Education

The Best Education Blog (nepc.colorado.edu)

Run by the National Education Policy Center, the Best Education Blog collects posts on almost all education issues.

• Curmudgucation: What Is Your State's Grade For Data Privacy Protection?
• The Conversation: Charter Schools Exploit Lucrative Loophole That Would Be Easy to Close
• Janresseger: Are Charter Schools Losing their Cachet? Is the Narrative Shifting?
• Nancy Bailey's Education Website: How NCLB is Still Destroying Reading for Children 
• Answer Sheet: There's a Backlash Against Charter Schools. What's Happening and Why.
• Radical Eyes for Equity: Evidence v. Advocacy in Teaching Reading: “We Should Not Mistake Zeal for Warrant”
• OurFuture.org: Charters Push Public Schools to the Brink
• Jersey Jazzman: The Failure of State Control in Camden, NJ

Mndshift (ww2.kqed.org)

Mindshift from KQED (the Bay Area's PBS affiliate) collects all sots of news about education technology.

• How Schools Spark Excitement for Learning with Role Playing and Games
• How Extra Arts Education at School Boosts Students’ Writing Scores — And Their Compassion
• When Teens Threaten Violence, A Community Responds With Compassion
• How High-Crime Neighborhoods Make It Harder For Kids To Show Up At School
• How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience
• School Shooters: What’s Their Path To Violence?
• How Teachers Are Changing Grading Practices With an Eye on Equity
• Why It’s Crucial — And Really Hard — To Talk About More Equitable Grading

Teacher Network (www.theguardian.com)

The Teacher Network collects teachers interest stories.

• Teacher targeted over LGBT work shortlisted for $1m global award
• Universities should be punished for giving black students lower grades | Steven Spier
• Investigation after pupils say they were 'pinched and slapped' at faith school
• Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity
• Should every worker have a 75-minute lunch break?
• 'I'm not spending money on that': the rise of the teetotal student
• I’ve always worked in nurseries. How do I get a ‘grown-up’ job?
• New behaviour code for Sir and Miss caught in schools moral maze

Reddit Education (www.reddit.com)

Redditors involved with or interested in education all unite to share stories and discuss the latest education news.

• Utilizing Podcasts at School
• thoughts on Thomas Sowell?
• Classroom material used to animate workshops amongst 12 to 17 year olds
• The U.S. Teaching Population Is Getting Bigger, and More Female
• A Swiss microscopy company offers a one week summer trip to Switzerland!
• How to read any book interestingly?
• How Schools Spark Excitement for Learning with Role Playing and Games
• Excellent Career After Completing DMLT Course

Study Hacks Blog (calnewport.com)

Founded by a computer scientist, and he takes an engineer's approach to studying advice.

• On Sam Harris and Stephen Fry’s Meditation Debate
• Minimalism Grows…
• The Beginning of a Digital Revolution?
• Adam Savage and the IRL Digital Revolution
• Why You Should Pre-Order Digital Minimalism
• Are Smartphones Necessary Anymore?
• Join Analog Social Media
• From the Hyperlink to the Stream: Hossein Derakshan’s Critique of the Internet in the Age of Social Media

Parents Countdown to College (www.parentscountdowntocollegecoach.com)

Helps parents prepare to send their kids to college, from finances to admissions.

• Tips for Taking the SAT
• Handling SAT and ACT Accommodations
• What Parents Can Do to Teach Internet Safety
• Coping With the Crippling Cost of College
• Application Tips for Low-Income Families
• Get $2500 for College from College Raptor
• How to Save for College: A Numbers Game
• Searching for the Perfect Graduation Gift? Check Out the New Google Pixelbook

The Answer Sheet (www.washingtonpost.com)

A Washington Post publication, and it offers analyses of various issues in education.

• ‘Why in the world shouldn’t kids learn this at home? Is it really the school’s job to teach children to do laundry?’
• The ‘viscerally terrifying’ lockdown a mom experienced in a classroom of 4-year-olds: ‘I’d never witnessed the real thing. And, oh God, this was the real thing.'
• This time, it wasn’t about pay: West Virginia teachers go on strike over the privatization of public education (and they won’t be the last)
• How special education is a prime example of our unhealthy ‘obsession with conformity’
• The good news: Social-emotional learning is hot. The bad news: Some of it is giving cognition a bad name.
• Why Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘loser teachers’ comment was ‘a chilling moment’ for educators around the world
• West Virginia teachers who started a wave of strikes last year just authorized a new labor action. Here’s why, from an educator.
• Mom: I asked my daughter why she wrote ‘Love Mom and Dad’ on her arm. Then she told me about the bomb threat at school.

Teach Thought (www.teachthought.com)

Teach thought focuses on the philosophy of education from all sides; teachers, students, adminstrators, and parents.

• The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 155 Does Competition And School Choice Meaningfully Improve Education?
• What Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow
• The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 154 Depolarizing America Through Inquiry And Critical Thinking
• What Is eduCLIMBER? A Tool To Organize Student Data Once And For All
• Think Like A Fitbit: Measuring What We Value
• 10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher
• 10 Things Every Teacher Needs To Survive
• Why Technology Hasn’t Already Transformed Education

The Principal's Page (www.principalspage.com)

Focuses on school administration issues through tips, experiences, and philosophizing.

• You Need More Than the Ability to Take Standardized Tests.
• I Don’t Live at School and I’m Sorry You Had to See Me Like This.
• Not Every Bad Behavior is Bullying.
• Enough Panic. Just Stop It.
• Cell Phone Contracts. Do This for Your Child.
• Midwest Education Technology Conference.
• Raising a Teenager Who Plays Sports Has Taught Me This.
• What Kind of Crazed Spouse Tells Her Husband He Needs to Blog More?

Cool Cat Teacher (www.coolcatteacher.com)

Tries to inspire fellow teachers with new teaching ideas, insight from experience, and research.

• 3D Printing in a STEM Classroom
• Top Chef: Cooking Up Instructional Greatness with Fun PD
• 5 Ways to Help a Teacher
• Games and Play Based Learning in Middle and High School
• Join Me in the Personalized Learning EdWeek Summit with Texthelp
• Formative Assessment in Kindergarten
• Innovative Science Teaching in Grades 6-12
• 5 Ways to Help Kids of All Ages Code #HourofCode

eLearning Industry (elearningindustry.com)

Collects free e-learning resources from around the web and blog posts that discuss ways to be a lifelong learning.

• 7 Golden Rules Of LMS Promotion On LinkedIn
• 7 Tips To Boost Your eLearning Courses With Raptivity Interactive Learning Templates
• What's The Truth Behind The Neuroscience Research You Use For Your Learning Design And Delivery?
• 6 Top Tips To Effectively Use Video In eLearning
• Helping Teachers Integrate Technology: The 5J Approach
• 4 Easy Steps To Ensure The Success Of Your Learning Strategy In 2019
• Improving Your Compliance Training ROI With A User-Friendly LMS
• The Importance Of New Manager Training In The Modern Workplace