Blogs
Find these blogs on edweek.org:
Lesli A. Maxwell, who reports on state policy for Education Week, tracks education policy and politics across the 50 states.
(Active January 2010-present)
Leading education thinkers Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch engage in an ongoing conversation about
what matters most for today's students, educators, and policymakers.
(Active February 2007-present)
A wide-ranging forum for discussing school curriculum across the subject areas with Education Week reporters Catherine Gewertz and Erik Robelen.(Active June 2008-present)
Education Week reporters Katie Ash and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo cover tech topics and trends in K-12 education. (Active September 2008-present)
Education Week reporter Dakarai Aarons reports on news and trends in the nation's school districts. (Active August 2009-present)
Veteran reporter Debra Viadero dissects findings affecting schools and shares news about education research for audiences extending far beyond the Ivory Tower. (Active March 2009-present)
The first group blog by school leaders for school leaders, LeaderTalk expresses the voice of the administrator in this era of school reform. (Active December 2008-present)
Mary Ann Zehr is an assistant editor at Education Week. She tackles difficult policy questions, explores learning innovations, and shares stories about different cultural groups on her beat. (Active February 2007-present)
Education Week's Christina A. Samuels tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents. Former Education Week special education reporter Lisa Fine (pictured) is guest-blogging while Christina is on leave for the 2009-10 academic year. (Active January 2008-present)
Michele McNeil and Alyson Klein provide regular coverage of political developments that affect education at the federal and state levels. (Active September 2007-present)
News and analysis on legal developments affecting schools, educators, and parents, written by Mark Walsh, contributing writer to Education Week, who has been covering legal issues in education for more than 17 years. (Active January 2008-present)
Stephen Sawchuk comes to the teacher beat at Education Week after covering federal education policy. (Active August 2008-present)
Richard Whitmire, a former editorial writer at USA Today and president of the National Education Writers Association, is a frequent commentator on national education issues. (Active January 2010-present)
Teacher Magazine Blogs
Teacher Magazine's look at what's new and noteworthy in educator blogs.
Teacher’s look at education news from around the Web.
National Teacher of the Year Anthony Mullen chronicles his experiences as he travels the country visiting schools and talking with educators and policymakers. (Active September 2009-present)
After 18 years as a science teacher in inner-city Oakland, Calif., Anthony Cody now works with a team of experienced science teacher-coaches who support the many novice teachers in his school district. He is a National Board- certified teacher and an active member of the Teacher Leaders Network. With education at a crossroads, he invites you to join him in a dialogue on education reform and teaching for change and deep learning. (Active June 2008-present)
Tamara Fisher is a K-12 gifted education specialist for a school district located on an Indian reservation in northwestern Montana and president-elect of the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education. In this blog, Fisher discusses news and developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for teachers on working with gifted students. (Active August 2007-present)
Susan Graham has taught family and consumer science (formerly "home ec") for 25 years. She is a National Board-certified teacher, a former regional Virginia teacher of the year, and a Fellow of the Teacher Leaders Network. She invites readers to pull a chair up to her virtual table as she offers her voice-of-experience perspective on teaching today, with a special focus on teacher leadership and continuous professional growth. (Active October 2007-present)
Donalyn Miller is a 6th grade language arts and social studies teacher in Texas who is said to have a "gift": She can turn even the most reluctant (or in her words "dormant") readers into students who can't put their books down. After responding to reader questions in her popular, "Creating Readers" Ask The Mentor column, Donalyn has returned to blog. She will write about how to inspire and motivate student readers, and respond to issues facing teachers and other leaders in the literacy field. (Active November 2007-present)
Previous Education Week Blogs
Through the lens of social science, eduwonkette takes a serious, if sometimes irreverent, look at
some of the most contentious education policy debates. (Active January 2008-January 2009)
A career changer and former high school teacher, Hanne Denney is a special education teacher and department chairperson at Southern Middle School in Anne Arundel County, Md. In this blog, she shares her thoughts on middle school pedagogy, career change, and the teaching life. (Active July 2007-July 2008)
An exploration of news and policy about how teenagers fare in high school and beyond by Education Week reporter Catherine Gewertz.(May 2009-December 2009)
Kevin Bushweller is an assistant managing editor for edweek.org who has 18 years of experience
covering K-12 education for national and regional publications. A father of four children—ages 3, 8, 11,
and 14—he is particularly interested in tackling the question: What works, and what doesn't work, to motivate students to do better in school? (Active September 2006-February 2009)
Education Week reporter Vaishali Honawar brings you coverage from the 2008 National Education Association's and American Federation of Teachers' conventions. (Active June 2008-August 2008)
NCLB: ACT II is currently on hiatus. It will resume publication when reauthorization news warrants.(Active July 2007-April 2009)
Roslyn Johnson Smith, a veteran school administrator in New Orleans, chronicles the highs and lows of starting over in the city's new educational landscape. (Active October 2007-May 2008)
Students at the Center is a 12-year-old writing and digital-media program for students in two New Orleans high schools, co-directed by educators Jim Randels and Kalamu ya Salaam. This blog highlights the students' work. (Active January 2008-June 2008)
Katie Hanifin is a teacher at Canastota High School in upstate New York, where she specializes in the integration of technology in the classroom. She has written for EdTech magazine on innovative classroom technology as well as Web 2.0, virtual worlds, video gaming, and the online learning experience. (April 2009-November 2009)
News Briefs
January 26, 2010 – Education Week
November 9, 2009 – Education Week
October 13, 2009 – Education Week
September 22, 2009 – Education Week
