Helpful+Education+Blogs

http://nctecee.blogspot.com/ Here is where you post a link to a good blog on education. To do a link, highlight the text you want to use for the link, click on the globe with the link chains above, and put in the URL for the blog you like. In addition, please write a little about why you like this blog so much, as well as some good things(topics, ideas, etc) we can find in that blog.

Here is the blog I like:

http://folkbum.blogspot.com/

This blog is written by Jay Bullock, an MPS high school English teacher, and I've been reading it on and off for a few months. Admittedly, I like it because he tends to go off quite a bit about many of the problems in MPS, and usually when he does he supports his claims with pretty solid research. Here's one example: in a recent article that was published in the crossroads section of the Sentinel, he claims that the two major MPS problems, finances and achievement, are really city problems, not just MPS problems, and that to fix MPS, we need to really work on fixing the city.

Of course, this is quite a large problem to fix, but I think his claims are good.

Oh, I also like some of his takes on politics and music, but that is beside the point.

bye for now

jb

http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/

I'm basing this on the couple of articles I've read on here. I like this blog because it seems to have a pretty good grasp on education politics, something I know nothing about. It also has a basis in Wisconsin, and I was definelty looking for something local. I also like it because there are two perspectives, since a husband and wife both write on it. I'll be doing more reading this evening, but so far so good on eduoptimists. -Katie

http://nctecee.blogspot.com This has an emphasis in English and I have enjoyed the articles and blogs that I have read. Great ideas!

**blog**s.edweek.org/teachers/**book**_**whisperer**/ -       This blog is written by a middle school teacher who has awesome ideas to get students interested and involved in writing.  **Jennifer**