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eReceipts Management LLC Helping volunteer school groups manage their cash.

Associates

National Assoc of Elementary School Principals

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Michigan Education Association

Educational

Freedom Writers Foundation The Freedom Writers Foundation promotes acceptance and innovative teaching methods in classrooms across the country.  Visit the website for information and resources.

Scientific Learning A source of software for a computer-based suite of excercises that rapidly develop the foundation skills known to be pre-requisites for reading.

Safe Routes to School

Alliance for Building Capacity in Schools ABCS Coaches Insitute for High Priority Schools Project trains coaches to work with principals and staffs of high priority schools to assist them in raising student achievement.

America's Schools Recycling Program

Enhance Learning with Technology Strategies for Differentiating.  There are many ways to begin the process of establishing a classroom program that addresses individual differences.  Included in this site are various strategies.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners in the MIxed-Ability Middle School Classroom.  Need some basic understanding about what differentiation is and isn't?  Tomlinson reviews some key principles for differentiating instruction, with a focus on addressing the needs of giffted learners.

Michigan Women's Hall of Fame A valuable resource for women's history in Michigan.  It contains biographies and photos of each of the almost 200 women inducted into the Hall of Fame and lesson plans for use in grades K through 12.

Michigan State Fire Marshall Offers New Fire Safety Program Last year, 165 people died in fire related incidents in Michigan. 90% of these deaths occurred in homes. The State Fire MarshalÂ?s office has developed a new fire safety curriculum to address this problem. This curriculum, entitled Safe at Home, Fire Safety for Everyone, is intended to be delivered by the local fire department in the classroom. The curriculum includes lesson plans, worksheets, take-home handouts and transparencies. It is a progressive curriculum that covers basic fire safety lessons, incorporating protection, prevention and persuasion strategies. By targeting children for this educational effort, we can empower them to better protect themselves and their families from the devastation of fire and fire related injuries. For this program to be successful, it is imperative that the fire department and the schools work together. When the fire department comes to your school with this new program, please take the time to discuss it with them.

MSU State Wide Resource Network Educators will find information on curricula, special projects, research and policy sources, and unique partnerships with MSU. This site is also and excellent source for in-service assistance, professional development options, or new research findings in a topic relating to classroom work. Each project abstract includes contact information for reaching the right person in the University. Press Release >>

Business

Lifetouch National School Studios 
Friends. Family. These are words often associated with Lifetouch, an employee-owned photography company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. From its humble beginnings in 1936 when it was called "National School Studios", and "picture men" traveled to one-room schoolhouses with mahogany box cameras making just $3-$6 a stop -- to the largest employee-owned photographic corporation in the world, there is one thing that has never changed: a feeling of family.

Amazon.com MEMSPA has partnered with Amazon.com which gives MEMSPA a percentage of each sale made from a link to their website. Amazon.com delivers unbeatable prices, excellent customer service, secure financial transactions, and a wide range of shipping options to both U.S. and worldwide customers.

Service

Woodsy Owl The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Children's Television Workshop have teamed up to inform a new generation of environmentally aware citizens. Jump here to find out how to order free materials for K-3 teachers.

Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Service Learn about their role in Michigan's school improvement program.

National Pediculosis Association The National Pediculosis Association, Inc. - a clearing house on issues related to human infestations of lice and scabies.

Government

Michigan Department of Education Click here for information on MDE programs, services, reports, statistics, Michigan legislation, educational resources, grants and more internet links.

Gongwer News Service Michigan Government Page Look here to find your legislative representative and other State Government officials.

Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) For information about the Financial Information Database (FID)