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For teachers: http://learner.org/
Cutting edge resource for good teachers and advanced parents. ""Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.""

For understanding the bones of international situations:
Are you wondering how come we gave so much money to some poor countries and they still stick in the mud? Want to know what is done about it? Do you want to follow international efforts on climate change? Do you think corruption in some countries is the major reason why they do not progress? Want to know what is done about it?
Go to the source: http://www.oecd.org/home/
""The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) brings together the governments of
countries committed to democracy and the
market economy from around the world to:
• Support sustainable economic growth
• Boost employment
• Raise living standards
• Maintain financial stability
• Assist other countries' economic development
• Contribute to growth in world trade""

For people who want to do something about it: join
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For people who who look for free reading:
For family and friends who do not see too well, http://librivox.org/ LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening.

To read about anything published before 1923 (all books published before that date in the USA are in the public domain). http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page/
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