Whether you’re new on the job or have been working in education for years, there’s always something new to learn when it comes to improving your students’ classroom experience. These websites are great places to find that advice and information and can offer teachers of all kinds insights and new ideas to make them better and more confident instructors.

General

These sites offer help on a wide range of subjects and to teachers in a variety of fields.

1. Advice for Teachers.com: This site offers help with classroom management, lesson plans, stress and more.
2. TeachersCount: Here teachers can find some answers to frequently asked questions and resources to help them improve their craft.
3. Inspiring Teachers: Use this site to find resources to help you feel more empowered as an educator.
4. Sites for Teachers: This site offers a huge directory of teacher-centered sites with advice, information and even some freebies for the classroom.
5. Teaching Today: Check out this site for teaching how-tos, tips, glossaries, lesson plans and more.
6. The Teacher’s Corner: This site is chock full of teacher resources and information that you can use free of charge.
7. Education World: From lesson plans to professional development, this site is designed to help teachers be at their best.
8. Teacher’s Network: While this site is based in New York, it offers some tips that can be used anywhere teachers are working.
9. Teacher Planet: Here you’ll find grade books, craft ideas, lesson plans, worksheets and whole lot more resources for the classroom.
10. PBS Teachers: The Public Broadcasting Service maintains this site with some fun and interesting ideas for teachers and students alike.
11. Top 101 Sites for Teachers: This blog lists a wide range of sites that can help you in the classroom or when making lesson plans at home.

Lesson Plans

These sites will help you build better lesson plans for your students.

12. Hot Chalk Lesson Plans Page: This site offers over 4,000 free lesson plans for you to try out.
13. LessonPlanZ: Search through this site to find a lesson plan that meets your classroom needs.
14. Scholastic: With printables, lesson plans, pictures and much more, this site is a great resource for teachers.
15. The Educator’s Reference Desk: Here you can browse lesson plans by subject or grade level.
16. Lesson Planet: This site is the ultimate lesson plan search engine, with over 150,000 teacher-reviewed lesson plans to choose from.
17. edHelper: Try out this site for basic lessons in math, science, social studies and more.
18. Teach-Nology: With tens of thousands of lesson plans to choose from, you’re sure to find something that meets your needs here.
19. A to Z Teacher Stuff: If you need a lesson plan, or ideas for your own, try searching through the resources on this site.
20. Lesson Plan Search: This site makes it easy to search for the lesson plans that will help you the most.
21. Lesson Plans.com: Here you’ll find tools that will help you build better lesson plans.

Classroom Management

If you have some questions about keeping your class under control, try out the advice on some of these sites.

22. You Can Handle Them All: This site offers you the skills and confidence needed to manage a classroom full of children with different needs and personalities.
23. Behavior Advisor: Get some great advice on dealing with behavior–both good and bad–on this site.
24. Pro Teacher Classroom Management: Learn more about good classroom management here.
25. ReluctantDisciplinarian: Read a review of this book by a teacher who was a big softie but learned to whip his students into shape.
26. Discipline without Stress, Rewards, or Punishments: This site offers an interesting way to try managing your classroom.
27. Dr. Mac’s Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site: Visit this site to find some helpful advice on ensuring your classroom runs smoothly.
28. The Problem-Kid Problem-Solver: Every class has a few students that just can’t seem to help being disruptive, and this site will help you learn how to more effectively manage them and keep things on track.
29. School Discipline for Students with ADD: If you have students with ADD, this site offers some advice that can help you tailor your approach to their specific needs.
30. How to Deal With Disruptive Students: Learn effective ways to deal with students who are loud or disruptive in the classroom from this blog.
31. Fred Jones Positive Classroom Management: Check out this site to learn ways to enforce discipline in a more positive manner.

New Teachers

Those new to the field can get guidance from these great sites.

32. New Teacher Survival Central: New teachers will find a wide range of resources to ease their transition into the classroom here.
33. NewTeacher.com: Funded by The First Days of School Foundation, this site aims to help new teachers and offers papers and articles that can be quite informative.
34. Teachers First: Resources for New Teachers: Teaching tips, survival guides and do’s and don’ts can be found on this site.
35. Survival Guide for New Teachers: The government offers these great resources and encouragement to new teachers.
36. New Teacher Hotline: Check out these podcasts for some tips on settling into your role as a teacher.
37. Ideas for New Teachers and Education Students: Here you’ll find tips on creating lesson plans, maintaining your classroom and making it through your first year teaching.
38. What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching: Learn what will likely be in store for you as you embark on your teaching career in this site.
39. The New Teacher Center: This center is based in California, but the website offers help and resources to all new teachers.
40. The First Days of Middle School: New teachers can get a better idea of what to expect from their first days of teaching middle school from this site.
41. Scholastic New Teacher Survival Guide: Don’t get overwhelmed by the stress of being a new teacher–check out this site for helpful advice on making it through.
42. Beginning Teachers’ Toolbox: New teachers will find a wide range of tools here to help them get started on their careers.

Technology

Technology is more and more a part of education these days, and you can learn to keep up with new trends on this site.

