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Open educational resources for primary and secondary education             

Creative Commons
https://creativecommons.org/

  • Creative Commons Licensing  – CC Licenses “give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work.”

OER Commons
https://www.oercommons.org/                                        

cK-12 for Teachers
https://www.ck12.org/teacher/
Promises: "One hundred percent free, personalized learning for every student. Create digital classrooms, customize textbooks, and learn K-12 STEM concepts." Create classes, build your own digital library, chat with colleagues and review Common Core standards in math and science.

Curriki
https://www.curriki.org/
" . . .  studies show that empowering educators to create, modify, and choose their own teaching content helps them to engage their students more deeply in their own learning. By enabling educators around the world to access and contribute to a free and open library of digital learning resources, Open Educational Resources (OER),  we are taking a great step toward bridging the educational divide."

K-12 OER Collaborative
http://k12oercollaborative.org/
The Collaborative is creating comprehensive, high-quality, open educational resources (OER) for both teachers and students supporting Mathematics and English Language Arts learning, aligned with state standards. All resources are licensed using the Creative Commons Attribution License

Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Features math by grade, AP subjects, SAT test prep, college admissions, careers, and more. See also the Khan Academy app for kids.

OpenEd
https://www.opened.com/search
a.k.a. ACT Academy "provides free resources for students that are unique to their learning gaps. Access the best resources from top publishers, all in one place, and accurately aligned to standards."  Features student-, teacher- and parent-facing content. K-12 classroom assessments, game, homework, videos, lesson plans and more.

MERLOT II
sorted for grade, middle and high school         
The MERLOT "system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers." The link above limits search of the MERLOT site to resources for P-12 students. The Content Builder allows teachers to create a webpage or site for hosting learning content.

200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More                       
http://www.openculture.com/free_k-12_educational_resources
This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students, their parents and teachers, including: free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, e-books and textbooks; foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing.

K-12 OER Resources (@k12oer) Twitter
https://twitter.com/K12OER
The latest Tweets from K-12 OER Resources (@k12oer). Sharing Open Educational Resources information for K-12 district and school leaders.                  

Utah Education Network,
https://www.uen.org/oer/

  • Science, primary and secondary
  • English language arts, secondary
  • Mathematics, secondary

Washington State Subject-based OER Sites       

 

LibGuides: Library resources for primary & secondary education OER

William Paterson University -- Open Educational Resources: College of Education
https://guides.wpunj.edu/c.php?g=823441&p=5878674

Appalachian State University -- A collection of resources for OER in K-12
http://guides.library.appstate.edu/oer/

Boston College -- OER: K-12 Curriculum: Introduction
https://libguides.bc.edu/oerk12

Eastern Michigan University – Where to fine K-12 Open Ed. Resources
http://guides.emich.edu/lesson/oer

Iowa State -- Finding Early Childhood & K-12 Articles & Materials
http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/c.php?g=49482&p=318736

 Norfolk State University
OER in Elementary Education -- http://libguides.nsu.edu/c.php?g=292834&p=2004775
OER in Secondary Education -- http://libguides.nsu.edu/c.php?g=292834&p=2004949

University of Texas of San Antonio - Education, with sub-pages for Child and adolescent development, elementary education, secondary education, special education, educational psychology
http://libguides.utsa.edu/oer/education

Valdosta State University -- K-12 Open Textbooks & Open Educational Resources
https://libguides.valdosta.edu/K-12_oers