Prepared by the LC Federal Research Division, each book in this series deals with a particular country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions. Updated irregularly.

Collections of primary materials as well as suggestions on how to use them in the classroom.

An organized approach to using many of the resources provided by the Library of Congress, including their online Digital Collections. Also includes professional development for classroom teachers, and lesson plans.

Links to information about using primary materials in the classroom as well as about professional development programs available to teachers.

Links to resources for teaching using the plentiful collections offered by the Smithsonian Institution. Contains countless types of digital collections for teachers and students to use.

Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Inquiry Kits provide primary sources about different topics in history and sets of questions related to them to spark student engagement and learning.

Part of the American Institutes for Research, the Center collects and publishes research in the field of education.

From the Discovery Channel, resources (including lesson plans) for teaching science, social studies, language arts, and humanities to grades K-12. The programming themes cross curricular subjects and cover literature, sciences, and social studies.

Education blog from the Washington Post.

See especially the Resources section, which contains many full text reports.

Research, news, and other information on the importance of early education.

Curriculum materials for preK through 12th grade, tied to PBS programming.

Offers a good set of basic reference resources for general, and specifically education, reference needs. For the "Lesson Exchange," go to the homepage of Teachers.net.

Directory of links, lesson plans, and an FAQ archive, maintained by the National Council for Open Education.

Information and links to research on education policy. Consider an RSS feed for new publications.

Brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction.

Resources and links to current research in education. Maintained by Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

Lengthy collection of links related to many areas in education.

Designed to help identify, develop, and implement public policies to improve student learning at all levels. Designed to help find out what states are doing, what research is being done, and where to go for more information.

Source for all federally-sponsored, education-related projects, services, and products. See especially data reports from the National Center for Educational Statistics (Education Statistics link at the bottom of the page).