Educators Rate MarcoPolo ‘Best Site’ for Free Lessons and Materials

Educators Rate MarcoPolo ‘Best Site’ for Free Lessons and Materials

MarcoPolo has been rated the top free Web site for downloading educational material to use in the classroom, according to a survey conducted by Edutopia Magazine. The site, www.marcopolo-education.org, is a partnership among leading educational organizations and the Verizon Foundation. Voted the “best site to download free lessons and material,” MarcoPolo beat out other well-known education Web sites including DiscoverySchool.com, Education World, PBS and Scholastic Teacher.

Edutopia, published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, recently conducted the survey among the magazine’s readers, most of whom are educators and higher-education professors. MarcoPolo, which was launched by MCI in 1997, provides high-quality, Web-based content and professional development free of charge for kindergarten-through-12th grade teachers and students.

“We are thrilled with the level of response and the passion our readers exhibited for Edutopia’s first annual readers’ survey,” said Kate Rodler, the magazine’s publisher. “Without a doubt, our readers feel very strongly about the products and services they use to engage students and inspire learning.”

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