*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.*

New York Times, June 19 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/us/teachers-union-to-open-lesson-sharing-w... Teachers’ Union to Open Lesson-Sharing Web Site

by Motoko Rich Teachers seeking lesson plans on anything from fractions and multiplication tables to Shakespeare or the Civil War can take to the Internet for a boundless array of work sheets, reading lists and classroom tips, available free or for a fee. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/motoko_rich/index.html

Now the American Federation of Teachershttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/american_federation_of_teachers/index.html?inline=nyt-orgis forming a partnership with TSL Education, the British publisher of the weekly Times Educational Supplement, to create a Web site where teachers can share curriculum materials with one another.

In a somewhat belated entry to a market overflowing with online educational advice, the teachers’ union believes that its site, to be called sharemylesson.com, will become a go-to destination because of the union’s imprimatur. see above link for full story.

---------------------------------------------------------- James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 732-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library