A Passion for Teaching and Opinions
ukiahcoachbrown.blogspot.com
By a northern California teacher and coach, one of the best written and most interesting of teacher blogs.
Assorted Stuff
www.assortedstuff.com
The blogger is a Fairfax County schools tech guy.
Charter Insights
charterinsights.blogspot.com
Fun to read, very droll, focuses mostly on Colorado but has some national insights.
Free Tech 4 Teachers
www.freetech4teachers.com
Many readers mentioned these guys, and they seem smart and vivid.
Educated Reporter
www.educatedreporter.com/
Author and former Washington Post reporter Linda Perlstein is public editor for the Education Writers Association. Her writing is aimed at helping journalists improve coverage of schools and children but is accessible to non-journalists as well.
Education Policy Blog
educationpolicyblog.blogspot.com
Smart educators, including local classroom star Ken Bernstein, a.k.a. teacherken. They debate everything from school lunches to standards.
Education Week–Bridging Differences blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences
Bloggers, Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier, may be the most knowledgeable and articulate education experts in the country.
Eduoptimists
http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/
A professor of education and a director of education policy take in-depth looks at “the power of society, schools, colleges and educators to empower individuals, further learning, and reduce inequities … and have a little fun along the way.
GFBrandenburg’s Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com
This blogger loathes the D.C. schools chancellor, so his work is instructive. He is terrific with statistics and a dogged reporter.
Inside School Research with Debra Viadero
blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/
Veteran education reporter Debra Viadero of Education Week knows how to dig into research on schools and learning and tell us whether it makes sense or not. Her posts are informative and lively.
My Bellringers
www.mybellringers.blogspot.com
Here are the tart observations of a Texas teacher and author. She has been flogging her book lately, but what’s wrong with that?
National Journal
www.education.nationaljournal.com
A well-rounded blog that presents a wide of voice on all aspects of education policy.
New America Foundation blogs
http://education.newamerica.net/home
http://earlyed.newamerica.net/blogmain
http://edmoney.newamerica.net/blogmain
http://higheredwatch.newamerica.net/blogmain
Early Ed Watch, Higher Ed Watch, Ed Money Watch all offer informative and original reporting and analysis on their respective subjects.
Public School Insights
www.publicschoolinsights.org
Sponsored by a consortium of districts, the Learning First Alliance, this site has a very smart and interesting blogger who ranges wide over the country.
Schoolgate
timesonline.typepad.com/schoolgate/
Journalist Sarah Ebner helps readers understand what she calls “the maze” of Britain’s education system.
Stories From School
www.storiesfromschool.org/
National Certified teachers tell stories about how policy decisions impact learning and teaching.
The Quick and the Ed
www.quickanded.com/
The blog of the independent think tank Education Sector offers unorthodox analysis on the latest in education policy and research on a range of education subjects.
The Line
theline.edublogs.org
Smart, funny comments by a 7th grade teacher, Dina Strasser, who writes very well.
The Teachers Desk
http://www.theteachersdesk.com/
By teacher Jacqueline McTaggert, this is a place where teachers share ideas and opinions–and parents can stop by too. McTaggert has some fun features, including “Dunce Cap,” where she dishonors somebody every month for doing something dumb, and “Gold Star,” where she gives praise where praise is due.
This Week in Education
scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/
Journalist and former Senate education staffer Alexander Russo writes about everything happening in education news and politics. Always something new to learn.