Teacher Blogs
Teacher Magazine hosts a variety of blogs by and for classroom educators.
Teacher's take on the latest news, ideas, and resources for teacher leaders. Coverage runs the gamut from the inspirational to the infuriating, from practical classroom tips to raging policy debates, and from "news you can use" to "news of the weird." (Apr. 2010 - )
Nancy Flanagan, a National Board-certified 30-year veteran of the classroom and former Michigan Teacher of the Year, is an education writer and consultant focusing on teacher leadership.(Jan. 2010 - )
2009 National Teacher of the Year Anthony Mullen chronicles his experiences as he travels the country visiting schools and talking with educators and policymakers. (Sept. 2009 - )
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. (June 2008- )
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. (Oct. 2007 - )
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 returns to blog. She writes about how to inspire and motivate student readers, and responds to issues facing teachers and other leaders in the literacy field. To reach Donalyn directly, email her at thebookwhisperer@gmail.com. (Nov. 2007 - )
Tamara Fisher, a gifted education teacher and co-author of Intelligent Life in the Classroom: Smart Kids and Their Teachers, discusses news and developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for teachers on working with gifted students. (Aug. 2007 - )
Education Week Blogs
An exploration of news and policy about how teenagers fare in high school and beyond by Education Week reporter Catherine Gewertz.
Leading education thinkers Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch engage in an ongoing conversation about what matters most for today's students, educators, and policymakers.
A wide-ranging forum for discussing school curriculum across the subject areas with Education Week reporters Sean Cavanagh, Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, and Mary Ann Zehr.
Education Week reporters Katie Ash and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo cover tech topics and trends in K-12 education.
Veteran reporter Debra Viadero dissects findings affecting schools and shares news about education research for audiences extending far beyond the Ivory Tower.
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.
Veteran Education Week reporter Mary Ann Zehr tackles difficult policy questions, explores learning innovations, and shares stories about different cultural groups on her beat.
The first group blog by school leaders for school leaders, LeaderTalk expresses the voice of the administrator in this era of school reform.
NCLB: ACT II is currently on hiatus. It will resume publication when reauthorization news warrants.
Education Week's Christina A. Samuels tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents.
Michele McNeil and Alyson Klein provide regular coverage of political developments that affect education at the federal and state levels.
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.
Stephen Sawchuk comes to the teacher beat at Education Week after covering federal education policy.
Archived Teacher Magazine Blogs
Teacher Magazine's editors look at what's new and noteworthy in educator blogs across the Web. (Sept. 2005 - Apr. 2010 )
"I can stop talking about teaching whenever I want to," claims Emmet Rosenfeld. A former English teacher at the renowned Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., Rosenfeld has recently transitioned to a position as English teacher and Dean of Students at the Congressional Schools of Virginia in Falls Church, Va. Until he comes to terms with his Education Problem, enjoy this wide-ranging blog on teaching and learning in his classroom and beyond. (July 2007 - August 2009)
Jessica Shyu, program director for Teach For America, writes about the lives of new teachers in today's schools, exploring their practice, experiences, and career challenges and opportunities. (July 2007 - June 2009)
Jessica Shyu, a second-year special education teacher on an American Indian reservation, chronicles the good, the bad, and the occasionally amusing of being a young teacher at an underresourced rural school. (Sept. 2006 - June 2007)
Chicago educator Amy Abeln chonicles her work at El Valor's Summer Camp, a free ecology and technology program for 9- to 14-year-olds kids in Chicago's predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood. Abeln says the camp, supported through community partnerships, has had a transformative effect on both her and her students.
(July 2007 - August 2007)
Career changer and middle school special education teacher Hanne Denney offers thoughts on middle school pedagogy, career change, and the teaching life.
(July 2007 - July 2008)
Veteran English teacher Emmet Rosenfeld chronicles his quest for national-board certification. (Feb. 2006 - June 2007)
Barbara Purn, a 2nd grade teacher in Seattle, recounts a professional-development excursion to Africa. (June 2006 - July 2006 - )
Autumn Mundy, an education major at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., writes about her experiences training in a high-needs elementary in Indianapolis. (Aug. 2005 - Dec. 2005 )
Hanne Denney, a mid-40s career-changer, reflects on the challenges and rewards of starting anew as a teacher. (Sept. 2005 -June 2007 )
Exiled by Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans teacher chronicles his efforts to rebuild his student-writing program and find his way back home. (Oct. 2005 - Dec. 2005)
Betsy Rogers, a 20-year teaching veteran and the National Teacher of the Year in 2003, reflects on working in one of Alabama's neediest schools. (Feb. 2005 - May, 2005)
