School-of-Thought

These are the blogs I have on my Google Reader.  I consider them the best of the best.  They inspire me, challenge me, and help me to look at education (and sometimes life) in new ways.  Ultimately, they help make me a better school board member.  

I divide my blogroll into two sections: blogs on educational policy, followed by blogs written by educators.  The sites are all linked, so feel free to click away!

Edupolicy

1. Advancing the Teaching Profession by Barnett Berry
2. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
3. BoardBuzz by the Nationl School Boards Association
4. Class Struggle by Jay Mathews Washington Post
5. College Puzzle by Michael Kirst
6. Ed Policy Watch by New American Foundation
7. Education for the Aughts by Matthew Tabor
8. Education News
9. Education Reform by Sharon Thompson
10. Education Sector
11. Education Week (news)
12. Education Week’s Bridging Differences by Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch
13. Education Week’s Curriculum Matters by Kathleen Manzo and Sean Cavanagh
14. Education Week’s Digital Education by Katie Ash and Kathleen Manzo
15. Education Week’s Teacher Beat by  Stephen Sawchuck
16. Educommunications
17. Eduflack by Patrick Riccards
18. Eduwonk by Andrew Rothman
19. Flypaper by the Thomas Fordham Institute
20. Joanne Jacobs
21. Leader Talk by multiple authors
22. Learning Matters by John Merrow & Staff Production Company
23. Open Forum by Assoc School Boards of South Dakota
24. Parents as Partners by Lorna Costantini
25. Principals’ Office by National Assoc of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
26. Quick and the Ed by Education Sector
27. State of Ohio Education Blog by Susan Haverkos and Colleen Grady
28. Swift and Change Able
29. This Week in Education by Alexander Russo

30. Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson

 Educator Blogs

1. 1 Laptop: 1 Student by James O’Hagen from Lockport, IL. 
2. 1:1 Schools by Nick Sauers
3. 2 Cents Worth by David Warlick from Raleigh, NC.  Author, instructional tech guru  and 2008 EduBlog Award Winner.
4. 2 Million Minutes Blog - A continuation of the two million minutes documentary.
5. 21 Apples by arvid grover, NYC tech ed director. 
6. 21st Century Skills by Mark Collinson, from Australia.
7. A Teacher Writes about life, literature and learning. By SD English teacher Geoff Sheehy.
8. Adult Education and Technology by Marian Thacher from Sacramento, CA. 
9. Always Learning by Kim Cofino at Int’l School in Bankkok, Thialand. 
10. Annie’s Resource Attic:  Free Material for Teachers
11. BetchaBlog by Chris Betcher from Sidney, Australia.  Interactive Technology Educator.
12. Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom by Beth Knittle, k12 Integrationist in MA and 2006 Edublog Award Finalist.
13. Blog of Proximal Development  by Canadian Konrad Glogowski. 2005 EduBlog Award Winner.
14. Blogging on the Bay by Bill Gaskins, technology learning coach from Andrews, SC.  
15. Blogwalker by Gail Desler, educator
16. Bluyonder by Greg Whitby, administrator for 77 non-government schools in Australia .
17. Borderland by Doug Noon, Alaska educator
18. Chalkdust101 by Pat Higgins, educator
19. Change Agency by Stephanie Sandife, HS Literacy Specialist from Indiana.
20. Committed Sardine by Ian Jukes, education tech guru.
21. Conversation Starters by Burke Scarbrough, Rochester, NY educator.
22. Cool Cat Teacher by Vicky Davis, cool cat educator and 2006 Edublog Award Winner.
23. Dangerously Irrelevant by Scott McLeod, Prof of Ed Admin at Iowa.
24. D-Ed Reckoning – blog about k-12 education
25. Ed Tech Trek - education technology blog
26. Edublogger by Sue Waters, Australian educator
27. Edublogs by Ewan McIntosh, Scottish educator
28. Educational Insanity by Jonathon Becker, Prof of Ed Leadership, Virginia
29. Education PR by Paul Baker, Education Research, Univ of Wisc.
30. E-Learning Journeys by Julie Lindsay from Bejing, China. Ideas about internatl E-Learning.
31. Fireside Learning Ning 
32. Fischbowl by Karl Fisch, educator
33. Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne, educator
34. Future of Education by educator Toby Fischer
35. Generation YES Blog by educators Sylvia Martizez, Dennis Harper, and Megan Evander. 
36. Hey Jude  by Judy O’Connell. Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and more. 2006 EduBlog Award Winner
37. If Bees Are Few  by English teacher Charles Youngs, from Pittsburgh, PA
38. Innovative Educator by Lisa Nielsen, Tech Innovation Mgr, NYC schools
39. Kimberly Moritz, by who else but Kimberly Moritz, Superintendent
40. Learning and Laptops by multiple educators
41. Learning Curve by Marieby Coppolaro, Australian educator
42. Learning in a Flat World by Britt Watwood
43. Mobile Technology by Sue Waters, educator
44. Musings from the Academy
45. Open Educator by Graham Wegne
46. Practical Theory by Chris Lehmann, Principal
47. Steven’s Web by Stephen Web, Nat’l Research Council, New Brunswick. Canada
48. Stories from School: Practice Meets Policy by multiple educators
49. Successful Teaching by Pat Hensley, educator
50. Sue Waters Blog by of course, Sue Waters, Australian educator
51. Teacher Certified by Matthew Brown, educator
52. The Brute Thing by K-8 ed-tech coordinator Edwin Wargo
53. The Carrot Revolution: A blog about art education
54. The Dream Teacher by Cindi Rigsbee from Durham, NC
55. The Open Classroom by Jo McLeary from Melbourne, Australia.  Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association.
56. Value Added blog by Chris Thorn, Value Added Research Center, Univ of WI
57. Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson, author and all around ed tech guru.