The Orbis Pictus Awards are given by the National Council of Teachers of English for the best in nonfiction for children. But don't let the word "children" fool you. Many books chosen for this award are eminently 
appropriate for middle school and high school students. The 2006 winners include Russell Freedman's book Children of the Great Depression, Marfe Ferguson Delano's biography of Albert Einstein, and Hitler Youth:
Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. You can see the complete list of winners here.
In New Mexico
- New Mexico Council of Teachers of English
- New Mexico State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- NM Language Arts Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Public Ed. Dept. Professional Licensure Unit
- Teach New Mexico (includes information on 3-tiered licensure and dossiers)
- Teaching Jobs in New Mexico
- Univ. of New Mexico Dept. of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
- Univ. of New Mexico Secondary Education Program
Beyond New Mexico
Writing Project Sites
Research
- 21st Century Literacies: What are they and why are they important?
- The Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners
- Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School
- Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well
- The Effect of Grammar Instruction on Student Writing
- What Research Says about Writing
- What We Know About Adolescent Literacy
- The National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
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