The following are links to Departments of Education throughout the United States. These are outstanding sites for teacher certification and liscensing issues, as well as model lesson plans, etc.

Alabama
http://www.alsde.edu

Alaska
http://www.educ.state.ak.us/

Arizona
http://ade.state.az.us/

Arkansas
http://arkedu.k12.ar.us

California
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov.

Colorado
http://cde.state.co.us/

Delaware
http://www.dpi.state.de.us/dpi/index.html

Florida
http://www.firn.edu/doe/index.html

Georgia
http://gadoe.gac.peachnet.edu/

Hawaii
http://www.K12.hi.us/

Idaho
http://www.state.id.us/

Illinois
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/homepage.html

Kansas
http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/

Kentucky
http://www.kde.state.ky.us/

Louisiana
http://www.doe.state.la.us/

Maryland
http://www.mec.state.md.us/mec/

Massachusetts
http://info.doe.mass.edu/

Michigan
http://www.mde.state.mi.us/

Minnesota
http://www.educ.state.mn.us/

Mississippi
http://mdek12.state.ms.us/

Missouri
http://services.dese.state.mo.us/

Nebraska
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/

New Hampshire
http://www.state.nh.us/doe/education.html

New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/education/

New Mexico
http://www.nmche.org/

New York
http://www.nysed.gov/

North Dakota
http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/dpi/

Ohio
http://www.ode.ohio.gov/

Oklahoma
http://www.osrhe.edu/

Pennsylvania
http://www.state.pa.us/

Rhode Island
http://www.ri.net/RIDE/

South Dakota
http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/deca/

Tennessee
http://www.state.tn.us/other/sde/homepage.htm

Texas
http://www.tenet.edu/

Utah
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/

Vermont
http://www.state.vt.us/educ.htm

Virginia
http://pen.k12.va.us/Anthology/VDOE/

Washington
http://www.ospi.wednet.edu/

West Virginia
http://access.k12.wv.us/

Wisconsin
http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/