Recommended Links
The following are links to recommended organizations and web sites that provide information on learning disabilities, ADHD, and other issues.
You can also see this list organized by type of organization, by focus, or by audience.
Head Start: Information in Spanish
This website offers information about the Head Start program in Spanish, including FAQs for parents and a Head Start search engine that can be used to find local programs.
HEATH Resource Center, George Washington University
HEATH is a national clearinghouse that provides free information on postsecondary education and related issues. Publishes newsletter.
The free hELLo Newsletter, produced by the Big Deal Book, is available by email subscription and online. It specifically targets K-12 and Adult ELL educators, program directors, and media specialists by providing access to imaginative and interactive Web environments and free materials.
Help! They Don't Speak English Starter Kit
"Help! They Don't Speak English!," is an ESL resource developed by a team of teachers. The handbook is available for free and can be downloaded from this site in PDF format.
Helping Your Child Write an Essay: Organizing and Brainstorming
A basic introduction to organizing and writing an essay. Straightforward and clear language is used in the examples of the thesis statement and supporting details.
High interest/low readability level books.
The Hispanic College Fund (HCF) is a national non-profit organization with a mission to develop the next generation of Hispanic professionals. For 17 years, the Hispanic College Fund has provided educational, scholarship, and mentoring programs to students throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, establishing a career pipeline of talented and career-driven Hispanics.
The Hispanic College Fund works to provide Hispanic high school and college students with the vision, resources and mentorship needed to become community leaders and achieve successful careers in business, science, technology, engineering, and math. Their programs include scholarship competitions, a youth symposium, an online career network, and a leadership and professional internship and placement program.
History for Kids: Teaching Social Studies
History for Kids provides helpful ideas to assist teachers in the preparation of their social studies lesson plans. The website contains a list of links to interactive activities that can stimulate research and exploration of particular topics. It also provides lesson plans and activities that can be done at home or in-class.
Houston A+ Challenge: Preparing to Dream
Program aiming to improve postsecondary access and success among low-income and first-generation college students in the Houston, TX region.
How to Develop a Lesson Plan that Includes ELLs
This article from Colorín Colorado offers some ideas for developing effective lesson plans in ELL, mainstream, or content-area classrooms.
How to Make the Most of Summer: What Parents Can Do to Keep Kids Sharp Over the Summer
This parent tip sheet from the National Center for Summer Learning offers parents ideas on ways that they can encourage summer learning. The tip sheet is also available in Spanish.
Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education
This article describes Howard Gardner, the creator of the Multiple Intelligences theory, and his "seven intelligences."
Human Rights Watch: Children's Rights
Information on refugee, displaced, and migrant children.
I Love That Teaching Idea: First Day Ideas
First day of school ideas submitted by teachers, categorized by grade levels and subject areas.
On About.com's Secondary Education website, you can find many icebreaker ideas for starting the school year and new classes. Many activities can be used for the elementary level, as well.
Idaho Education Association is a National Education Association State Affiliate that regularly lobbies legislators for the resources schools need, campaigns for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and files legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees.
Idaho State Parent Information Resource Centers
The Idaho PIRC is a statewide collaboration of five programs which employs broad-based statewide strategies to provide services to support families, parents, schools, and communities as they come together for student success.
IGUANA is a Spanish-language magazine published for kids aged 7 to 12. Each issue is filled with stories, games, puzzles, interviews with prominent Latinos, recipes, project ideas, jokes, articles and more!
Illinois Education Association-NEA
Illinois Education Association-NEA is a National Education Association State Affiliate that regularly lobbies legislators for the resources schools need, campaigns for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and files legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees.
