CAREER EDUCATION RESOURCES
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| Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) |
| The largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
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http://www.acteonline.org/
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| Career Clusters |
| Listing of career clusters based on the States' Career Cluster Initiative (SCCI).
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http://www.careerclusters.org/16cluster.cfm
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| Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy |
| A national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards, and educational resources.
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http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org/
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| Partnership for 21st Century Skills |
| The leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education.
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http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
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| Perkins Career and Technical Education Act |
| Current information on the U.S. Department of Education's Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
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http://www.ed.gov/policy/sectech/leg/perkins/index.html
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| Skills USA |
| A partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force.
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http://www.skillsusa.org
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GENERAL TEACHER RESOURCES
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| GEM - The Gateway to 21st Century Skills |
| Evolved from the U.S. Department of Education's GEM project, offers a way to explore more than 50,000 educational resources.
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http://www.thegateway.org
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| No Child Left Behind (NCLB) |
| "One-stop-shopping" for links to legislation, Federal Register Notices, Policy Guidance, and Grant Applications for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
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http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/legislation.html
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| PBS TeacherLine |
| Provides standards-based, graduate-level courses for teachers to earn graduate credit, PDPs, or CEUs while gaining strategies and resources for the classroom.
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http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/
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| State Departments of Education |
| Handy resource linking to each State Department of Education from a single map of the United States.
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http://www.nasta.org/stedu.htm
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| Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook |
| A comprehensive resource for teachers published by Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. (publishers of EdWeek), a nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to help raise the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education.
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http://www.teachermagazine.org/tsb/index.html
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| TeacherVision: Professional Development |
| Provides a wide range of professional development resources for educators, including articles, lesson plans, and resources from notable publishers and experts in the field.
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http://www.teachervision.fen.com/pro-dev/resource/5778.html?detoured=1
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| Teaching Today |
| A professional development Web site designed to meet the needs of teachers from all disciplines and all grade levels.
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http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/
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