43. Thirteen Ed Online: This site is a great online resource for professional development, teaching and much more–with a technology focus.
44. Power of Educational Technology: This blog will give you some new ideas on how to implement technology in the classroom.
45. T.H.E. Journal: Here you’ll find a website that focuses on transforming education through technology.
46. 4Teachers: Check out this site to learn how to better teach with technology.
47. Cool Cat Teacher: Visit this blog to get ideas on using new technology in the classroom from a teacher who’s trying it out herself.
48. Teachers Teaching Teachers: This blog offers weekly educational technology talk, asking teachers to share their experiences and recommendations as well.
49. Learning.now: Located at PBS Teachers, this blog by Andy Carvin talks about the intersection between technology and teaching.
50. Langwitches: Focused on language arts, this site asks teachers to think about new ways technology can be used to tell stories and teach kids.
51. Twitter for Teachers: This great, free ebook offers teachers a chance to learn about ways to implement Twitter in the classroom.
52. Blogging Rules: Here are some rules that can help you make sure that blogging in your classroom stays under control.
53. Class Blogmeister: This site will offer some great ideas and advice to teachers hoping to use blogging in the classroom.
54. Free Technology for Teachers: Find out what free technology there is out there that can be used for education in this blog.

Homeschooling

Those teaching at home can get some help in all aspects of education from these sites.

55. Home Education Magazine: Try out this online magazine to get support and information you’ll need to be a more successful homeschooler.
56. Homeschool World: This blog focuses on topics that every homeschooler must address.
57. Successful Homeschooling: With areas on laws, products, lesson plans and more, this site is a great resource for homeschooling.
58. The Home School Foundation: This organization can help you to build a better home learning environment for your children.
59. Relaxed Homeschooler: This mom shares her tips and tools for homeschooling her seven children on this blog.
60. Guilt-Free Homeschooling: Learn how to be a comfortable, relaxed homeschooler with tips from Carolyn Morrison on this site.
61. Why Homeschool: Check out this site to better understand why homeschooling can be a good option for your kids.
62. Homeschool Curriculum and Support: From discipline to designing a curriculum, this site addresses issues important to learning of any kind.
63. Homeschool Classroom Discipline: Learn what you should be doing to manage your home classroom from this article.
64. Homeschool Magazine: This site offers a wide range of informative articles, free activities, and even lesson plans.

Teacher Networks

Sometimes the best source of advice is other teachers, and these sites make it easy to connect with other educators.

65. TeachAde: Here you’ll find one of the few social networking sites designed especially for educators.
66. TeachersRecess: Join this community to talk about classroom issues, publish a blog and even instant message.
67. NEA Discussion Forums: Post your queries on the National Education Associations website to get some answers.
68. The Schools United: Try out this site to network your school with others around the nation.
69. Edutagger: Collect and share educational bookmarks with your friends and colleagues here.
70. Teach Like a Rock Star: Join this discussion forum to get some ideas on how to become an even more awesome teacher.
71. Teaching Every Student: This forum offers you the chance to talk to other teachers about using technology in education.
72. NextGen Teachers: This site is invitation-only at the moment, but if you can score yourself one, you can talk with teachers embracing new technology and ideas in the classroom.
73. The Future of Education: Add your two cents to the discussion of where education is headed in the 21st century on this site.
74. Classroom 2.0: If you’re interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies for education, join this group to discuss ideas.

New Ideas

Get a fresh take on education with ideas from these great sites.

75. Creative Teaching: From ideas to teaching style, this site offers a fresh look at how you’re working in the classroom.
76. Edutopia: Also known as the George Lucas Educational Foundation, this site offers some great ideas on changing education–especially involving technology.
77. A Teacher’s Guide to Fair Use and Copyright: Whether you’re publishing a blog or just using materials for the class, learn what’s ok to use and what’s not from this site.
78. Bright Ideas for Education: While this blog is focused mainly on technology, you’ll find many other interesting ideas for innovative educational as well.
79. Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Focused on lifelong learning, this blog approaches new tools and ideas from the perspective of the learner–offering teachers unique insight into what works and what doesn’t.
80. Creating Lifelong Learners: This teacher blog is all about making learning fun and innovative for language arts.
81. 2 Cents Worth: Check out this blog for new ideas on modernizing our education system.
82. Educator’s Guide to Innovation: Try out this site to connect with others who are hoping to make big changes in how education is practiced.
83. The Fischbowl: Learn more about Arapahoe High School’s use of technology in the classroom on this interesting staff-managed site.
84. Reinventing Education Toolkit: With grants, educational tools and more, IBM’s program has a wide range of resources to offer progressive teachers.

Subject Specific

These sites focus on subjects like history, math and art and offer tips on teaching, technology and more.

85. Library of Congress Teacher Resources: Teachers can use these resources to teach students about research, history and media analysis.
86. Smithsonian Education: This museum site is full of lesson plans and resources for teachers.
87. I Teach Social Studies: Here you’ll find a group of social studies teachers who can offer advice and support.
88. Art Education 2.0: Join in the discussion on this site to learn how to combine technology and art education in the classroom.
89. HistoryTecher.net: Find a great collection of resources for history teachers on this site.
90. The Science Spot: Here you’ll find some interesting ways to bring science education into the classroom.
91. Benchmarks Online: Not sure where your kids should be? Check out this site for answers.
92. The Math Forum: Get some help on teaching, explaining and making math fun for your students with this site.
93. The Band Director’s Handbook: Those who are musically inclined and need some guidance will appreciate this site.

Helpful Blogs

Look to these teacher blogs for some insights, advice and ideas for educators.

94. Think Like a Teacher: This blog covers teaching, technology and the field of education.
95. Bud the Teacher: This blogger is an instructional technologist and his posts focus on writing, technology and journalism at the secondary level.
96. Hey Mister: Check out this blog for posts by a teacher at a school trying to graduate his students from middle school into high school.
97. Learning is Messy: Here you can read about some of the latest education-related news stories with a special focus on technology in the classroom.
98. Mr. Babylon: While this blog is no longer updated regularly, it is a great record of a teacher who struggled working at a school with limited resources and a high drop-out rate.
99. Mrs. Frizzle: Here you’ll find posts from a middle school science teacher in the Bronx.