Be Like!)
Morningside Academy (A Model of Excellence.)
Baltimore Curriculum Project (Schools That Combine Direct Instruction and E.D. Hirsch, Jr.'s Core Knowledge Curriculum.)
4. Improving Instruction/Special Needs/Special Education
The
Case Against "Child-Directed Instruction" ("Developmentally Appropriate
Practices"). Article by Bonnie Grossen.
The Case Against "Developmentalism." Article By John Stone.
"Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education." Critique of Constructivism By John R. Anderson, Lynne M. Reder and Herbert A. Simon.
Ability Grouping (Review Article by Bonnie Grossen entitled "How should we group to achieve excellence with equity?")
"Executive Summary of the Research Synthesis on Effective Teaching Principles and the Design of Quality Tools for Educators." Article by E.S. Ellis, L.A. Worthington, and M.J. Larkin. The full report is at
"Research Synthesis on Effective Teaching Principles and the Design of Quality Tools for Educators. (The Full Report.)
"Review of High Quality Experimental Math Research." (Robert C. Dixon et al. National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators)
"The Case Against Block Scheduling"
Effective Education (Essays and Links)
Brains are fun. Rory Donaldson's site: loaded with widsom and instruction methods
Owen Thomas's Links: Technology, Counter-reform, Homeschooling
Behavior Analysis, Inc. (Huge Array of Links on Many Subjects and Disabilities.)
Special Education Resources on the Internet (Includes ADHD, Behavior Disorders, Mental Retardation, and Much More.)
Education Development Center Links (All Kinds of Resources. Must see.)
Special Education in General, and Excellent Literature Reviews (Curry School of Education, U. VA)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
LD In Depth: Reading and Dyslexia
5. Curricula
Classical
Education Curricula
Lisa
Leppin's Web Site: The Classical Tutor (Vast and Well-Organized Information
on Curriculum and
Instruction
and, in Addition, Effective Tutoring)
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
6. How to Stay Sane
Reason
vs. Quackery, Bunk, Ideology-Driven "Reforms" and Feel-Good Fads
Richard
Mitchell, The Underground Grammarian
(No Tolerance For Idiots and Bad Writing)
Most Important Reading for Education Students
7. Listservs(Communicate With Right-Thinking Folks)
8. Educational Administration
All State Education
Agencies