Educated Guess: John Fensterwald is a must-read on a daily basis for the inside explanations and analysis (and interviews, and original reporting) on public education in California. This blog is part of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation's website "Thoughts on Public Education."
Eduwonk: Written by Andrew Rotherham and his associates at the nonprofit Bellwether Education Partners, a serious, thoughtful review of statistics and trends from a policy point of view.
4LAKids: Some of the News That Doesn't Fit. Blogger Scott Folsom is a parent leader in the Los Angeles Unified School District, a former president of the 10th district PTSSA, and is vice-chair of the LAUSD Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee, a member of the state PTA Board on managers, and an elected neighborhood council member of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in Northeast LA. This is a hard-working, thorough blog/news aggregate with opinions clearly indicated. Highly recommended.
Parents Across America: the blog that reports on educational trends and legislation; October 2011 post as an open letter to the Senate on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind bill is an outstanding example of the blog's explanation of details and grass-roots advocacy.
California Watch: A group of bloggers write on health and welfare, K-12, Higher Ed, Money & Politics, Environment, and Public Safety; smart, transparent, attractive, newsy.
Intercepts: "A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions."
Education Week: Eleven bloggers, on special education, school law, "teacher beat," digital education, curriculum, school district news, school research, administrators, policy, innovations -- all current and smart.
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice A former high school social studies teacher, district superintendent, and university professor, researcher and author, writes on how policy gets translated into practice and use of technology in K-12.
The Education Report Oakland Tribune reporter Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools.
Engaging Parents in School With the tagline, "going beyond parent 'involvement'," Larry Ferlazzo blogs daily on the challenges and resources of improving California's schools by working with parents and families.
The Early Ed Watch Blog from the New America Foundation, a nonprofit public policy institute that "invests in new thinkers and new ideas to addres the next generation of challenges facing the United States." Information is thorough, accurate and offers opportunity to comment.
FindLaw Blogs We're big fans of this site that covers information and opinion on nearly every current aspect of legal situation, civil and criminal, and is organized in a fashion that's easy to browse.
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