Websites

“Back to School” from USA.gov
A checklist of different things to keep in mind when returning to school, such as immunizations, financial aid, school supplies, and proper eating habits.
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Back-to-School.shtml

ICTS Study Guides
Use these study guides to help you prepare for the Illinois Certification Testing System exams.
http://www.icts.nesinc.com/IL_studyguide_opener.asp

Discovery School.com
Advice for forming lesson plans for children's fiction and non-fiction materials.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers

You Think-But Do You Know?
A web site devoted to worldwide issues and how teachers can teach them to their classes.
http://youthink.worldbank.org/4teachers/

US Department of Education
The US federal web site containing information on "No Child Left Behind," federal financial aid, and more.
http://www.ed.gov/

Write It
Tips on how to write more professionally, publishing your work, and creating a portfolio.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/

The Library of Congress Learning Page 
A collection of websites that support humanities education.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/

Resources for the Teachers

Only Connect: The Way to Save Our Schools by Rudy Crew
371.01/CRE

Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America by Jay Mathews\
370/MAY

Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms by Gloria Ladson-Billings
371.8/LAD

Problems of Violence

Who Says Bullies Rule? by Catherine Depino
371.58/DEP

School Shootings edited by Laura Egendorf
363.33/SCH

Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine S. Newman
371.782/RAM

Alternative Schools

Charter Schools by Diane Andrews Henningfeld
371.01/CHA

Serving Our Children by Kevin P. Chavous
371.01/CHA

The History of Schools

The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy by Nicholas Lemann
371.26/LEM

School, the Story of American Public Education by Sarah Mondale and Sarah B. Patton
370.973/SCH

Current School Related Issues

A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind
371.8/SUS

Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas by Rita and Marco Portales
371.82968/POR

Class Struggle by Jay Mathews
373.1826/MAT

Cheating Our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education by Joe Williams
379.73/WIL

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol
379.263/KOZ

Unbank the Fire: Visions for the Education of African American Children by Janice E. Hale
370.089/HAL

Youth Services

The Middle School Survival Guide by Arlene Erlbach
J/373.18/ERL

Write on Track: A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners by Dave Kemper
J/808/WRI

Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them by Patti Kelley Criswell
J/158.25/CRI

What to Do When You’re Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids by James J. Crist
J/152.46/CRI

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
E/HEN

Yoko Learns to Read by Rosemary Wells
E/WEL

Wow! School! by Robert Neubecker
E/NEU

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World by Susan Hughes
J/371/HUG

Wonder by R.J. Palacio
J/PAL

Just Grace and the Double Surprise by Charise Mericle Harper
J/HAR

Audiovisuals

The Pact with Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/PAC 1138

Stop Bullying Now! Take a Stand, Lend a Hand from the Dept. of Education
DVD/EDUCATION/STO 1444

For Parents

Getting the Best Education for Your Child: A Parent’s Checklist by Jim Keogh
371.01/KEO

What America’s Teachers Wish Parents Knew by Judy and Tony Prevett
370.73/WHA

The Truth About Special Education: A Guide for Parents and Teachers by Robert E. Cimera
371.9097/CIM